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Thermal Issues With Home Internet Gateway/Router as a Cause of Dropped/Slow Internet or Wi-Fi Connection
I am a Newbie here and a fairly new T-Mobile Home Internet customer. But my background is electrical engineering and I've been around a while. Like many community members I have experienced frustrati...
Definitely a heat issue. More than a few times I was having issues with slow speeds. Couldnt even run a Google speed test or Jitter it was so slow. So went to the router (did not power it down) and turned on the fan and pointed it right at it and within 5 minutes my speeds go up. You can feel the outside. Its not hot hot but pretty warm. Once it cools down speed goes up.
Tested this method time and time again. Its like "hey my internet is slow. Oh yeah I forgot to turn the fan on."
Hope this helps.
