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Originally Posted by cral12
Talked to Shaw help and they are telling me it's probably my router (I bought it myself)
- D-Link DIR 645
- had been working find. I don't get it.
- For WI-FI, connects to my network, but seems to continuously need to search for network
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If you've isolated that the problem does not occur when you connect directly to the cable modem, try changing the WiFi channel - could be interference from neighbours. This is especially a problem if you live in a multi-dwelling unit such as townhouses or condos.
Here is a pretty good primer on how to detect how many wifi hotspots there are in range and who is using what channel to best help you select the least utilized channel range.
http://www.howtogeek.com/197268/how-...rating-system/
Or if you're too lazy to read that, just arbitrarily switch the channel and see if that helps. If not, try switching to another channel and so forth until you (hopefully) land on a better channel.
If that still doesn't help, might be time to invest in a 5GHz router. Some of the new high end routers even support automatic channel hopping to the least utilized channel (a feature on found on commercial routers until recently).