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802.11 Issue
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I'm hoping this has an easy solution and not a warranty claim but: I have a BT "Smart" router. Been so-so up to now. Drops out occasionally but I put that down to crap BT networks. It really ought never to drop. Awful what one has to put up with.
Anyway, suddenly both my mobile phone and my tablet is claiming that the 2.4GHz wireless channel is unreliable and keeps disabling it for being a poor connection, whilst they can both use the 5GHz channel if I set them to use it. If I try to get it to use the 2.4GHz it takes forever obtaining the IP address. If it thinks it is connected, after just a second, it is back trying to get the IP address again.
They can't have both developed the same fault at the same time, it must be the router. Can;t see anything amiss on the admin page.
Any thoughts ? Thanks.
Anyway, suddenly both my mobile phone and my tablet is claiming that the 2.4GHz wireless channel is unreliable and keeps disabling it for being a poor connection, whilst they can both use the 5GHz channel if I set them to use it. If I try to get it to use the 2.4GHz it takes forever obtaining the IP address. If it thinks it is connected, after just a second, it is back trying to get the IP address again.
They can't have both developed the same fault at the same time, it must be the router. Can;t see anything amiss on the admin page.
Any thoughts ? Thanks.
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