I suspect that part of the problem might be the signal from AT&T. I pay for the 18 Mbps plan but am lucky to get 10-12. And this can drop down to the single digits during peak hours. This is the fastest plan available at my location and AT&T is the only game in town at the moment. So switching ISP is not an option.
So I have tried various things like wiring in the Connect upstairs - I have an ethernet jack up there that feeds directly from the modem/router in the bedroom. Even wired in I still get dropouts and odd behavior. It isn't as bad as when I was connecting wirelessly but it still happens. And I don't know how much of the improvement can be attributed to the wired connection as I also manually changed network channels as well.
So I am wondering what else I should try. Should I purchase another router to do "downstream" from the AT&T modem/router (which I can't get rid of completely because I think it houses some proprietary signal equipment that I need to use the UVerse signal)? I don't know much about these devices other than they are not cheap - or that they range in price from $40-$400. Any suggestions?
I am wondering if anyone here has had similar experiences and what you did to resolve the issue.
Thanks in advance!
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