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philnumbers
Tuning in
6 months ago
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2.4GHz WiFi grinds to a halt / unusable

Hello I have an issue where my 2.4GHz WiFi connections grind to a halt and become unusable. Ethernet and 5GHz are fine, speedy in fact and have no issues. As far as I can tell the issue arises whe...
  • Steven_L's avatar
    Steven_L
    6 months ago

    Thanks for coming back to us philnumbers, have you been able to check for issues with the WiFi pod turned off as you mentioned earlier in the thread? We can then determine if the pod is causing the issues that you're experiencing.

    Kind Regards,

    Steven_L

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Client62
Alessandro Volta
6 months ago

VM Pods are just Wi-Fi Repeaters, it must be located where there is a good signal from the Hub to repeat,
if a VM Pod is placed too far from the VM Hub the result can be a large area where the signal is good, but the bandwidth is little or nothing.  Placement is very critical for all forms of Wi-Fi Repeater.

When you see very poor performance does that also go with low signal level on the iPhone ?

If it does it may be the iPhone has connected to the VM Pod and stayed with it despite the VM Hub being closer, it is the iPhone that chooses which Wi-Fi service to use ( not the Hub or Pod ).

From the iPhone app store install a free Wi-Fi Analyser app. These can show the WI-Fi signals in the house and which Wi-Fi signal is being used.

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Adduxi
Very Insightful Person
6 months ago

The only “proper” working wifi scanner for iOS, due to security, is the Airport Utility.