Signal Range

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The signal range on my netduma doesn't even go like 2 rooms over without constant disconnects and poor signal

[Netduma Fraser]

Try these suggestions:

• Split the bands, give 2.4/5GHz different names and apply - you'll want to connect to 5GHz specifically for speeds
• Use a WiFi analyzer to find the least congested channel and change to that
• Experiment with the widths to see what gives better results
• Ensure it's in an elevated position - not on a metal surface
• Ensure there aren't any electrical / wireless devices e.g headphones etc within close proximity ~3 feet if possible
• Set the antennae to this position _ | | _

[denbot]

Mine was working fine... until someone over moved to a new ISP,  what ever router they're using is smothering my property, they're at least 20meters away but their 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz is showing at full strength even in my back garden, thats around 50-60 meters away from their property.

I'm guessing they have some booster, or they've brought something back from work, I'm sure they work in a car dealership, so they might have some industrial WIFI device 

[Netduma Fraser]

6 hours ago, denbot said:

Mine was working fine... until someone over moved to a new ISP,  what ever router they're using is smothering my property, they're at least 20meters away but their 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz is showing at full strength even in my back garden, thats around 50-60 meters away from their property.

I'm guessing they have some booster, or they've brought something back from work, I'm sure they work in a car dealership, so they might have some industrial WIFI device 

You'll definitely want to use a WiFi analyzer then to determine the channel/width they're using and change so you're not overlapping

[denbot]

That's how I spotted the neighbour across the road swamping our property with their wifi signal, looking on line Virgin are recommending signal boosters rather than having sagecomm look into their algorithm used to check for channel congestion, before turning mine into a modem I noticed all the VM routers would be in the exact same channel range, what every they're doing isn't working clearly.

Currently my 5Ghz range wont even connect, I've been trying all sorts, of channel and width combos, even had the devices sat on a wooden table less than 1m away from each other.

I've also noticed the virgin media sagecom router isn't going into a fully modem mode, resulting in a double NAT network, maybe once they go full FTTP we can do away with the lump of junk and hand the R3 hanging right of the fibre line, currently they still have the screw in COAX into the router/modem.

 

I'll keep tinkering, if I figure anything out I might open a thread to share, my back ground in ISPs, networking and Linux is a bonus that's for sure
I spotted the double NAT when troubleshooting a routing issue with a Zabbix server I'm hosting.

 

Update

It must be a bug, I did a factory reset on the virgin router, set it back to modem mode and its now no longer a double NAT network

[Netduma Fraser]

8 hours ago, denbot said:

That's how I spotted the neighbour across the road swamping our property with their wifi signal, looking on line Virgin are recommending signal boosters rather than having sagecomm look into their algorithm used to check for channel congestion, before turning mine into a modem I noticed all the VM routers would be in the exact same channel range, what every they're doing isn't working clearly.

Currently my 5Ghz range wont even connect, I've been trying all sorts, of channel and width combos, even had the devices sat on a wooden table less than 1m away from each other.

I've also noticed the virgin media sagecom router isn't going into a fully modem mode, resulting in a double NAT network, maybe once they go full FTTP we can do away with the lump of junk and hand the R3 hanging right of the fibre line, currently they still have the screw in COAX into the router/modem.

I'll keep tinkering, if I figure anything out I might open a thread to share, my back ground in ISPs, networking and Linux is a bonus that's for sure
I spotted the double NAT when troubleshooting a routing issue with a Zabbix server I'm hosting.

Update

It must be a bug, I did a factory reset on the virgin router, set it back to modem mode and its now no longer a double NAT network

Is this with split bands so you connect to each manually? If you merge the bands back together and do a download or stream does it switch to 5GHz automatically?