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Cell spot interfering with regular wi-fi
I received my cell spot yesterday and plugged it in the way it says to and it seems to be working great. I now have full service where I had almost none before. However, trying to run any apps on...
What I would suggest doing is running a speed test with the cell spot plugged in and without it plugged in and seeing if there is a difference. I would also make sure that you have enough bandwidth to support streaming on multiple devices. There is always a chance that a device on the network is doing updates like a computer as a example which would use some of your limited bandwidth and could be the cause of your issues.
The cell spot how ever is unlikely to be the culprit unless other people are useing the device to stream video and such. As things stand there are to many factors for me to peg a issue but I would start with the basic trouble shooting steps, including powering off the router for 40 secs and then turning it back on. Hope the info helped./
I ran a series of tests using both Ookla Speed Test and Wifi Infoview. I ran the test in a room on the other side of the house, separated by a brick wall,
In Wifi Infoview the quality of connection improved from mid 70s when hotspot was adjacent to router, improved to 95+ when separated by 12 feet
My speed test results dramatically improved both in ping and in in Mbps (Ping 50-75 improved to 10-13 when separated ; bandwidth went from 2-3Mbps to consistently 20-30. This is on a Lenovo Yoga C930 with an AC wifi antenna connecting to a Linksys 1900AC router, and my ethernet connected cable service typically running 130-150 Mbps.
Conclusive proof to me, don't put your cellspot near your router.
Or anywhere near your beds.
