“Will this allow me to stop losing our wireless connection on our network due to many neighbors on Uverse as well? The AT&T guys have been out numerous times and have changed all our equip etc...they sheepishly said that their wireless routers are really not that strong....will this allow us to have a strong enough signal to not get knocked off/interference from all my neighbors?”
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BIG YES, you have the same problem I had.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.What I have done in the past is to use a smartphone app such as WiFi Analyzer to see which wireless channels are the most crowded in your home, then set your router up to use the channel that's most open. The channels go from 1 to 11; many router default to the same channel, so oftentimes channels 1 and 11 are the most congested, so you might benefit from switching to a channel that's not as heavily used by your neighbors.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi, I have had this issue before with a netgear router before it seems to be that the 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies use different channels and such. The interference may come from your neighbors using the same channel. So far I haven't had this issue with this router and it doesn't give me a channel option, but I believe it auto scans to make sure it works well. When you use a router like this you will need to have a modem from ATT or your own attached to it. Also only one way to really find out purchasing and trying it. If it fails you do have that 14 day return policy. Best buy is really good about returns you just go up to customer service and return it no questions asked most of the time. The only thing I've been asked if something was wrong with the product.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.it will help. we used to lose connection all the time on our router and had to restart it at least once a day. now we don't. I do it once a week not cause its needed per say but just in case. I game all week with the same ping and everything. the only downside is I thought it would be better with more devices. I was hoping it would be more friendly on being able to set up priority devices. so if I game and my wife watches Netflix I would rather me get more download speeds then her. Netflix buffers so would just take a little longer before you can watch. however the router sees them both as equal and therefore splits the download. similar with my kids if they are on. I would like to easily go in and prioritize devices so that my device itself has priority and get lets say half. and then the rest cant split the other half.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Well we had the same issue with comcasts wireless router/modem, it had both built in. We had multiple devices hooked up and we would get kicked off. Comcasts equipment, even with one of their high Internet plans, wasn't powerful enough, so we gave back their equipment, bought our own modem, and bought this router...never had a problem since!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have installed several of these for customers and own one myself. These routers have the ability to adjust the signal strength for higher signal output. They work very well, I replaced 3 wireless access points with just one of these in a customers house. I put it on the third floor of their house and it had strong signal all the way down to the first floor where they had a home office, they were very pleased with the results.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Is it running the latest firmware version? If not, please do upgrade it to the latest firmware version. You can try changing the channel bandwidth of the router to 40 MHz or 80 MHz and control channel to 1,6 or 11. Placement takes a huge roll as well be sure to place the router up high and no near the floor as signal tends to get distorted sometimes refracted back up causing interference.
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