Hi, hope someone can help me here.
I have Netgear D6200 router - it runs a 2.4 and 5 network so some older devices can connect to the standard and most newer ones connect to the fast 5ghz network - they are named differently
We get download speeds of around 5mbps normally. Just this past 48 hours it's been horrendous - slowing to 0.2mbps and 0.05 upload - basically useless internet. This is tested on wired machine to router.
I disconnected all wifi devices and it was fine. I then turned each wifi device back on one by one to see if any caused a problem.
I found that my new HTC One M8 (bought 2 weeks ago mind) was causing slow download/upload speeds. This doesn't make sense to me for a variety of reasons:
1) How can connecting 1 wifi device cause actual download speed issues on the router?
2) I bought the device 2 weeks ago and it's only just starting to do this now.
I tested this several times, speed test, turn wifi on HTC off, speed test again - same results every time.
Here is what I tested:
1) That other wifi devices did not have same effect (they didn't - tried several)
2) Tried connecting the HTC to both the 5 & 2.4 ghz networks - same result - didn't matter which one I connected to on the router
3) Turn the broadcasting of the 5ghz network on the router and make everything connect to the slower 2.4ghz - no change
4) Obviously re-booter phone, router etc. Including taking cable out of wall and leaving router off for an hour or so to reset with the telephone exchange
5) Tried setting phone to 5ghz only (instead of auto).
6) Ran wifi scans to see if channel interference - found that some wireless xbox headphones were sharing same channel as 5ghz network so changed that - but no impact either.
7) turned off the wifi repeater we also have and disconnected the additional router switch also - neither made a difference but left them off for now to keep the set up simple.
This is so weird - I've searched for some help online but I've not found instance of this happening - I've seen PC's causing network slow down etc but not one wifi smart phone brining a whole home network to a crawl. Just doesn't make any sense to me at all
If it was caused by interference then it wouldn't just be 1 device causing this. Also, having had the phone for 2 weeks without this problem then it just starting this last 48 hours- weird. we are a family so as you can imagine there are plenty of other wifi devices all functioning fine but nothing works when I turn on my HTC One! We have 4 tablets, 3 phones (Plus mine), 4 laptops, 3 apple TV's. PS4, XB1 - list goes on! But like I said, I ensured all wifi devices were turned off and then turned them back on one by one and the culprit is definitely the HTC One M8.
Any ideas anyone? All help appreciated.
I have Netgear D6200 router - it runs a 2.4 and 5 network so some older devices can connect to the standard and most newer ones connect to the fast 5ghz network - they are named differently
We get download speeds of around 5mbps normally. Just this past 48 hours it's been horrendous - slowing to 0.2mbps and 0.05 upload - basically useless internet. This is tested on wired machine to router.
I disconnected all wifi devices and it was fine. I then turned each wifi device back on one by one to see if any caused a problem.
I found that my new HTC One M8 (bought 2 weeks ago mind) was causing slow download/upload speeds. This doesn't make sense to me for a variety of reasons:
1) How can connecting 1 wifi device cause actual download speed issues on the router?
2) I bought the device 2 weeks ago and it's only just starting to do this now.
I tested this several times, speed test, turn wifi on HTC off, speed test again - same results every time.
Here is what I tested:
1) That other wifi devices did not have same effect (they didn't - tried several)
2) Tried connecting the HTC to both the 5 & 2.4 ghz networks - same result - didn't matter which one I connected to on the router
3) Turn the broadcasting of the 5ghz network on the router and make everything connect to the slower 2.4ghz - no change
4) Obviously re-booter phone, router etc. Including taking cable out of wall and leaving router off for an hour or so to reset with the telephone exchange
5) Tried setting phone to 5ghz only (instead of auto).
6) Ran wifi scans to see if channel interference - found that some wireless xbox headphones were sharing same channel as 5ghz network so changed that - but no impact either.
7) turned off the wifi repeater we also have and disconnected the additional router switch also - neither made a difference but left them off for now to keep the set up simple.
This is so weird - I've searched for some help online but I've not found instance of this happening - I've seen PC's causing network slow down etc but not one wifi smart phone brining a whole home network to a crawl. Just doesn't make any sense to me at all
If it was caused by interference then it wouldn't just be 1 device causing this. Also, having had the phone for 2 weeks without this problem then it just starting this last 48 hours- weird. we are a family so as you can imagine there are plenty of other wifi devices all functioning fine but nothing works when I turn on my HTC One! We have 4 tablets, 3 phones (Plus mine), 4 laptops, 3 apple TV's. PS4, XB1 - list goes on! But like I said, I ensured all wifi devices were turned off and then turned them back on one by one and the culprit is definitely the HTC One M8.
Any ideas anyone? All help appreciated.