2.4 GHz WiFi stops working when microwave is on but 5GHz is fine.

[hard rain]

maybe a micorwave leak, since the microwave freq is also 2.4 and its a higher wattage so it overlaps it, but that wouldnt happen if it wasnt leaking what do i do

[fervent jetty]

Id change the (band or whatever it's called)

[hard rain]

wdym

we have a 2.4 and 5ghz wifi on the same name for speakers around the house

[fervent jetty]

There are different bands

Different frequency ranges

Could just run the microwave then do an auto select on the router

[hard rain]

i have no experience in routers, i know a lot pc wise but when it comes to wifi idk anything so idk what your talking abt

[fervent jetty]

There's gonna be a something that has it find the best channels for 2.4 and 5GHZ

[hard rain]

ok

how do i get to router settings

[fervent jetty]

Gotta find the website

It's on the router

[hard rain]

ok

[fervent jetty]

It's an IP address I think

[hard rain]

ok thanks

[thin valve]

the interferance from the microwave is so strong that likely a different channel won't help. my old phone used to loose connection completely when the microwave was on. Either try a new microwave, use 5GHz only or use wires :/

[hard rain]

It only happens to my computer

And it seems to have a lower connection when in this specific room as well as my phone

[hard rain]

I can easily put my pc priority to 5ghz and I’ve done it before, but my pc is at the bottom of the bandwidth list or smth bc it’s constantly terrible

[plain ingot]

How far away is your computer from the router

[thin valve]

OR by a 5GHz wifi repeater

[plain ingot]

Or just how far is that room you’re in. Generally you want to be within 50ft of a router. But I think the max distance is like 300ft, though of course the speeds drop dramatically at that length

[thin valve]

And put it midway between your AP and PC

[plain ingot]

Ya you can buy a repeater, or if possible just move the router closer to the room.

[hard rain]

About 30 feet though walls

[hard rain]

I would like to but there’s no way we can hide the cable

[hard rain]

Id also like to but the room it’s in is the only place where fiber optic is

[plain ingot]

what are the walls made of?

Concrete, brick, or metal will cause a lot of interference

[hard rain]

Idk, I assume it’s wood and drywall

But there might be a brick wall but I don’t think so

[plain ingot]

that's weird then, ya your connection should be better

[hard rain]

The left pic is when I’m in the room with the bad connection

The right is in the room with the router

[plain ingot]

These were both taken with your phone?

[hard rain]

Yes

Within seconds of each other

Just now

And this is in the basement

I’ve tested everywhere it is just the one room

Ah ofc now the room is hitting 200

The upload speed is really bad in the room when the microwave is on but the download is 150

Upload is like 9

[plain ingot]

do you have a laptop? just cause instead of doing speedtests, which take long, there's a good program I like which just checks signal quality. And that achieves the same thing but it's much quicker. I don't really like any of the ones for the phone.

[hard rain]

Will it work on the pc

And yes I have a laptop

[plain ingot]

Ya it'll work with pc, its just that you need to walk around with it to check signal quality around your house. And you can't do that with PC

[hard rain]

Ok

Its an Apple laptop

[plain ingot]

But I mean I guess it's already confirmed that your room has some kind of wifi interference problem. I'm just not sure what's causing it

[hard rain]

The only other laptop I have has no os

[hard rain]

When my phone is on the pc the upload speed is abt 7

The download is still up at 150

[hard rain]

Lemme do it tomorrow but what’s the name of the software?

[plain ingot]

Oh it only works for windows, but don't worry about it. I think it'll just confirm what we already know

[hard rain]

Yeah

There’s a solar panel thing on the outside wall of the room

But in the room next to it in the corner closest to the messed up room it’s still really good speeds

[plain ingot]

Oh okay I have some ideas for stuff we can try. But tomorrow since it's pretty late. Course I don't know what your house looks like, but I think that if the interference is caused by signals on the same frequency band, then we can change router settings to try a different channel.

[dense cipher]

For the weak WIFi signal, as mentioned above, either wire the PC directly to the router, or buy a mesh solution (Quality ones will run you 100~200$). Don't buy dumb repeaters, they introduce latency and issues.

[fervent jetty]

Want to use only 2.4 and test with that

Oh my pirating laptop should only support 2.4

[fervent jetty]

Would a repeater be fine for a garage or something?

[dense cipher]

Yup, totally fine

[fervent jetty]

What about outside the house?

[dense cipher]

Should be fine, just don't expect stellar performance from them

And latency could be also an issue with repeaters

Also, downside of repeaters is that they just rebroadcast the same or similar SSID, so a phone sometimes won't automatically switch to it (can stay connected to weaker WiFi signal), etc. That's why i'm recommending a Mesh solution

[hard rain]

My phone is also affected by the microwave only when it’s on in the bad room

[hard rain]

We used a repeater in another part of the house and it did not work at all

Just using Speedtest In the room improved it

Every test that’s done in this room is getting better

Except for right now, it’s bad again, but zoom is using a lot of the bandwidth

And most of the computers are being used rn

[west gull]

2.4GHz is close to a microwave. The best you can do is avoid the microwave when you need 2.4GHz wifi

[fervent jetty]

Yeah

Or just use 5GHz

2.4 is dumb as shit NGL

Who thought that would be a good idea

[west gull]

It has its place

The range is much better

[fervent jetty]

And it's microwave frequency which is just dumb unless there's an actual reason

Usually microwaves don't emit so much radiation though

[west gull]

Enough that it kills 2.4GHz if you’re near it

2.4GHz is also really cheap iirx. You can put it on random devices and microcontrollers and shit like that super easily

[hard rain]

i agree, but i have to use it, bc every other device uses 5 and when i try to use 5 it doesnt really function

constantly laggy arguably slower than 2.4

[hard rain]

unless its leaking

[fervent jetty]

Get a better router

Never had that issue with mine

[fervent jetty]

Then it's time for a new one

[hard rain]

no we have a lot of devices on it constantly

[hard rain]

but idk if it is or isnt

[fervent jetty]

It probably ain't that bad

[hard rain]

its a very new tp link one that we got very recently

[fervent jetty]

All are gonna leak a little

[hard rain]

my wifi basically turned off when it was on, but now after i used speed test in the room it rine

[fervent jetty]

You sure that's on 2.4?

[hard rain]

i tested it yesterday, and the pc wifi was on 2.4, i ran the microwave (with smth in it ofc) and the speed test dropped dramatically

[fervent jetty]

Imma try that real quick

[hard rain]

but the funny thing is it was only in the specific room

[icy nymph]

2.4ghz as a band has a lot of interference

[icy nymph]

2.4ghz WiFi has been around for over 20 years, the band is more crowded now. 2.4ghz will also always have better range than 5ghz, all other things equal.

[fervent jetty]

But why use the same as a microwave

[icy nymph]

That's what was licensed

[fervent jetty]

Why transmit with like a few milliwatts when every home has a massive 1000W+ microwave in it

That's a massive oversight NGL

[icy nymph]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.4_GHz_radio_use

The 802.11 committee investigated that, you'd have to ask them

[fervent jetty]

So it should be a non issue cause it can switch bands

Also yeah magnetrons only on 50% the time

Someone needs to make a dual magnetron microwave

But yeah 2.4 is really just stuck in the past

5GHz is better unless you in the garage or some shit

[arctic cliff]

2.4ghz is good for IOT you don't want polluting your 5ghz band

it also has longer range

[fervent jetty]

Would be interesting having like a 1GHz band or something

[dense cipher]

Good news, there exists such a thing, 802.11ah standard, better know as HaLow Wifi :)

[fervent jetty]

What frequencies

[dense cipher]

Sub 1Ghz ( Depends on country)

[fervent jetty]

Interesting

Range must be crazy

Oh yeah there's 6GHz

[dense cipher]

Around 1Km on a good day, 1~10 Mbps throughput

[fervent jetty]

Be nice if the FCC could stop crying about the routers being "too strong"

Should make my own

Just gotta keep the feds away

[dark lily]

Tf when a microwave can stop a wifi

Got that jammer upgraded

[plush lake]

Microwaves operate on 2.4GHz. This is why it can cancel out the routers 2.4GHz band.

[dark lily]

Ohh then thats why my wifi keep getting slow when my microwave is starting

[west gull]

💀

[fervent jetty]

Yeah it actually does act as a jammer

[dark lily]

After is like a samsung jammer lol

But jammer changer

Instead get a flipper zero get a samsung jammer lol