Wifi going all over the place...

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So hey guys, I hope anyone of you can help us with this since the problem is getting even worse...

I live in a student house with 5 other students. We all share one wifi network but for some reason it disconnects some of our devices (pc, phones, laptops, etc...) It give us the DNS error probe not finished... It is super annoying and even today it did it to my laptop which could not stay connected for even 3 pages of loading (browsing), my phone did not even want to load a page while my pc just had no issues at all...
The temporary fix we have is to switch off wifi on the devices and than switch it back on again to have a connection but that does not last long and the problem just reappears...

My housemates have the same issues to, we tried to do a full reset of everything and that did not help either... Anyone got any idea what it might be?

I have access to the router and all the passwords but I frankly do not know even what most of it means and even with searching I am still quite clueless.. ._.

 

[rmarier83]

It sounds like the router/modem is being overloaded with connections. Do you have any idea what the model is for the Modem/Router?

 

[nigelivey]

I very much doubt 5 concurrent connections is overloading anything, do you have a wifi scanner like inSSIDer, check the saturation on the different channels.

 

[USAFRet]

I very much doubt 5 concurrent connections is overloading anything, do you have a wifi scanner like inSSIDer, check the saturation on the different channels.

6 students is almost certainly many more than 6 devices.
PC, phone, laptop, etc, etc...

 

[nigelivey]

I very much doubt 5 concurrent connections is overloading anything, do you have a wifi scanner like inSSIDer, check the saturation on the different channels.

6 students is almost certainly many more than 6 devices.
PC, phone, laptop, etc, etc...

OK, you are of course correct which I presume was the only point in that post. If you could explain how 6-24 devices cause a connection to drop, instead of reducing bandwidth, that would be great and dare I say, helpful to the OP.

OP, can you gives an idea on the equipment and connection pls.

 

[___P___]

I very much doubt 5 concurrent connections is overloading anything, do you have a wifi scanner like inSSIDer, check the saturation on the different channels.

6 students is almost certainly many more than 6 devices.
PC, phone, laptop, etc, etc...

OK, you are of course correct which I presume was the only point in that post. If you could explain how 6-24 devices cause a connection to drop, instead of reducing bandwidth, that would be great and dare I say, helpful to the OP.

OP, can you gives an idea on the equipment and connection pls.

First of all, thank you all for replying.
I just got home again. The router is a Ubee evw3200. And yes there are more tha just 6 devices in total in the house. Probably like 14 or 16.

 

[Pooneil]

It could just be time for a new router. Buy a good one from a store with a customer friendly return policy and see if it solves the problem. Divided among the housemates it shouldn't be too much money.

 

[___P___]

It could just be time for a new router. Buy a good one from a store with a customer friendly return policy and see if it solves the problem. Divided among the housemates it shouldn't be too much money.

Can't do, it is not ours. It is from the landlord, he would most definitely refuse to change anything due to him being very stubborn. I know him. He is your type of guys that has put concrete all over the garden so their is little to no maintenance in the house...
Also I am leaving next year anyways so I would not want that... Thanks for the tip though. But I wonder if there is still something I can do. I do not want to go the apple product route, where when something is working weirdly you buy a new laptop or something...

 

[nigelivey]

I very much doubt 5 concurrent connections is overloading anything, do you have a wifi scanner like inSSIDer, check the saturation on the different channels.

6 students is almost certainly many more than 6 devices.
PC, phone, laptop, etc, etc...

OK, you are of course correct which I presume was the only point in that post. If you could explain how 6-24 devices cause a connection to drop, instead of reducing bandwidth, that would be great and dare I say, helpful to the OP.

OP, can you gives an idea on the equipment and connection pls.

First of all, thank you all for replying.
I just got home again. The router is a Ubee evw3200. And yes there are more tha just 6 devices in total in the house. Probably like 14 or 16.

Download (if you can stay connected) the free version of inSSIDer and post the results. Include 2.4 and 5.

 

[Pooneil]

Can't do, it is not ours.

Alas!

Keep plugging at it then.

 

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Can't do, it is not ours.

Alas!

Keep plugging at it then.

What is that supposed to mean?

As for the program I will try it tomorrow thx

 

[Pooneil]

What is that supposed to mean?

Just meant to keep trying other potential solutions until you solve your problem.

 

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Still getting the DNS error... While my pc just rolls normally... The software I was advised is incomprehensible for me... I really do not get it... Anyone can help?