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I live in a ranch home w/basement. I have had fios service for 18 months or so. The router is located in a bedroom/office on the first floor. I have a wii in my basement that I can't set up to wifi. Within the last week I also lost the ability to use my laptop anywhere except directily in front of the router. Verizon said a neighbor must have gotten something new which is interfereing with my signal. New router didn't help (I also am taking deliver of a LG tv today which is wifi capable. I had hoped to get a roku box for another bedroom, and connect the wii, new tv and other bedroom tv to Netflix). If anyone has suggestions, I would appreciate it. I do not speak computerease, so please keep it simple. Thanks

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dslr595148

#1 If the router is set to use Automatic as the Channel, change that to channel 1.

#2 If the router is set to use channel 1, try channal 6 or 11.

#3 If the router is set to use channel 6, try channel 1 or 11.

#4 If the router is set to use channel 11, try channel 1 or 6.

#5 If you have no idea of how to change the change the channel of the router, it would help to know what the brand and model of your router is.

#6 Other users might comment on how to check what in your area, what channels are in use.

Hubrisnxs

FYI, on my Wii - I couldn't get it connected until after I set it for WPA2 AES encryption. So maybe that is a possibility too.

Give it a try. (click here)

@pad123 wrote:
I live in a ranch home w/basement. I have had fios service for 18 months or so. The router is located in a bedroom/office on the first floor. I have a wii in my basement that I can't set up to wifi. Within the last week I also lost the ability to use my laptop anywhere except directily in front of the router. Verizon said a neighbor must have gotten something new which is interfereing with my signal. New router didn't help (I also am taking deliver of a LG tv today which is wifi capable. I had hoped to get a roku box for another bedroom, and connect the wii, new tv and other bedroom tv to Netflix). If anyone has suggestions, I would appreciate it. I do not speak computerease, so please keep it simple. Thanks

After you're done increasing the security, then follow the below instructions to change the wirless signal, as described earlier.

change the wireless signal. you can do that in the router. open a browser, and go to http://192.168.1.1

user name is admin. and the password is most likely the serial number found on the service tag of your VZ router unless you changed it. Once you login succesfully, go to the top and hit wireless, then on the left basic security. then go to option 3 which is channel 1, 6 and 11 and are the only channels you should try.

So it will likely be set to auto, change it to 11 and put the check for keep settings even after reboot (Directly under the channel) and then hit apply. after you hit apply, test your connection out, if you notice a difference, leave it like that until the problem happens again, and if it happens again, go back into the router, and try channel 6, test it out. and then finally 1 if the first two don't work.

Also take a look at page 2 of Actiontec's Wireless PDF File. It gives you some idea's with regards to position and orientation of where the router sits and how it can best be positioned for maximum coverage.

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