Broadband issues (1 Viewer)

Many things can interfere with your wireless signal including mobile phones, cordless phones, things like baby monitors as a lot of 'wireless' devices use the 2.4ghz range! As suggested if you are having trouble, try changing the channel for a few days which is essentially changing the radio frequency very slightly, this could help you avoid interference. Updating the firmware is a good idea too, if there is a firmware available you can check the current firmware version in your router setup page or it could also be printed on the back of the modem, if your ISP cannot point you in the right direction try to head over to the manufacturer of the router (which you will likely find the manufacturer in the router setup page) If there are firmware updates be sure that your router is the same model as the firmware is for - and be sure to only update the firmware via a wired connection (connected via network cable) especially since you are having wireless problems, failing to do so could leave your router as a paperweight ;-)

How old is your wireless router?

As on a more sinister note, your wireless could be under attack where someone does what is called 'deauthing' which causes your router to disconnect it's clients, as they reconnect the WPA handshake is sent by clients reconnecting to the router and captured by an attacker, this can then be taken and cracked elsewhere, in order to gain the password for your wireless, from there the attacker can do all sorts of mischief, There is however no need for an attacker to do this constantly if that was the case so you shouldn't experience it all the time - but you should be sure you have adequate wireless security in place, also ensure that WPS is disabled by default as on older routers this was a very successful attack method and hammering it (via brute force pin attack) could cause disconnects if you were under attack. This is probably unlikely but is something you should just make sure of.

Hope this helps,

Steve​