I have an odd situation in my current property. When connected to the wireless I need to have full bars or Internet connection is nonexistent. It won't disconnect from the wireless, just the internet stops working. I have also noticed it never seen it drop to 1 bar. Once connected to WIFI I only ever get full bars or a mid strength signal. Never a 1 bar/weak signal.
My initial thoughts were maybe channel contention, so I checked the channel config. I was on 6 so tried both 1 and 11. Same issue persisted. So left it on 11 for now.
It's a virgin horizon box (Ireland) so the Internet is excellent when you can connect, averages about 36Mbps+, last test I ran today was about 37.
Has both a 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. I use the 2.4Ghz generally. Tried the 5Ghz at one stage, but I struggle a bit with range if I'm too far from the router.
Rebooting the box makes no difference. Anyone ever come across this?
Note: I originally posted this (in error) on Network Engineering (https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/32322/wireless-internet-only-works-on-full-bars) and got a reply to install DD-WRT firmware on the router and it should fix the problem. But I'd like to hear other opinions before I embark on a mission like that!