Question RTC/UDP Shenanigans- DESPERATELY looking for a genius; WiFi hates voice calls ?

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Ralston18

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Not sure that I have correctly anf fully followed all of the above - still no harm in asking...

Does the Access Point have a static IP address reserved for the Access Point via the router?

Specifically a Static IP address that is reserved by the router using the Access Point's MAC and using an assigned Static IP address that is outside of the DHCP IP Range allowed to the router?

And how is the Access Point connected to the router? What ports if wired?
 
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Not sure that I have correctly anf fully followed all of the above - still no harm in asking...

Does the Access Point have a static IP address reserved for the Access Point via the router?

Specifically a Static IP address that is reserved by the router using the Access Point's MAC and using an assigned Static IP address that is outside of the DHCP IP Range allowed to the router?

And how is the Access Point connected to the router? What ports if wired?
Basically the technician said the old router isn't compatible hosting this new wifi by itself u_u

I'm not sure... where would I check in settings?

I do know we have a dynamic IP, like for example if our power goes out, when the router restarts when power is restored, our new IP is slightly different than the previous one
 
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See if you can find apps that auto starts on the android that might cause problems.
Not sure how that would interfere with UDP, also my mom would have to have the same issue too

(also why is Thomas678 in this thread just pasting one of my past replies 🧍‍♂️ Bot account?)
 
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No idea / running out of my ideas.
I appreciate anything, you and everyone have been trying your best :lov:and it makes me really happy to be getting advice / having people investigate compared to Reddit where no one said anything at all 😔
If I get a new router soon and it's still being weird I'll update the post! I'll update it regardless if it works or not, to keep everything up to date
 
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Avoid routers with AI features. You will never know what they do in the background.
I just assumed they made speeds a bit better, but yeah.. Generally I don't trust AI powered things, like self driving cars are terrifying?! :frowning:

Oh yeah I ask again, what's a good router to use? Is Netgear good? I've seen its name around
 

lantis3

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I like wired ethernet. WiFi is only for convenience for me, so I'm still using pretty old Netgear R6300v2 with 3rd party firmware.

Can't really recommend newer routers, just go with 6E routers with good reviews on Amazon with your budget.