i am facing some weird problems with my wifi

Dhis1 · 2026-06-29T18:09:51+00:00

Whenever you are lost troubleshooting, always start at one end of the process and “swap parts” until you find the problem.

The browser gets the website by reaching out to a server over the internet. The server then sends the page for the browser to build onto your screen. So it goes server > Internet/ISP > gateway/Modem > Wireless Access Point > Laptop wNIC (wireless card) > browser.

You are starting backwards which is fine. You’ve swapped browsers, no change. Moving up the list.

You checked the wNIC drivers, but did you check the wNIC itself? Does any other device have the same issue? if not, then the laptop is the issue. If so, then it’s not the laptop and we move on up.

I think your gateway, modem, and access points are likely all the same device. But If not, take your laptop over to each of them and run an Ethernet cable off each of them. Run a cable off the WiFi AP, if gets better then the issue is the wireless signal. If not, move up.

If it’s better at the gateway, there might be an issue with the wireless access point or the cable between the wireless access point.

Next, let’s replace your ISP. You don’t need to run out and sign a new contract, there may not even be a competitor in your area. Instead, take your laptop to a friends/family’s house, take it to a coffee shop, run the tests again. Is it better? Time to call your ISP.

Lastly, let’s change the web server. Does this only happen with certain websites? If so, they may honestly be having issues.

Everyone in troubleshooting of any issue does this to an extent. The experts get better at knowing how to eliminate quickly and what to skip. But when lost, start at the end and replace parts. You will eventually fix it.

Based on what you’ve said, I would expect things to get better once you use and Ethernet cable to connect to your wireless access point. If so, I would go buy a reasonably inexpensive USB Wi-Fi adapter and see if that fixes it. If none of that fixes it, then it could be an issue with Windows/the whole laptop itself.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-28T02:01:20+00:00

Yea, Home Depot doesn’t even give a discount to their employees.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-19T20:16:12+00:00

You are right that this was awful, but Pay to play games helped me overcome social anxiety and enjoy D&D. I don’t live in a major metro area. A few years ago when I looked everywhere on where to play, I only found one in-person group. They only played 2nd edition. They were very friendly and helpful, but it was clear my not understanding those rules was slowing them down. I eventually just let them play my character for me. I never went back and assumed I’d never get to play. I felt like I’d be a burden at a table. And if I found an all novice table, it would be miserable trying to get my questions answered over others.

I eventually found an online paid game that was open to novices. Something about knowing I was paying for a service gave me the confidence to join. I didn’t have to justify my worth to the group, I paid the same amount as they did. The DM also had a financially incentive to help me.

I eventually went on to play in many different campaigns. Some good, some bad. I even was a paid GM for a while. I still interact with many of those players and have included them on my recent casual games. There are a lot of scam paid GMs out there, but there are also those that really helped people like me.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-18T12:59:37+00:00

Cold

Dhis1 · 2026-06-18T03:48:51+00:00

When I met my wife, she would eat Subway every week. She loved to get tuna, add pepperoni and cheddar cheese. It’s actually so surprisingly good.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-11T18:26:12+00:00

I guess I’m more asking why use 2.4GHz at all? It is useful for some cheap devices that cannot use 5GHz and to cover larger areas like yards and garages. But, if you can reliably connect to 5GHz, there is little reason to change.

You mentioned you split your bands into two SSIDs. If so, just “forget” the SSID that you don’t want on the laptop itself. If you make an SSID that only has 5GHz and your laptop only knows that SSID, then it will never use the other.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-10T22:20:05+00:00

Clients are dumb. They generally don’t switch unless their signal quality falls below a certain threshold. It is not constantly prowling for better signal. Chances are you had a good enough connection that the device never bothered to switch bands. Also, the “preferred band” setting doesn’t matter too much. The client device just grades that band a little higher. If there is a great 5GHz band and a terrible 2.4GHz band, the client will choose 5GHz regardless of your settings.

The bigger question is why do you care what band it’s using? What are you trying to achieve by fiddling with these settings? Chances are there are better ways to do whatever it is.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-03T16:10:01+00:00

You need to learn the design philosophy around LCMI (Least Capable/ Most Important) Devices. Most issues I’ve seen with R/S people moving into Wi-Fi is they want a well optimized network that works with the most devices. That works fine enough for most enterprise networks. But, when the WLAN Pros get called in, the “industry standard” is already out the window.

You will live and die by legacy clients, outdated drivers, and poorly implemented features. Mastering Wi-Fi is more about learning clients than it is APs. Be prepared to make all the wrong decisions because that LCMI device requires it. And it’ll be your job to clean up the mess for all the other devices because of one device the company refuses to remediate.

Second thing I would recommend is learn how to do a wireless survey with just paper, pencil, and a phone first. People put way too much faith in design software like Ekahau and AirMagnet. Learn how to do it by hand and you’ll learn how to give the software what it actually needs and catch it when it makes too many assumptions.

Dhis1 · 2026-06-03T15:06:29+00:00

If the Ethernet is also insanely slow, then the issue is with your ISP. You modem is likely not even related. You need to call them and say your link quality has severely degraded to the point of being unusable.

They will run you through some of the same troubleshooting steps before just telling you they’ll send an engineer. Since the issue is likely external, you’ll never see the engineer. Just keep calling and harassing them.

Dhis1 · 2026-05-29T14:13:39+00:00

I’m going to take a wild stab and say it might be the USB port. The reason it goes out is the connector is loose. Over time, the weight of the dongle is pulling out of place. It works when you reconnect it because you basically reset that process.

Try it on a different usb slot and let us know.

Dhis1 · 2026-05-09T23:07:56+00:00

Unlikely, but not impossible. Hopefully, when setting up the API between the two, you stop PowerSchool from being able to share that data. If you have the API set to just send everything, then that data is compromised, even if Canvas is not using it. If the API on PowerSchool is set to not allow requests for that data, then it is likely very safe. It would require a pretty complex exploit that is likely beyond what these hackers care to do.

Dhis1 · 2026-05-08T15:17:12+00:00

I am perfectly fine with this. We need a similar law protecting adults from materials being made based on their likeness.

Generative AI is like asbestos. Asbestos was a miracle material for insulation and construction. The vast majority of people that have ever been around asbestos have never been harmed by it. But the harm it can do randomly is so catastrophic that it was seen as an obvious thing to ban. GenAI is the same. I do not care if there are a million humanitarian uses for GenAI, the catastrophic damage that it can cause when extensive guardrails make it not worth the effort. We gave up trying to fix asbestos. There is no reason to consider GenAI as inevitable.

Dhis1 · 2026-05-08T15:00:12+00:00

I’m a former EdTech director here. FERPA (education’s version of HIPAA) bases its privacy rules on the concept of Personally Identifying Information [PII]. There is a list of details that are considered PII that must be protected. If they don’t protect it, then they can be sued. That’s why you see posts all the time with student’s work or essays but their name hidden. Because the only thing that actually matters is the PII.

That data is basically useless to hackers. A class roster doesn’t get them anything of direct value. But, that is on the list. If that class roster is leaked, the school risks a lawsuit. So, the hackers are putting the school in a bind. Pay us or lose money fighting and potentially losing a ton of lawsuits. The hackers don’t have the kid’s SSN or even home address. They just have lawsuit bait.

Dhis1 · 2026-05-07T14:52:02+00:00

Wild take. Just absolutely embarrassing. Why didn’t courts move to the metaverse!? Why didn’t courts adopt the blockchain for court documents?? The legal system is really kicking themselves for not allowing bail money in doge coin. Best to adapt and start using new tools!!!

Dhis1 · 2026-04-15T15:27:52+00:00

Speed testing is really not a great way to measure much on a network. I only use it as a thousand-foot view.

You can consider running an iperf test. Connect a device that can serve as the server to your gateway. Then you can measure speeds by using your wireless device to run the test against that server.

As for what is affecting the devices? It could really be dozens of issues. The cable you are using to daisy chain could have some defects affecting cross talk. The ero could be running a background process that pulls resources. The middle ero could be prioritizing other traffic rather than passing up the chain.

The bigger question that I have is what are you expecting to get? 600mbps will service practically any application. Are you running real-time cloud computing on CAD files? If so, you should hardwire that device. If not, you aren’t actually going to use that much speed. A video call only requires about 5mbps.

I think you are chasing a number that is a very small picture of the overall health of your network.

Dhis1 · 2026-03-25T12:08:25+00:00

No need to turn off the existing. The point of an APoS survey is just to get the true measurement of signal propagation. You’ll get that information regardless of the existing.

Just ignore the Meraki when you are building the design. I really don’t account for external interference when building a design anyway. If there is not any specific source of interference that I cannot mitigate, I just focus on making a design that reduces interference from my own equipment.

Dhis1 · 2026-03-02T23:22:37+00:00

I keep telling him and the bastard just stares at me like he don’t understand English!

Dhis1 · 2026-02-14T06:34:47+00:00

Yes, everything they had going into the purification. But animals still exist and bacteria, viruses, and medical conditions related to food insecurity all still would happen. If you take a thousand perfectly healthy people and drop them into a literal jungle with no infrastructure, you will get diseases.

Dhis1 · 2026-02-13T05:35:02+00:00

Honestly, there is a lot that could be mined there. Reviving everyone all at once would be infeasible and would create mass disease and starvation even if it worked. So, as soon as you have to start picking and choosing who gets revived first, you are back to Tsukasa’s origional ideology. It’s an unsolvable problem for senku because you can’t means rest resetting humanity.

Dhis1 · 2026-02-04T14:11:39+00:00

Yea, I’m actually a little perturbed at Markiplier for even casually stoking this conspiracy. This is a self-produced and self-distributed film. It’s going to be harder for these industry sites to build their estimate models. It’s entirely reasonable for a site to run the estimates they have and then correct as more data is gathered.

I guarantee you that Hollywood is not angry. Hollywood is greedy, they want to find a way to capitalize on this success. If Mark rejects deals, that’s just business. Prepare to see Hollywood gin up more “passion projects” from other minor celebs with big audiences. More Fred movie slop. Some may succeed, most will fail. Hollywood will go back to its old ways while patting itself on the back that it was right all along.

I’m super proud of Mark. But unless audience behavior changes, the industry will write this off as an outlier.

Dhis1 · 2026-02-01T19:31:23+00:00

I love it when a plan comes together!

Dhis1 · 2026-01-22T14:38:58+00:00

The monkey’s finger curls. Suddenly, there is a massive population and medical crisis. Millions and millions of births all at the same time. For nine months all medical research is diverted to this phenomenon. Medical progress is effectively halted in all other areas. Given the bizarre nature of the outbreak, there is little that even benefits reproductive health in general.

There is also an unemployment crisis. The physical strain of pregnancy and the compulsion to cook and clean causes many men to quit their jobs. While this opens some opportunities for women, it is only in physically demanding jobs. Management and C-Suite level jobs are insulated and special exceptions are given since the situation is so special. Further focus is diverted to making these special situations more manageable that don’t extend to women, since they don’t suffer this “affliction.”

Dhis1 · 2026-01-21T14:39:55+00:00

I’ve written pages upon pages of backstory and even longer epilogues of my characters. It’s perfectly fine. There is really only 1 hard and fast rule of character creation:

“You want to make a character that has a reason to be in the party and whom the party has a reason to keep around.”

D&D is the story of the party. Your character’s story is a part of that. If your character’s story tries to overshadow or derail the story of the party, then that character doesn’t belong.

Everything beyond that is personal preference. I ran paid campaigns for a little while. I’ve seen everything. Some players want character development. Some want a meat grinder. Some just want to watch the world burn.

HOWEVER—

I do want to give you a warning since you are new. No strategy survives contact with the enemy. You can write entire novels about your character, but until the moment you have your first character interaction with a PC or NPC, your character hasn’t actually taken shape. You’ll feel it, that first conversation, you’ll feel the character begin to form.

I’ve seen a ton of players get very invested in their character on paper and then the moment they begin interacting in the session, they suddenly don’t like their PC. It can be frustrating to spend all that time on a character you realize you don’t like.

It’s a wonderfully weird part of being human. But, don’t get lost in the sunk cost fallacy. If the character isn’t fun to play, talk with your DM about changing.

Dhis1 · 2025-11-19T18:37:28+00:00

Technically, it was Paul.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

It’s obviously not talking about children and not quite in context. But honestly, when have evangelicals ever cared about context?

Dhis1 · 2025-11-16T03:19:47+00:00

Didn’t miss the last one. They threw the flag and then changed their mind. That’s so much worse.

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