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Computer Help and Support

DetlefK

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1. A couple things...

Reply to Kali (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 11:08 AM

Jul 2018

Is the signal merely weak? Then it could be due to weather.

Is the rate of data-transfer bad once in a while? That could be due to somebody else's signal messing with your's. (New neighbor moved in?)

Is the rate of data-transfer bad all of the time? Then it could be that the software needs an update either on your end or on the other end.

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odd wifi question from a luddite - update - SOLVED [View all] Kali Jul 2018 OP

A couple things... DetlefK Jul 2018 #1

this is a change in performance that happened very recently Kali Jul 2018 #3

Routers do go bad. I replace mine every year or two... TreasonousBastard Jul 2018 #2

during the several months long work on this they sent a new router Kali Jul 2018 #4

Not sure about the rest of the problems, but a repeater would help the distant computer bigbrother05 Jul 2018 #6

how do they work? Kali Jul 2018 #7

It takes the existing signal then boosts it to extend the distance it reaches bigbrother05 Jul 2018 #8

Gotta second a repeater suggestion packman Jul 2018 #9

Two years? More like five to ten years. DetlefK Jul 2018 #10

Playstation Chris Studio Jul 2018 #5