my friend has a basement and then 2 stories. the comcast router is in the middle of the 1st floor in an office. however there is bizarre loss of signal sporadically. i used to think it was the kids older phones dropping out but they got new phones at christmas. sometimes even on the 1st floor in the adjoining kitchen there is no signal, they say things drop out. 2nd floor is very iffy.
i personally was setting up chromecast on the 2nd floor and had to go downstairs into the room with the router to even get a phone to work. couldnt even get signal in the kitchen. very weird. they are using only 2.4. and we turned off 5
i used my wifi netgear app to measure signal 2nd floor but i was only able to get the xfinity signal. for some reason the 2.4 wouldnt clock in on my phone. the xfniity public wifi was 100 percent everywhere i went upstairs.
part of me wonders to switch everyone to the public signal. i have no idea how to troubleshoot the 2.4 in the house
they do have an ethernet port on the 2nd floor. however. even after reading many articles i'm not sure if its best to spend 50 bucks (their budget) on a cheapo router or if i should get a wifi extender. but you cannot use ethernet to 'power' an extender can you? i know some have ports but it seems to not be designed for my purpose. . so i'm lost what to do. comcast is useless because there is a signal of course. and it is one of the newer routers.
i personally was setting up chromecast on the 2nd floor and had to go downstairs into the room with the router to even get a phone to work. couldnt even get signal in the kitchen. very weird. they are using only 2.4. and we turned off 5
i used my wifi netgear app to measure signal 2nd floor but i was only able to get the xfinity signal. for some reason the 2.4 wouldnt clock in on my phone. the xfniity public wifi was 100 percent everywhere i went upstairs.
part of me wonders to switch everyone to the public signal. i have no idea how to troubleshoot the 2.4 in the house
they do have an ethernet port on the 2nd floor. however. even after reading many articles i'm not sure if its best to spend 50 bucks (their budget) on a cheapo router or if i should get a wifi extender. but you cannot use ethernet to 'power' an extender can you? i know some have ports but it seems to not be designed for my purpose. . so i'm lost what to do. comcast is useless because there is a signal of course. and it is one of the newer routers.