I’m having a weird problem with my home wifi network:
One specific desktop PC’s wifi connection is very unreliable. The signal strength appears full but the network often disconnects – sometimes a few times an hour, sometimes within mere seconds. Even while connected, any zoom / remote work is basically impossible – slow and jittery.
Replaced several wifi dongles, no real difference. Current one is 802.11ac connected @ 5GHz, slight improvement over the previous 802.11n dongle @ 2.4GHz
The PC is Windows 10, fully updated, some 6-7 meters (~20 ft) from the router with only a drywall between them. Other PCs in the house do not suffer from this issue.
Possibly related – The IPTV set top box sometimes becomes unwatchable with play skipping all the time (the IPTV is an Android box). Strangely, the IPTV built-in Netflix client is never affected, only the TV and VOD streams.
Connecting either the TV box or the desktop to phone wifi hotspot = smooth sailing.
The router is Tp-Link Archer VR600. The same thing used to happen on the previous (also Tp-Link, 802.11n, don’t recall the exact model) router too.
Pinging the router from the problematic machine gives:
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2380ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2852ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1918ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2792ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
...
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2852ms, Average = 312ms
^C
Any ideas why this could be happening and/or how to fix it?
Thanks
