after an hour of technical investigation, i can only conclude that at LEAST one of the following is true
1) the internet is bad
2) my ISP is bad
3) my internet connection is bad
4) my router is bad
5) my network adapter is bad
6) my computer is bad
7) I'm bad
i think i've narrowed it down to "i live in the middle of a city and every single 2.4 GHz channel is completely congested but 5 GHz is fine, however for some reason my computer and router don't want to connect over 5 GHz sometimes" which i have somehow fixed by setting the router's 2.4 GHz channel to the channel with the MOST interference, so that it forces 5 GHz? i have no idea if this is happening but now i'm getting 100 Mbps again. so.. maybe time to set up the 5 GHz AP with its own SSID
you: why are you using wi-fi? why don't you run an ethernet cable
me: because then i'd trip over it wouldn't i. i wouldn't be able to close the door because the cable would be in the way. what are you talking about. what a stupid idea
why wont they let me connect to the internet directly. directly into the fiber backbone. direct into my computer. the fiber optic backbone of the internet directly into the TOSLINK connector on the back of my computer
they won't let you! they won't let you, will they?? they don't let you connect the optic fiber backbone of the internet, directly into the TOSLINK connector on the back of your computer
@jk i'm scared
@jk 5ghz gets absorbed and reflected a lot easier so it's harder to actually use in other rooms
@Nine well, the range 802.11ac devices are allowed to use is on the x axis, it's split into channels to make it easier for devices to avoid each other. But if there's not many devices around, they can use a wider part of the spectrum to transmit more data, the parts of the spectrum the devices can use are the hills
also on some channels 5GHz migh get interference with weather radar, afaik routers are required by law to back off when they see that, so that's fun
@noiob why did you delete that reply i actually understood that XD
@Nine it wasn't correct, it's not "louder" but "at more frequencies"
@noiob oh, well, still, it defintely made sense. my brain just sorta turned to mush by the second or third use of "devices" for some reason.
@noiob ...that would make an amazing sticker