Can fuse board effect wifi router

Rooky007 · 2 Oct 2015 at 21:24

As title really.

At the moment my router is in same walk in cupboard as the fuse board as that where master BT socket is and there were engineer installed my opemreach modem.

bremen1874 · 2 Oct 2015 at 23:59

The consumer unit/fuse board shouldn't do much harm.

The fact that the router is inside a cupboard would be more of a problem; it's one more wall for the wireless signal to get through.

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 06:42

bremen1874 said:
The consumer unit/fuse board shouldn't do much harm.

The fact that the router is inside a cupboard would be more of a problem; it's one more wall for the wireless signal to get through.

Even if I put the wifi device next to the router it sometime high and some time low speed. Hard wire is always same speed.

teenwolf · 3 Oct 2015 at 06:54

Yes anything electrical can affect it. I used to have my router behind the tv with lots of wires behind there. Totally crippled the wifi

Steveocee · 3 Oct 2015 at 07:16

Is there a lot of wifi around you? eg neighbours? If it's congested you can suffer from collision quite badly.

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 07:18

Steveocee said:
Is there a lot of wifi around you? eg neighbours? If it's congested you can suffer from collision quite badly.

I've set my own channel.

I didn't notice any wifi issue when I use to have the Adsl router in the location where I like the fibre router

Steveocee · 3 Oct 2015 at 14:33

So an ADSL router worked there but a new router doesn't?

I would argue that it isn't electrical interference and more a dodgy/faulty router.

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 21:48

Well looks like the fuse board or somthing in that cupboard upset somthing. I took the faceplate off the master socket so the extension socket in lounge could receive fibre connection. Ta da high speed stable internet

Steveocee · 3 Oct 2015 at 21:51

So you negated a filter?

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 21:52

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 21:53

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13727/~/how-to-remove-the-special-fibre-faceplate

Hobbsie · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:01

Rooky007 said:
I've set my own channel.

what channel?

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:03

Hobbsie said:
what channel?

12

But it back in auto now it been moved into lounge

Steveocee · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:07

Rooky007 said:
12

But it back in auto now it been moved into lounge

You realise that not all devices can see that?

I don't know why people mess with this stuff. 1,6,11 thats all you need.

Hobbsie · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:09

if you have plenty other networks in your area you will have to put it on auto as i bet all of their rubbish routers will also be on auto.

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:10

Steveocee said:
You realise that not all devices can see that?

I don't know why people mess with this stuff. 1,6,11 thats all you need.

Well none of them worked the speed was appalling like I say it excellent now I've manage to move it all

Hobbsie · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:10

and yes 1,6,11 are the channels you wanna be looking at

Hobbsie · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:11

glad its working good now

Rooky007 · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:12

must have been fuse board or somthing hidden behind walls played Hovac

Steveocee · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:21

Rooky007 said:
must have been fuse board or somthing hidden behind walls played Hovac

You said removing faceplate and connecting to the diagnostic socket fixed it, surely that means it's the faceplate filter that has degraded not some mystical demon behind your walls.....