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Android phone and house wifi issue

  • 21-06-2019 9:58pm
    #1
    Clare in Exile
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    A quick query that hopefully somebody can help me with. We have two Android phones that connect to the house wifi. Both connect to the wifi downstairs, but upstairs my phone usually gets a weak signal and eventually loses connection totally whilst the other phone still has wifi.

    So basically it's two mobile phones, same make, same settings (as far as I can see), yet one loses wifi upstairs whilst the other one maintains its connection.

    Any thoughts/ideas?

    Thanks...


Comments

  • #2
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,727 ✭✭✭degsie


    Two different phone models? At both using 2.4Ghz or 5ghz?


  • #3
    Clare in Exile
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Clare in Exile


    Thanks for reply. Both phone models are the exact same and both use 2.4 GHz ...


  • #4
    Clare in Exile
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Clare in Exile


    Bump


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Turn off 5Ghz from broadcasting on your network, then test.

    Check channel allocation of wifi..


  • #6
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,473 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    What channel would you recommend?


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  • #7
    slicedpanman
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭slicedpanman


    _Brian wrote: »
    What channel would you recommend?

    I think "6" is in this summer :)
    You should install a WiFi analyser app - that will show you all the WiFi networks in range and their channels

    Pick one that has no channels in use either side of it.... The more free adjacent channels the better


  • #8
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Use a wifi scanner (an app) and see which one is used the least. Some routers should switch to this automatically the Virgin media one doesn't for me anyway.

    One phone might just have a poorly connected antenna. It might be faulty.


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