Wifi Troubleshooting

[strife]

CompTIA Network+ knowledge speaking here....

Place Router in center of the house and aim antenna's perpendicular to direction you want range to cover.

I assume you have a dual band router.  2.4ghz for wireless G speed slow cheap devices and and 5ghz for wireless N and faster.  Make sure you have 2 networks setup, and that the 5ghz is set for N/AC and faster speeds and does not allow G devices to connect, as wifi network will operate on the slowest speed of devices connected.  Have all the slow devices connect to the 2.4 and set the protocol to Wireless G.

I just name my wifi_name and wifi_name+ (+ to indicate faster speed) but most conventions is to name them 2g & 5g suffixes.

When you having issues, consider a firmware update and/or factory reset before you go out and buy a new router.

Alright I will try this. 
I bought a longer network cable, going to try and put my wireless router upstairs in the middle of my house.


I was reading on the high gain antenna's and from what I read, they are only good for one floor or something? Some of the people were saying that they aren't good for multi story houses.