htismaqe
Very Senior Member
Guys, any idea why a Nintendo Wii connected to the WRT1900AC on the 2.4Ghz band would kill my 5Ghz connection on my iMac?
I've been transferring disk images for a couple of days now without issue. Now all of the sudden I had one fail. I checked my wireless connection and the PHY rate had dropped from 162 to just 6.
The only thing that had happened was that my kids started up Amazon Instant Video on the family room Wii.
I had them shut it off, I stopped the transfer, and my connection immediately settled down. I had them turn it back on and my PHY again dropped from 162 to 6.
So as a test, I fired up Amazon Instant Video on both the Blu Ray player and the Wii in their bedroom and started streaming some TV shows. No issues.
Started my file transfer. Again no issues.
Turned the Wii in the family room on and bam - PHY drops to 6 and my transfer fails. Streaming video in the bedroom is completely uninterrupted.
I've been transferring disk images for a couple of days now without issue. Now all of the sudden I had one fail. I checked my wireless connection and the PHY rate had dropped from 162 to just 6.
The only thing that had happened was that my kids started up Amazon Instant Video on the family room Wii.
I had them shut it off, I stopped the transfer, and my connection immediately settled down. I had them turn it back on and my PHY again dropped from 162 to 6.
So as a test, I fired up Amazon Instant Video on both the Blu Ray player and the Wii in their bedroom and started streaming some TV shows. No issues.
Started my file transfer. Again no issues.
Turned the Wii in the family room on and bam - PHY drops to 6 and my transfer fails. Streaming video in the bedroom is completely uninterrupted.