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At&T Fiber WiFi Range
Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:57 pm
I got fiber installed at the begining of the year. The speeds have been excellent and a huge upgrade from Cox, but recently I’ve started having some connectivity issues with devices that are 2.4ghz only. Mainly a 3D printer, Tapo Camera and a pellet grill. Any reason why this would happen all the sudden?
This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:12 pm to Glock17
Get a mesh system, the wireless router they give you is arse. Has nothing to do with fiber.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:20 pm to Glock17
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:09 am to Glock17
Did the 2.4 device connectivity change, or has it always been substandard? Especially with the pellet grill, you're likely running into interference issues.
2.4 has a "three wall" rule, where three walls of drywall degrades signal a ton. Assuming your walls aren't plaster and lathe, this is probably the issue. Could also be a leaky microwave, since I doubt you have an old school cordless phone in use.
2.4 has a "three wall" rule, where three walls of drywall degrades signal a ton. Assuming your walls aren't plaster and lathe, this is probably the issue. Could also be a leaky microwave, since I doubt you have an old school cordless phone in use.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:26 am to Glock17
new wifi interference possibly.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:30 am to calcotron
quote:This 100%. NetGear has some good (and easy) mesh options.
Get a mesh system, the wireless router they give you is arse. Has nothing to do with fiber.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:12 am to LemmyLives
quote:
Did the 2.4 device connectivity change, or has it always been substandard? Especially with the pellet grill, you're likely running into interference issues.
It seemed to pop up in the last month or so. Last night I went and separated to 2.4 and 5 into 2 separate networks so I’ll see if that helps
Posted on 5/16/26 at 5:09 pm to calcotron
quote:
the wireless router they give you is arse
Agreed, and I like their service, but I used that thing as our wireless router for like 1 day.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:50 pm to Glock17
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Last night I went and separated to 2.4 and 5 into 2 separate networks so I’ll see if that helps
I had to do that for the 2.4 items to work properly. The WiFi router directions said you could set up as one network, and items would choose the nest version. That was false.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:01 pm to calcotron
Can someone recommend a few WiFi mesh systems to look at getting? Was coming here to look for solutions.
Have ATT fiber. Using their included router, which has worked fine for now. Wanting better coverage outside in the backyard and back of the house. 2 story, 3700sq ft home.
Want WiFi 7 and ease of use. Hoping to snag something on Memorial Day sale.
Thanks in advance!
Have ATT fiber. Using their included router, which has worked fine for now. Wanting better coverage outside in the backyard and back of the house. 2 story, 3700sq ft home.
Want WiFi 7 and ease of use. Hoping to snag something on Memorial Day sale.
Thanks in advance!
Posted on 5/18/26 at 9:51 am to elsu
wired backhaul access points are a better option than mesh systems. Do that if you can.
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:00 pm to Glock17
I ended up ordering these, and so far, it seems to have helped a lot. I'll give it a couple of weeks, and if it keeps working well, I order another for the back part of my house
Wifi Extender
Wifi Extender
This post was edited on 5/19/26 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 5/19/26 at 2:10 pm to Glock17
quote:
ended up ordering these, and so far, it seems to have helped a lot. I'll give it a couple of weeks, and if it keeps working well, I order another for the back part of my house
I hope it stays that way for you. Haven’t heard that those extenders actually worked well but maybe for your case they’re good enough
Posted on 5/22/26 at 7:21 am to Glock17
Posted on 5/22/26 at 4:58 pm to Glock17
You mentioned this happened "all of a sudden." Your fiber ISP likely pushed a silent, automatic firmware update to your router recently. This update may have optimized band steering for 5 GHz/6 GHz devices, accidentally locking out or "bouncing" your older 2.4 GHz gadgets.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:11 pm to s14suspense
So far it seems to be working. I figured for $20 it was worth trying
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:32 pm to Glock17
Tech nerds like to flex
The WiFi extender will almost certainly work well enough for what you’re looking for
The WiFi extender will almost certainly work well enough for what you’re looking for
Posted on 5/25/26 at 8:50 pm to notsince98
I have a friend building a 6000sf house and I turned him onto the omada tplink router, controller, 4x 24 port switches and 4x ceiling mounted poe access points. Since his walls are all open I figured a hardened solution that unifies everything into a single app would be good idea.
ETA including fully encapsulated basement he's got 4 stories.
ETA including fully encapsulated basement he's got 4 stories.
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:39 am to CAD703X
I personally am a big fan of OpenWRT but most TP-Link products can run OpenWRT.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:20 am to CAD703X
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4x 24 port switches
96 ports screams a little overkill
Why not save 2U space and go with 2 48 port switches?
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