Hi & thanks to any/all that reply to this.
My home router (rental provided by ISP) has become an evil headache the past 3 weeks now.
When the qos dropped by more than half I thought it was time to poke around a bit & see what is up.
I am a little confused by that when I look at available wireless networks in the area & along with my router with it's name, MAC, signal, security , channel,
I see 1 router with no name, MAC, signal, security & channel.
The MAC is almost identical looking like this~ (not the real MAC,just an example)
My Router 36:60:77:07:A3:82
Router without SSID 3c:60:77:07:A3:83
Just the first & last hex digits are different & very close to each other. I don't think that a neighbor would end up with a router
MAC so close to mine by chance.
The signal strength of the 2 routers are close together but rarely identical.
Both are on the same channel & when I change channels the second router seems to flip soon after. Anywhere from 2 min up to 45 mins.
When I disable wifi & cable directly to the router the qos is still bad. I'll check the wireless networks in the area with another computer and sometimes the no name is there and other times it's not.
Isp says service is fine, even though it certainly is not.
Any ideas ?
thanks
S
