Vive & Wifi Conflict

[Sly Fox]

I'm having issues when wifi is enabled, I get constant disconnecting on both controllers and the headset. I'm using an ASrock fatality motherboard, however I can't remember or find the model number.

Any help would be appreciated!

[=CrimsoN=]

Are you sure that its the Wifi to blame for the constant disconnects?

That doesn't sound like it would be the cause since they are completely separate components.

If the controller and headsets are constantly disconnecting then it's probably the base stations to blame since the base stations are responsible for if the headset and controllers can be seen and activated. Might want to see if something is blocking the base stations. The maximum distance is 16ft and the minimum recommended height is 6 ft.

[Sly Fox]

Everything is perfect when my wifi card is turned off, it only ever disconnects with wifi on :(

[=CrimsoN=]

Originally posted by SirFoxEsquire:

Everything is perfect when my wifi card is turned off, it only ever disconnects with wifi on :(

I stand corrected:
https://m.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4i7xf6/psa_vive_controllers_use_bluetooth_and_will/

Apparently because the Vive uses Bluetooth (even when Bluetooth isn't being used for phone applications) it conflicts with 2.4ghz wifi. The link above suggests changing the frequency of the router to 5 ghz if possible or move the Vive outside the area of 2.4ghz interference.

[Sly Fox]

Thanks, I'll see how I go :)

[BOYCOTT]

Originally posted by Red Riding Hood:

Originally posted by SirFoxEsquire:

Everything is perfect when my wifi card is turned off, it only ever disconnects with wifi on :(

I stand corrected:
https://m.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4i7xf6/psa_vive_controllers_use_bluetooth_and_will/

Apparently because the Vive uses Bluetooth (even when Bluetooth isn't being used for phone applications) it conflicts with 2.4ghz wifi. The link above suggests changing the frequency of the router to 5 ghz if possible or move the Vive outside the area of 2.4ghz interference.

how bad is it if your router broadcasts both a 2.4ghz and 5ghz connection simultaneously? any ideas? will the light houses or anything the vive does interfere with 5ghz at all?
the 5ghz seems insanely unreliable on it's own from what i can tell anyway, literally if i pick up my phone and walk to the next room it has issues, but at least when it does work it's insanely fast.
i think this is how 5ghz is intended to work however, i was told it's an extremely short range wifi to the point of line of sight to the router actually matters, but the trade off is it's not much slower than gigabit ethernet.

[iemander]

5ghz should be more stable, but shorter range. The purpose is to have a frequency that isn't already bombarded with many many other devices. Most devices use the 2.4ghz frequences.

I'm a bit surprised you have a problem tho, I have like 2 Xbox controller wireless receivers running at 2.4ghz, wireless keyboard running 2.4ghz, logitech harmony running at 2.4ghz, got a router right next to it. With wireless signals coming from my PS4/PS3/etc etc. And the Vive works perfectly fine. Is there something special about your setup that's causing this?

[=CrimsoN=]

Originally posted by Too-DAMN-Much:

Originally posted by Red Riding Hood:

I stand corrected:
https://m.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4i7xf6/psa_vive_controllers_use_bluetooth_and_will/

Apparently because the Vive uses Bluetooth (even when Bluetooth isn't being used for phone applications) it conflicts with 2.4ghz wifi. The link above suggests changing the frequency of the router to 5 ghz if possible or move the Vive outside the area of 2.4ghz interference.

how bad is it if your router broadcasts both a 2.4ghz and 5ghz connection simultaneously? any ideas? will the light houses or anything the vive does interfere with 5ghz at all?
the 5ghz seems insanely unreliable on it's own from what i can tell anyway, literally if i pick up my phone and walk to the next room it has issues, but at least when it does work it's insanely fast.
i think this is how 5ghz is intended to work however, i was told it's an extremely short range wifi to the point of line of sight to the router actually matters, but the trade off is it's not much slower than gigabit ethernet.

From the way I understand it, because the Vive's bluetooth uses a frequency of 2.4ghz, then it will affect the already slower speed of 2.4ghz....but I also have a dualband router and have no problems with interferance from the Vive from what I can tell...I don't use my wi-fi often, but my roommates do and I haven't heard any complaints.

[BOYCOTT]

Originally posted by Red Riding Hood:

From the way I understand it, because the Vive's bluetooth uses a frequency of 2.4ghz, then it will affect the already slower speed of 2.4ghz....but I also have a dualband router and have no problems with interferance from the Vive from what I can tell...I don't use my wi-fi often, but my roommates do and I haven't heard any complaints.

thanks for responding, i am still not sure i have the (somewhat) new router properly configured 100% also. :)