My iPhone's WiFi range is not good. Anyone else have this issue?
As an example I have two WiFi laptops, one with good WiFi range the other not-so-good. But even the not-so-good laptop has better range than my iPhone.
I've only tested this at my home with a WiFi DSL modem/router (SpeedStream). I don't think it's my WiFi as my closest neighbor has a Linksys, which the iPhone doesn't see at all. The "good" laptop sees this just fine, and can even connect to it (gotta tell my neighbor about security). The other laptop usually can't connect, but does see the Linksys sporadically. Again, the iPhone has never once seen it.
To get an idea of the range I'm getting, I'd say I lose WiFi after about 20-30 feet. I would consider a repeater but I just don't think the range I'm getting should be normal. It seems more like Bluetooth range than WiFi.
For reference I had the DNS issue with this modem/router but fixed that by using my ISP's DNS IPs directly. I haven't actually connected to another WiFi network yet. I did see one today at lunch (expected to see more) but that was only from the computer store right next door (at least it was more than 30 feet away). Couldn't connect as it was secured.
So again, does anyone else have this issue of poor WiFi range with their iPhone? If this isn't normal I might have to return mine.
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Mike
As an example I have two WiFi laptops, one with good WiFi range the other not-so-good. But even the not-so-good laptop has better range than my iPhone.
I've only tested this at my home with a WiFi DSL modem/router (SpeedStream). I don't think it's my WiFi as my closest neighbor has a Linksys, which the iPhone doesn't see at all. The "good" laptop sees this just fine, and can even connect to it (gotta tell my neighbor about security). The other laptop usually can't connect, but does see the Linksys sporadically. Again, the iPhone has never once seen it.
To get an idea of the range I'm getting, I'd say I lose WiFi after about 20-30 feet. I would consider a repeater but I just don't think the range I'm getting should be normal. It seems more like Bluetooth range than WiFi.
For reference I had the DNS issue with this modem/router but fixed that by using my ISP's DNS IPs directly. I haven't actually connected to another WiFi network yet. I did see one today at lunch (expected to see more) but that was only from the computer store right next door (at least it was more than 30 feet away). Couldn't connect as it was secured.
So again, does anyone else have this issue of poor WiFi range with their iPhone? If this isn't normal I might have to return mine.
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Mike