![]() If a wall is blocking your way, move away from it. So try and move around the room, or change rooms, to see if you can get a better reception. I think the wall has several inches of concrete, making a WiFi signal really struggling to connect with my laptop. And if I turn around, with my head to the wall, I lose the signal entirely. This means that sometimes the WiFi signal will blink on and off. The router should then automatically reboot, and all going well, the WiFi signal should return right away. Then go to the router’s web interface (accessible via your internal IP address), go to the section called “ Upgrade” (or words to that effect), and upload the zip file. When you find the page (and it may take a bit to find it, depending on how old your router box is), download the file it gives you. ![]() Get the serial number of the model from the box to make sure you don’t install the wrong firmware software (which will give you a whole separate set of problems all on its own). To get the latest version, go to the website for your router box and search in their search box for the exact model you have. Upgrading it fixed the signal problem virtually right away. One time when I was having trouble connecting, it turned out that the router software (or “firmware”) was vastly out of date (three versions out of date in fact). ![]()
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