r/wifi

Best Wifi in yalls opinion. Stories and experiences with it? Plan on moving soon so.....

Prices and things of that nature

Hey guys Im running into a weird situation I haven't seen before. I have a tp link router with and extender with mesh. I notice that on my wifi network it's broadcasting TP-Link_MLO and it's unsecured. I don't have MLO enable under wireless settings. Why is this showing up and how do I turn it off. Plus when I click on the network it just connects with no password needed. Please help.

As the title states, I purchased a WiFi adapter USB that worked completely fine when it was in the same room as the router. Now that I’ve moved the desktop into my bedroom, which is still on the same floor but across the house, the WiFi will pop up, have 0-3 bars, but fails to connect. My phone and tv work just fine. Not sure what my options are here… the WiFi adapter wasn’t cheap and I can’t move the router and I really wanted the computer in my room. Realistic options for a gal that is not tech savvy (please explain in an understandable way 😅) TYIA

Woke up this morning and noticed that I wasn’t connected to the Wi-Fi. When I put in the password on my phone, it would wait a second, and then ask me to put in the password again. The password wasn’t even deleted, so I was stuck, pressing the confirm button on my phone for like 10 minutes. I entered in some random letters and it did the exact same thing. I’ve tried forgetting this network and turning it off and on again. I don’t know what else I can do. Can anyone help?

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Xiaomi Mi Router 4C can't connect to the Internet. I have both of them in English and Chinese. All of a sudden, both of them can't connect to the internet. Both of them have different ISPs. So I tried troubleshooting and doing what others recommended, even some I read here. But the problem is still the same. Is there an outage with the services on these products or something happening currently? Can anyone help with how to fix this? I've tried resetting; still the same.

Dear all,

I'm am a total lay person when it comes to Wi-Fi technicalities.

A while ago I had a bnb, and gave our WiFi credentials to a couple of guests. They both had an iPhone. I noticed that when they entered the house, my android phone and PC just disconnect from the WiFi and would not connect again unless I cycled the router off and on.

Is there an explanation for this?

Before TL:DR (is a regular spectrum router not good?

TL:DR (Stock Ohio Internet - is there a better option?) I removed the pics mentioned because it said that speedtests were not good. LMK if you want anything specific.

What behaviour did I expect?
Consistent WiFi performance throughout the house, especially stable upload speeds and reliable video calls for my wife’s upstairs office (~30ish feet from the router (2200 sq. foot house), through one floor and multiple walls). I expected upload speeds close to what I pay for and no random drops.

What behaviour did I observe?

• My wife frequently gets kicked out of video calls and has loading trouble in her office.
• Upload speeds tank during “crunch time” (as low as 4 Mbps).
• But when I run a speed test, I sometimes get 200+ Mbps upload and it seems fine...
• The connection feels unstable and unpredictable, especially upstairs.

I’ve attached supplemental photos showing the speed test results (on my PC)

What have I tried to mitigate the problem?

• Multiple speed tests at different times of day
• Rebooting router and modem
• Moving devices closer to the router and pointing the router in different directions

What is the manufacturer and model of the devices involved?

• Router: Sorry didn't look but it's a standard Spectrum john. Please provide feedback (it's a built in) on good routers that will do the job.
• Modem / Gateway: Spectrum situation if you need something, please ask.
• Client devices: Wife’s laptop MAC (upstairs), my lenovo legion OP machine (ask about specs if you care - I am a noob and can only tell you by googling it/following prompts but I paid a lot for it ($3000 during presidents day sale).

How are the devices connected to each other?

• Specrum wired → modem → router → WiFi to all devices
• No mesh system
• No wired backhaul to the upstairs office
• Router located on 1st floor office not likely able to move i

Additional context:

• I’m open to upgrading hardware or repositioning equipment if that’s the fix.
• Happy to answer any questions about layout, interference sources, router settings, or ISP details.

Hello, I’m trying to figure out what is the best option I have available to make my current devices run smoothly. I don’t know much about internet and how it works yet so please help me understand more. I am with spectrum and they introduced the wifi 7 router so I upgraded to it and the speed is good , but upstairs there is a significant difference and I was looking to see if there is an extender or some way to improve speeds upstairs without being moving current router/modem. Our PCs max out at 5ghz so idk if it’s best to get a wifi 5 or 6 extender or what options I currently have or if it’s best to just get a wifi 7 pc adapter. We have about 17 devices connected and about 3 desktops connected and want to be able to play all at the same time. If possibly I would like the budget options as well as the best options possible.

So this started 2 days ago, my wifi disappears every now and then and I have tried all the fixes by searching on google and youtube ( device manager, internet options), i did everything but it is still not fixed.

I tried restarting my laptop and sometimes it appears and sometimes it doesn't, and when it does appear after sometime randomly it disappears.

Please it's a request I genuinely need help on this, if anyone who faced this issue how did you fix it?

I have Asus Tuf F15 - I don't know how this helps

Hi Guys,

Can anyone share if there is a solution for this scenario:

We are looking to deploy a Guest Wifi Network in a clients remote site for personal devices and general internet use for 100 ppl.

Some Basic requirements:

Wifi 6.

Three different SSID in different vlan firewalled.

Fast roaming among 20 APs.

A rock solid router and a POE switch can do dual internet links loading balancing and failover for two ISP, Maybe BGP dual homing depends on price.Also, allow us to remotely log in and manage from cloud...

Will need several Wifi SSID and VLANs, clients can do fast Roaming. Also, better support for Multicast Optimisation as there will be video calls and streaming at the same time...

Now we looking Ubiquiti. Seems it is more consumer level staff....Won't mind looking for a bit upper Enterprises solution, Like Cisco or HP Aruba combined with a firewall system like Fortinet for a a bit better security etc..

Thanks a lot for tips. John.

Any recommended productsh

I bought the 3 pack x10 from tp link, WiFi 6

I am researching here but would like to know REAL life impact talking about latency, speed and connection stability when compared to WiFi 5 and 7

I am not worried about latency in gaming or things like that as my devices are cabled. Just tv, notebook and smartphone WiFi connection

Thanks!

As of the past couple weeks, my wifi, and specifically 5g quality has drastically dropped. I used to get over 200mbps down and now barely hit 30. My bedroom is directly down the hall from my router, 1 step outside and it is instantly 4 bars and stable, 1 step inside my room and its permanant 2 bars and contantly disconnecting. It will get stronger if i move further away from the router as long as its not my bedroom (hitting over 200mbps again when standing in kitchen, which is further from my router than my bedroom). My PC, Phone and TV are all having this issue. Nothing in the house has changed between having perfect connectivity and now. Does anyone know what could be causing this issue, why its suddenly happening now and how to fix it? Its becoming unusable

i just moved into a room in a house where the guy is older and doesnt care for internet. i just need wifi for a laptop and a phone, nothing extreme or energy consuming. what can i place into the room to get a connection going? a 5g hotspot?

I have a Xiaomi 11 ultra phone.

WiFi is failing due to some hardware issue.

I am looking for a simple easy fix like a very small WiFi dongle to plug into the usb C.

Google only shows the big ones for laptops.

Any one had any advice?

Cheers

Any help would be appreciated

Hooked up to a TV help it get better wifi reception?????

so my wifi disconnects pretty much every few minutes, i can always easily reconnect it but during gaming or other tasks it's very annoying. i first though it was because we had a new wifi installed recently but it works properly on my phone so i doubt that's it.

none of my family members seem to have the issue either so i think the problem lies within the PC, but i do not have a clue as to why it happens or how to solve it.

So I have fibre optic broadband, it streams, downloads and does everything and more with about 300mbps download speed.

My problem comes with my ps5. I'm not getting the speeds on that that I should. Wireless it's around 60 and when I hard wired it, it's about 90.

It's affecting online gameplay and I often get lag and spikes. Is it a ps5 fault or something in my router stopping it?