My Wi-Fi Drops Every Hour: Here's What Finally Fixed It
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Summary
Wi-Fi dropping is frustrating, especially in the middle of an important activity
There are several ways to deal with this problem, including rebooting the router, which resets its memory and clears any glitches, and setting the Wi-Fi to restart late at night
A crowded Wi-Fi channel can cause network congestion, which causes lag, high latency, and packet loss
It is recommended to connect priority devices to the 5GHz channel, and less important devices to the 2.4GHz channel, or upgrade the router to a 5 or 6GHz channel
Correctly placing the router centrally and at a height to ensure optimal coverage of the area it is needed for can also solve the problem
Some devices such as older models have weaker antennas, so moving closer to the router or using an Ethernet cable may be the only solutions
In some cases, network settings on the device may need to be reset, or the DNS cache may need to be flushed
If there are too many devices connected to the Wi-Fi, not enough bandwidth will be available, and an upgrade may be needed
Finally, if none of these solutions work, it may be time to upgrade the router to a newer model.
