The wi-fi at home is not working and you don’t know what the problem is? Follow these methods to find out the source of the connection problem and how to fix it.
After a long day at work, just throw yourself on the couch and keep watching your favorite TV series. Catch up on new episodes and at the height of the season, the connection disappears, how tense it is!
If you have this problem often, it means that your wi-fi connection is not working as it should. This problem may be caused by various factors, often quite trivial. Often, solving the problem does not require special technical skills. Usually enough Change any settings on your smartphone or computer To restore the Internet connection.
The first things to do are: restart the phone; Make sure you haven’t disabled wifi by mistake. if it was Internet problem persistsyou can follow us Checklist of checks to do for wifi connection problems.
Wrong router configuration
The first step to getting to a solution quickly is hardware. Have you recently purchased a router, computer, smartphone or wifi amplifier? In this case the problem could be Due to incorrect device configuration.
If you have purchased a new router or if you recently activated a new internet offer after changing the carrier, this could be the cause of the problem. The first consideration is about the router: Are you sure you’ve purchased the correct one?
You have decided to take advantage of AGCOM’s decision on the free modem and have activated a fileView the Internet without a modem In order to use what best suits your needs, you may have Buy a simple modem or connect it to the network Not a router.
Although they are often used interchangeably, modems and routers actually refer to devices with different functions:
- The The modem has the task of decoding the Internet signal;
- The Router It’s the tool that actually Creates a home network and he Responsible for wifi connection from different devices.
On the contrary, you have purchased the right device and the problem could simply be related to its configuration. In this case, search Configuration parameters provided by your Internet provider In case you have decided to use an e . compatible modem Follow the instructions provided.
Have you configured your computer and smartphone well?
If wifi is connected and active on your modem/router but you are unable to browse from a computer and smartphone, the problem may be Incorrect configuration of these devicesas in some cases where the error messages Mobile Network Not Available or not registered on the network appear on the smartphone screen.
It is more likely to happen, for example, if You have decided to change the SDN server Not in the router but directly in the device you are using to connect to the internet. or if I switched to a mobile operator Like Iliad and you need to configure the internet on your mobile phone.
In these cases it can be resolved in general Check the correct configuration of your smartphone Or at most by restoring the previous settings in case you have recently updated the operating system and/or installed some new applications.
The computer does not detect Wi-Fi networks
It may happen that Internet connection problem only occurs with one device. The classic case is manifested by the ability to surf the Internet from a smartphone and not from a computer. It can also happen suddenly without any apparent reason: the computer no longer detects wifi networks despite the fact that the button is on and no new software has been installed that may have caused interference.
In these cases, the problem is generally linked to the network card. You can check if new drivers are available but if you can’t solve this problem even in this way, hardware damage might be the cause. You can make a file Test with wi-fi switchesbut usually the only solution in this case is Bring the computer to help.
It just doesn’t work in some rooms
Sometimes the problem does not appear all over the house but Only in some areas where communication is often absent. The reason in these cases can be linked to the difficulty of the wireless signal reaching all areas of the house. This often happens in houses with several floors or with many rooms. Walls, especially if they are reinforced concrete, tend to block the router’s wireless signal, as they do with mirrors. For example, if DAZN does not work and you cannot watch games, you can do this type of verification.
Solving the problem is not particularly complicated but it can involve costs. You can try to improve the situation, for example, simply Change the location to the router or if it is equipped with Removable external antennas, buy more powerful antennas. Alternatively, you can purchase a file wifi amplifierthe device that does the job of extending the wireless signal to areas of the home that don’t have it.
When the cause of the problem is this, it usually happens with every device used to connect to the internet in the room that the wireless network does not reach. Another possible symptom is extremely slow browsing speed. You have one Stronger internet connection In these cases it can contribute more to improving the situation.
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