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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Are you sure it's the router? Is a wired connexion also suffering?
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Wired seems to be fine when I dip in and check it, but I'm wireless most of the time. Not a very technical investigation, but at the first sign of a problem (usually when I'm watching iPlayer and it starts buffering, or Spotify starts stuttering) I reset the router. Around 2-3 minutes later (walk to other room, reboot, walk back, wait for wireless to reconnect, etc) and it's absolutely fine.
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It is wireless that's the problem, there's quite a discussion on wireless here: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/12...wn-page-3.html
Not the same condition as yours (which might yet turn out to be peak time congestion on VM - but then only if wired is as bad), but it's informative.
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Guess I need to do a bit more wired testing to prove it's the router. There's only three other visible AP's nearby, and I've tried to avoid their actual and overlap channels. Maybe 5GHz is another reason to bite the bullet and go for the Extreme. However persuading the other half that we 'need' this new shiny expensive toy is tricky when I haven't exactly tried to get a new one from VM.
Touch wood haven't seen any congestion in this area - although everything (including telly) did die for a little while for two mornings running earlier this week at about 1am. I'll put that down to an upgrade, and VM assuming most people are in bed at this time of night
