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Horrible signal to noise ratio
So my signal to noise ratio is really terrible. So much in fact that my Internet speeds can be 1 to 5 Mbps if lucky. Looking through my gateway settings as well as the app settings I see that the signal to noise ratio is not where it should be. This is causing the connection to drop or even the modem to reboot on its own. As you can see in the attached screenshots the signal to noise ratio is really horrible on the primary signal as well as represented on the app but the signal to noise ratio on the secondary signal is actually quite good. Unfortunately that's not being reflected because I'm still getting a terrible connection as I had mentioned.
I’m also getting a crazy thing happening where I’m getting locked out of my gateway page(192.168.12.1) but that might be a different problem.
Is there any way for the secondary signal to kick over and stay basically making it my primary signal?
and by the way this cannot be a heat issue since I have a fan underneath the modem and a fan on top of the modem.
This is my set up. It's in a window that is as high as the ceiling. And that window is facing the tower. As much as I moved the router ever so slightly in that window it would either make no difference or would make the connection worse. The window is blocked so no heat can come through. And there are two fans one on the bottom and one on the top of the router. It looks pretty ugly. I tried to make it nice and neat but that only made the signal worse. I will definitely try your suggestion though. Although any other location in my apartment is going to be further away from the tower and closer to inside the apartment complex which will be closer to the hallway.
I really hope so my friend. Right now as you can see in the attached picture my router is up in a ceiling window that is facing the tower which is the next street over. I don't believe it's a 5G tower though. That is why I cannot understand the whole signal to noise ratio problem. I've got two fans running one on top one of the bottom. I even have a black out shield on the window so the sun doesn't hit it and it doesn't get hot up there. It looks pretty messy and butt ugly! But when I try to make it nice and neat the signal was even worse. If I move around my apartment like you suggested I will be going away from any windows and going more towards the hallway of the apartment complex. This will be going in the opposite direction of the tower. But I will take your suggestion and give it a try.
You are very close to the 5G what you need to do is put the can on a long ext cord move it around even inside your home. Test many spots sometimes you will get much better speed with a little less signal bing inside. I mean you have such good signal strength you should find a spot where you get 100+ off that n71.
This is what I have. I honestly don't know if it's good or bad. I just can't understand apart from the terrible signal to noise ratio why my connection is so bad.
Odd I wish my reading looked half as good as yours you have great signal compared to me.
I am averaging 50-80 at best so no idea why you have such slow speeds. But these things are finicky moving them even a very small amount yields big gains in speed.
I don't see you listing it what are both your primary and secondary signals? I see the B2 but you should have 2 like this.
