cant connect to 5G wifi?

[Kumoko]

i was actually able to connect to it before but it seems im not able to connect anymore including all my phone and maybe my consoles to but considering i cant even connect on my phone or pc it might not work is my modem 5g broken or something and i need to buy a new one?

[_I_]

5ghz has shorter range than 2.4ghz

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Check the modem/router settings using a PC via Wired Ethernet

[Talby]

^ agree also use a good WIFI analyzer app[play.google.com] and give a run in all the rooms in your home to do a survey of sorts, recently I had to manually change the 5g channel and narrow the bw to 20mhz to restore good, reliable connectivity

I suspect my neighbor upgraded their router to make my connectivity spotty in the furthest rooms since they were on the same channel - over 400 APs show up in my scanner app lol

[Kumoko]

Publicado originalmente por Talby:

^ agree also use a good WIFI analyzer app[play.google.com] and give a run in all the rooms in your home to do a survey of sorts, recently I had to manually change the 5g channel and narrow the bw to 20mhz to restore good, reliable connectivity

I suspect my neighbor upgraded their router to make my connectivity spotty in the furthest rooms since they were on the same channel - over 400 APs show up in my scanner app lol

wouldnt make sense though i have been using the same router for 5 years now always connected into the 5G network i have also not touched the settings well tbh i have forgotten the user and pass to the router itself aswell i guess i can try asking my parents laptop but doubt theyll let me use it for the wired

[DeadPhoenix]

When was the last time you did a reset on your router?

[Kumoko]

Publicado originalmente por DeadPhoenix:

When was the last time you did a reset on your router?

cant recall might be 3-4 years ago

[DeadPhoenix]

Publicado originalmente por Kumoko:

Publicado originalmente por DeadPhoenix:

When was the last time you did a reset on your router?

cant recall might be 3-4 years ago

Try reset it, and see if it fixes the issue. Wait about 5 mins before turning it back on.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Should "reboot" (don't get confused with reset; as in reset to factory defaults)
about once a month or so; by turning it off, leave it off for about 5-10 mins, then turn it back on and wait about 5 mins for the signal from ISP and for the WiFi cache + clients to be cleared; then jump back onto it again.

But again, doesn't hurt to log into the Router (via a PC thats on a wired connection) and double check all of the settings. Make sure the 2.4Ghz and 5.0Ghz SSID are different. You can have the same PW for both though if that makes things easier for your house-hold.

[DeadPhoenix]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Should "reboot" (don't get confused with reset; as in reset to factory defaults)
about once a month or so; by turning it off, leave it off for about 5-10 mins, then turn it back on and wait about 5 mins for the signal from ISP and for the WiFi cache + clients to be cleared; then jump back onto it again.

But again, doesn't hurt to log into the Router (via a PC thats on a wired connection) and double check all of the settings. Make sure the 2.4Ghz and 5.0Ghz SSID are different. You can have the same PW for both though if that makes things easier for your house-hold.

I reset mine once a week. And do a factory reset like every 6 months. Suprisingly my 8 year old Router still receives firmware updates.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

These modems and routers you have; are they self purchased or came from your ISP?

As users should be getting these hardware replaced entirely every 3-5 years

[Talby]

Publicado originalmente por Kumoko:

...wouldnt make sense though i have been using the same router for 5 years now always connected into the 5G network i have also not touched the settings well tbh i have forgotten the user and pass to the router itself aswell i guess i can try asking my parents laptop but doubt theyll let me use it for the wired

Well 5 years is a pretty good run, but how can you tell if you are getting interference from other wifi routers or APs that were recently upgraded?

This is a pretty good overview on how / why to use the wifi scanner app, will explain a lot of things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7amGn0xKus
Also not a bad idea to change your wifi password every so often, I do every 6 months these days...