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Bluetooth interfering with Wifi

  • 09-03-2016 01:28PM
    #1
    kelbal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,
    I got a bluetooth USB dongle for my laptop about 3 months ago to stream audio., its one of the standard CSR ones I have a separate little bluetooth adaptor, which my speakers are connected to. The solution has worked great since I got it, but in the last 2 days for some reason when there's audio streaming via bluetooth, my internet download rate drops dramatically from 60Mbps to about 2Mbps. I have tested it various ways - with/without dongle attached, audio streaming/not streaming, and it is limited to when there's bluetooth audio, nothing to do with broadband or router.
    As I said, it was fine for ages, just the last 2 days its been doing this. Anyone experienced this and know any way to adjust it so the wifi isn't degraded by the bluetooth audio?

    thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Bluetooth channel hops. Normally reboothing the bluetooth devices will select a new channel and fix it. If this isn't working then you want to change your Wifi channel in your routers configuration page.


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