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Comment by nate

2 years ago

While we're on the subject: I still can't solve this and thought you'd either laugh or you are the only people who know what I'm going through :)

I have some fancy Asus Mesh wifi routers at home. I sit next to the cable modem and one mesh endpoint. My wife sits upstairs. there's an upstairs mesh endpoint but I think neither of us are usually connected to it (mostly serves to extend our connection to go to yard). But when my wife gets up from her desk and walks through our hallway (closer to the non often used mesh endpoint) our internet drops for a bit. My only guess is that the endpoints get mad at meat being in between their back haul? Anyone deal with this and figure out the solution?

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isodude  2 years ago

Actually, if you take a peak in to the wifi logs on the asus mesh node, you might see that it freaks out and restarts the wifi service. There's a tail mode that is pretty nice.

Restore to the default settings, make sure you have updated the firmware, and cross your fingers.

madaxe_again  2 years ago

Strange as it may seem, try turning the power on each endpoint down. You may be getting signal from too many APs in the same place making the mesh elector freak out.

chedabob  2 years ago

EMI maybe? Certain chairs cause monitors to go blank for a few seconds.

https://mastodon.social/@haeckerfelix/110272427676278609

  • duffyjp  2 years ago

    I think my chair does this, but only when I'm not sitting in it. Maybe my body absorbs the ESD? If I'm doing anything nearby and bump the chair there's a good chance my monitor will lose signal for a second. It happens with both HDMI and Displayport with a number of different GPUs and different computers. The USB-C connection has never had a problem.

    I'm in an older home with questionable wiring which I'm sure is also a factor.

    I'd replace the chair but it's so dang comfy.

Animats  2 years ago

Definitely people can absorb enough RF to block WiFi.

I hit this in a hotel, back when I was doing steampunk conventions. Antique Teletype machines put into brass and glass cases, getting text messages over the Internet. (Early versions of this used Google Voice to read SMS; later versions used Twilio.) The hotel lobby had WiFi, but the function room we were in did not. I'd tested in advance, and was able to get a good WiFi connection with the room empty. But once it filled up with people, we couldn't get through. Had to run out to Fry's and buy a WiFi booster.