Actiontec GT784WNV wifi signal transmitter problems

I purchased a Actiontec GT784WNV from Amazon three months ago and set it upwith minimum effort. It worked well on both ethernet and Wifi until recently. My main PC was on wifi and started having problems while the second PCworked OK on ethernet. I moved the modem to connect the main PC to ethernet with sucess. The second PC (now on wifi) now has a very slow and erratic connection. The problem showed up using my main PC wifi card and two different USB wifi adapters on the second PC. In addition, my TV wifi netflix wifi alsostopped working. These tests indicate to me modem transmitter problemseven though the wifi signal bars show a strong signal. I have reset the router which helps for awhile. It has good ventilation anddoes not appear to be overheating. I have tried channel 6 and 11 on themodem without helping. Any ideas on how to confirm the Actiontec transmitter is broken or how to fix?

There are couple of settings you can try and make the wi-fi work properly. Change the security type from WPA-WPA2 to just WPA. Change the wireless mode from b/g/n to b&g If possible, change the frequency channel to fixed mode (say 7 or 11). I have tried this and all of my wireless devices work as a charm. Hope this works for you too!

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my ipad 3 wifi signal strength is very (increase or decrease) and some time its appear one bar
please tell me what i do for its solution
thanks

Could be a router problem or settings problem.
Some things to try first:
1. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
2. Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
3. Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
4. Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
5. Renew IP Address: (especially if you are droping internet connection)
    •    Launch Settings app
    •    Tap on Wi-Fi
    •    Tap on the blue arrow of the Wi-Fi network that you connect to from the list
    •    In the window that opens, tap on the Renew Lease button
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HT4628 My ipad and iphone connect and recognize wifi signal, but my mac pro running 10.6.8 does not recognize or list the wiifi signal as option, any ideas?

Hi,
In Austria, iphone and ipad "see" and connect to wifi signal no problem but mac pro in same room will not even allow me to choose the same wifi signal. It seems almost blocked. Havectried everything it seems by restarting, deleting preferred accoints, etc. software is updated but running osx 10.6.8
Thanks for any help!

Try the basics first:
Change your router channel number. Most times this works & is all you have to do.
Disconnect & reconnect your modem. unplug it for about 10 seconds. Plug it back in. Do the same for Apple’s routers. Wait for everything to reboot.
System Preferences>Network
Click the Assist Me button.
In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button & do the necessary.
Research Knowledge Base for network problems that pertain to the OS that is currently installed on your computer. See these basic networking KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP's
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714 Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting
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What to do when you can't connect to the Internet
Also, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.
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If using a Linksys router, contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums.
If using Apple's Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums.

My 4-year old AirPort Extreme intermittently drops out (no signal to my iMac Book). The laptop shows reception of other nearby Wi-Fi transmitters, but not mine. I have changed the bands, but the problem comes back. Transmitter problem or interference?

My 4-year old AirPort Extreme intermittently drops out (no signal to my iMac Book). My hard-wired iMac still has internet capability. The laptop shows reception of other nearby Wi-Fi transmitters, but not mine. I have changed the bands back and forth, but the problem comes back. How can I check if it is a transmitter problem or interference?

Let me see if I can suggest a strategy.
I have talked with my ISP and he said that I am not the only one with an Airport Extreme with the same issue. He said to try to write the DNS direclty, rather than using the Auto settings - still nothing works.
What modem do you have and what sort of broadband?
What mode is the AE in.. router or bridge?
I have an Airport Express from 2010. Since about a month and definetly since yesterday, I cannot connect any device via Wifi to it although LAN connection works correctly.
Is this express or extreme.. the rest of the post you refer to extreme.
What is the actual model number of the AE? A1xxx from the base or the part number MCxxx from the box.
If the AE is bridge.. I want you to try a different method.. put it in router mode.. don't worry about double NAT but ensure the IP range of the modem /router is different to the AE.. so if one is 192.168.x.x then the AE on default at 10.x.x.x is fine.. if the main router is 10.x then move the AE to 192.168.x.x
Make sure the guest wireless is off.
Using a 5.6 utility on your 10.6.8 OS mini go to the log and see if the wireless is registering..
You should see lists of wireless connection like..
Post as many screenshots of the setup as you can.. it helps loads.
IPv6 is starting to become a pain.. try it off and try local link and try auto.. in the computer.

Why Is My iPhone 4 Struggling To Pick Up a Wifi Signal My Macbook Has No Problem Receiving?

I have both an iPhone 4 and a late 2009 Macbook. I work at an office just a few yards from the local hospital. The hospital has a public wifi that is definitely receivable, although weak in spots. But what I have noticed is that my iPhone 4 has a real hard time finding the signal and keeping it. I usually only get 2 bars max, out of the three on the signal graphic on the screen of the iPhone. It drops out often on the iPhone. However, when I connect with my Macbook, the connection is solid and it displays that I am getting a full signal. The signal doesn't drop on the Macbook. My question is why is there a difference between the iPhone and Macbook in picking up a wifi signal? Do iPhones not have as much sensitivity to pick up a weaker signal? Is there something I can do to the iPhone to enhance its reception?

They better huh?
I'm sure Apple is shaking in their boots.
No such problem with my iPhone which I connect with a number of wi-fi networks.
If the same problem with any other wi-fi network besides your own and no change after resetting network settings and/or after restoring the iPhone as a new iPhone or not from the backup, the iPhone has a hardware problem.
If the problem is with your wi-fi network only - no problem with any other wi-fi network besides your own, the problem is not with the iPhone.

After iOS 8 wifi is being disabled automatically on its own. Even after tapping on wifi signal downward notification link, problem is not solved.

After I got updated to iOS 8 on iPhone 5c purchased 3 months back, after I tapped on wifi symbol in notification tab, first there will be a signal on top left corner but when I open safari it showed " there is no network or wifi" with message of "cellular data turned off ". Again I have to open settings and turned off and on wifi to get the signal and connected to network. There is no problem with my wifi signal or network but I don't use cellular data at all. Kindly look into the issue and provide me with a solution. Thank you apple and Tim cook. Rip Steve Jobs.

I have an iPhone 5C.
iOS 8.0 disabled my Wi-Fi. Actually not just disabled, it made my phone behave as it did not have W-Fi. I could not re-enable wi-fi.
Restarting my phone or resetting network settings made me no difference.
Solution:
Power down iPhone for a few minutes
Power-up and Wi-Fi is back again!
After updating to the latest iOS 8.0.2 it disabled my Wi-Fi again. Following the power-down procedure above fixed it.
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6.1.2 and still wifi signal problem

I bought iphone 5 yesterday in London.I update my iphone to 6.1.2 and i saw a problem.My wifi signal is too weak and its drops the connections few time later.I restore my phone but still same.What can i do for this problem.Is it a hardware problem ?

I had problems with wifi in 6.1.2 on my 4S. Namely, I'd go to my general/wifi settings page and get to watch the checkmark cycle visible/invisible (wifi on/off) every few seconds. After a while it would apparently go permanently off for that connection. I scoured the net and found I should:
Toggle WiFi off then back on.(on phone)
Forget network for my home network and then log back in (on phone)
Reset network settings (on phone)
Reboot router
And perhaps a few more. I tried them all with no positive results.
I got frustrated and visited the local Apple store genius. She said I'd pretty much covered the whole enchalada and so it was time for the dreaded FULL RESTORE. God I hate that. I was hoping she could wave a magic apple over the phone and it would start to work or something.
She asked about backups etc. so as to not totally ruin my life. I was good and told her it was ok to infantalize my phone. A few minutes later I was walking out of the store with a "brand new" phone. At least my phone was behaving that way.
In a weird way this was a good experience. My phone was in such a state of new phoneitis that the only stuff on it was my cell data to let me make calls and get on line and a few things that I store in the cloud (I don't fully backup to the cloud, only contacts and my calendar). So I had lost all my apps, my nice directory structure, all my folders segregating my apps into neat categories etc.
So, why a good experience? Well when I got home I first restored the backup, then restored the apps and media previously stored on the phone. I've never done this before and I was TOTALLY Delighted to see that the phone was basically indistinguishable from its state prior to the wipe. All the apps were back in their designated spots and all the useless Apple stuff had been moved to purgatory on the last screen. Why can we NOT put newsstand and such into a folder or better yet simply dump it from the phone? How lame is it that Apple is so un-confident they force us to stare at those Icons in the desparate hope we start to use stuff that some of us simply are not interested in? Anyway it was nice to get my phone back to its original state.
Now the test, I turned on WiFi and selected my network, gave the wpa2 password and voila, the checkmark beside my home network started to blink again. Oh well, 2 to 3 hours of restoration was needed anyway but I was really hoping a fresh virgin install of the OS would have cured this problem.
SOLUTION:
You know, I'm fairly certain I didn't try much beyond toggling wifi on and off and doing the forget network thingies before I stumbled across a series of reports online about this problem that changing wifi network security from one type to another might do something good. So, I started with the most benign router network change, I simply changed my wifi wpa password on the router. I didn't even start with a switch from wps2 to wep or whatever else might be available as an alternate security protocol. Back to my phone and I tried to connect to wifi and entered the new password and I got access. I watched the checkmark beside my home network. No cycling on and off. I went to safari and visited a bunch of bookmarks. No starting and stopping the network connection. It appeared to have been healed. I went back into the router and reverted the password to the original. I loaded up a couple of my security cams. Everything was working. I checked my "Nest" thermostats and they were working.
So far it's been around 18 hours and things are still good with my 6.1.2 IOS iPhone. Hopefully they will stay that way.
Although the iPhone is so locked down as to not really qualify in my mind as a true computer, it's important to remember all the disabling Apple does on the phones doesn't mean they aren't computers. Just that we can't use them that way most of the time. And with computers there are unending interactions between different services that are running in the background where we can't interact with them on the phone but are totally able to keep an eye on them on a true computer with full access by the user allowed. So... point is, it really is a computer hiding under the covers and all kinds of stuff is happening in there. So, while one person may find a simple toggling of the wifi on and off will solve this problem others may have to do really strange things to get things working again. In my particular configuration I'm guessing that the install of the new OS somehow messed with the prefs file for wifi and perhaps did something funky to my wifi password. changing the router password and requiring me to thus create a brand new connection to it may have cleared up this problem. It's a good thing there wasn't something inherently wrong with my standard wpa password. I have BUNCHES of stuff running on wifi around the house and I seriously would hate to have to connect to everything besides the router and enter in new passwords.
Anyway, so far for me, a happy ending. Luck to you all.

My ipad keeps dropping my home network wifi signal, what is the problem?

My ipad, iphone and apple tv all keep dropping the wifi signal from our wireless router, i have tried two different router and had our isp here to try to fix the problem with no success, what can be done?

I have an IPad 1 that is dropping the connection multiple times a day. There are multiple other devices in the house; 4 iPhones, pc and dell laptops, an IPad 2, etc. and they never drop. Could it be that these devices are not intended to last past two years? I am going to go to a factory reset.

Problems with poor wifi signal strength, need help?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated? This is a lengthy explanation. Thanks in advance.
I have a 3rd generation Airport Extreme wirelessly bridged to a 4th generation Time Capsule. I have noticed only mild increase in signal strength. Surprisingly I have only 1 – 2 bars of signal strength when standing next to the bridged Airport Extreme. There are areas of the house that continue to have very weak coverage ranging from 0 – 2 bars depending on the day and others that continue to have no wifi coverage.
The house has Cat 5 cable in all rooms. Most rooms only have a phone jack wired to the end of the Cat 5 cable but two rooms have data ports. All the wires (phone and data) run to the same junction box and are connected to, what appears to be, a simple parallel bridge. (There are a couple unused access points on the bridge. A few years back, I ran an additional line for a phone by simply pressing the colored wire into the corresponding site and the phone works fine)
It was suggested to plug the two routers directly into the data ports rather than have them communicate wirelessly. When doing this, I had no signal at the other end and the phone stopped working.
What is the best way to fix the weak wifi signal problem?
1.     Do I need to tweak my current wireless set up? (FYI, In the Airport Utility, both devices are listed and have green dots)
2.     Do I need to buy an additional Airport Extreme to bridge to the Time Capsule to cover the current dead areas? (unless there is something I should do different in the set up, hesitant to do this, since I have only seen a marginal boost with my current bridge)
3.     Would it be better to use the existing cat 5 cable and create a functional “hard wired” network that I can use to connect the two wireless routers? (If this is the answer, is this something relatively simple that I can do myself or should I hire a professional?)
Thanks again.

The house has Cat 5 cable in all rooms. Most rooms only have a phone jack wired to the end of the Cat 5 cable but two rooms have data ports. All the wires (phone and data) run to the same junction box and are connected to, what appears to be, a simple parallel bridge. (There are a couple unused access points on the bridge. A few years back, I ran an additional line for a phone by simply pressing the colored wire into the corresponding site and the phone works fine)
It was typical awhile back, where you have "whole-house" Ethernet running back to a patch panel to use the cable runs for both data and phone service. This works fine as long as you only wanted 100 Mbps Ethernet (or Fast Ethernet) connections for data. Gigabit Ethernet requires all of the twisted pairs in the CAT-5 cable and cannot share any of those pairs for phone lines.
So any wall outlet that is wired for both phone & data will not provide Gigabit Ethernet ... unless there are at least two CAT-5 cables going to that outlet. I am only mentioning this as to the potential for reduced bandwidth on some of your connections as all of your AirPort base stations are Gigabit capable.
As far as "weak" signals, I am assuming that you have configured all of your AirPort base stations for a roaming and NOT an extended wireless network ... correct? Even if you already have, please review the following Apple Support article to make sure you didn't miss anything. Please post back your results.

Recent Wifi signal problems

I am having problems with my wifi signal. I have a Droid X2, which has been a dream to own (about a year) until recently. In the past couple of weeks, I cannot hold a wifi signal. The phone continually switches from wifi to 3G, no matter what wifi I am using. This continual switching is running my battery dry! I have started in safe mode, but that does not seems to help. I have uninstalled the only app I have recently installed, no difference. I have installed Wifi Analyzer, which shows a periodic, but drastic, drop in signal with an immediate rebound to full signal. During this time it in indicates it is scanning for an IP address. None of my other devices are having trouble on the same wifi networks. I am not technically savvy when it comes to phones, but here is some info. I am running system version 1.3.418.MB870, model Droid X2, Android version 2.3.5. If anyone has ideas, I would appcreciate it!

i am 3 feet from my wifi router and my droid x2 will not stay connected!
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My iPhone 5 connects to wifi but shows one bar on the wifi signal meter but my iPad2 and Macbook Air both show full wifi bars when all three are side by side next to my apple router. Do I have an antenna problem with my iPhone 5?

It appears that my iPhone 5 has a wifi signal reception issue. I only show one bar on the wifi signal meter even when I an next to the router. Both my Macbook Air and my iPad2 show full wifi signals at the same time. Rebooting the Apple router and each device results in the same meter readings.

Does this occur with any Wi-Fi connection? Or only a specific one?
If it occurs with any Wi-Fi connection, take it to Apple.
If it is only occurring with a specific Wi-Fi connection, it is an issue with that Wi-Fi connection.
Try the following, it may help:
Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
Forget the Wi-Fi connection on the iPhone then reconnect.
Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new).

Having problems getting online but great wifi signal

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Sudden Decreased Wifi Signal Strength

I recently "upgraded" my internet from 35 to 50, and since then have noticed that my wifi has been absolutely terrible. I can't even use my Galaxy S4 because unless I'm no further than about 50 feet away, it disconnects so many times that I want to throw it through a wall. And now I'm about to go over my monthly data allowance because it never allows me to be connected to wifi.
I walk my dog daily and noticed that before I could make it all the way down the block, a good 100 yards, and still be connected to my home wifi. Now it doesn't even kick in until I'm literally walking in the front door. I've been reading all of the blogs and have seen tons of similar complaints from other customers, but am just wondering if by some miracle someone on here would have some advice for me that will actually work. I've reset the router, changed the channels, turned off my phone's bluetooth....nothing has worked.
Anyone out there have the miracle cure? I'll owe you one!

Since nobody has jumped in with a miracle cure, let me start a dialog with this.
It seems unlikely that your wifi range would change just because you changed speed plans. Do you have another WiFi device, a laptop, etc., that you can check your WiFi signal strength with? As a troubleshooting step, I would want to eliminate the possiblity that it's your Galaxy S4 that has developed a problem receiving WiFi signals.
If you can confirm that your phone is not the problem, my suggestion would be add a 3rd party wireless access point to your network, Netgear, Linksys, etc. While I've had no problem with my Actiontec router, I (and others) have found that its WiFi coverage doesn't measure up to other manufacturers' WiFi devices.

My Ellipsis 8 can no longer detect my gym's wifi signal. Please help!

I used my Ellipsis 8 to watch Netflix over the open wifi signal at my gym for 2 months with no problem. One day I showed up and no signal was found. I went through all the trouble shooting steps all the way down to factory resets with no resolution. Called Verizon tech support and still nothing. They had me send them the tablet in a recovery box. One week later I have the tablet back and they said nothing was wrong with the unit. I went to the gym today and it still can not detect the signal. My Samsung phone picks up a very strong signal. No other people have reported a problem with wifi connection issues. Obviously Planet Fitness will not allow me to start messing with their router. Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!

I understand the importance of ensuring you are able to get connected to wifi michaeltatham. Allow us to get to the bottom of your tablet concerns. Have you recently installed any new software or new applications when it stopped connecting to the gym wifi? Have you tried to connect another device to your gym wifi?
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Can anyone tell me or give me a link to the latest response from Apple regarding very real weak wifi signal on what seems to be a batch of both the new ipad and the earlier Ipad2. I have just bought a 2nd hand ipad2 and it has a very weak wifi signal

Over the last week or so I have been trawling the internet looking for references to weak wifi signals on the Ipad2 and was staggered by the sheer quantity of people who seem to have identical issues, not just with the ipad2 but also with the new ipad. What annoyed me most from reading the reams upon reams of comments made on the Apple community forum is the fairly large number of people who seemed to believe that 'these' people were either just moaners and wingers or else they must have something wrong with their router set-up rather than a serious fault with their ipad and it seems all because there ipad in question works like a dream.
Obviously I can only speak from my experience, and that is, I have an ipad2 32GB with wifi, purchased about 6 months ago and it works like dream with a good 2-3 bar wifi signal through 2 thick stone walls over 30 feet away. My router is a standard one supplied by my broadband supplier compatible with all 'g','b' and 'n' equipment. However, over a week ago now I bought second hand genuine ipad2 16GB with wifi from a close friend who has just purchased a new ipad3 to replace his old ipad2 (had it for over a year so no longer under warranty). When I started it up downstairs from my router, where I always use my other ipad2 which has a very strong wifi signal, I discovered that the new secondhand ipad2 I had purchased couldnt find a network signal at all. So after doing network resets and all other 'fixes' on the device recommended, I took it upstairs to my office where the router is based and found that the device could now locate the network, but the signal was lost over only 12 feet from the router!
I quizzed my good friend about this issue and he informed me that it has always been like this since he first purchased it and he never thought that it was a fault, it was just the way it was. When he first aquired the device he did think at the time that this distance was poor, but thought nothing of it as he didnt have any other ipad to measur ethe signal strength against, and as his router was in his living room anyway he nothing of it. Fair enough.
So, there we have it. One ipad2 with a very good wifi signal and another ipad2 with a very poor wifi signal running off the same router, both with the same IOS 5.0. ?
As well as all of the other isues that customers have picked up on, such as 'death grip' (which I must say does appear to happen, but personally i dont think that this is a serious issue if you are aware of this issue and have a strong signal anyway), my experience seems to be a good example of a 'duff' wifi ipad versus a 'great' wifi ipad', an issue confirmed by complaints from a fairly large number of customers who have also reported the same or similar weak wifi signals with both the ipad2 and the ipad3. So, as this shows the weak wifi signal is a very real issue it seems on a batch of ipad2 and 3's, which to my logic is obviously a hardware issue on a batch of early ipad2's and not a software one, otherwise all ipad's would suffer this problem! So, is it a faulty antenna or a faukty network card in an early batch?
So, the bottom line now is, of course, firstly, how can I get Apple to fix my other ipad2 when the warranty has run out? Any suggestions anyone?
Personally I think good Apple customer service should offer a recall with a replacement on this apparent batch of ipads, dont you?

Greetings,
I've never seen this issue, and I handle many iPads, of all versions. WiFi issues are generally local to the WiFi router - they are not all of the same quality, range, immunity to interference, etc. You have distance, building construction, and the biggie - interference.
At home, I use Apple routers, and have no issues with any of my WiFi enabled devices, computers, mobile devices, etc - even the lowly PeeCees. I have locations where I have Juniper Networks, as well as Aruba, and a few Netgears - all of them work as they should.
The cheaper routers, Linksys, D-Link, Seimens home units, and many other no name devices have caused issues of various kinds, and even connectivity.
I have no idea what Starbucks uses, but I always have a good connection, and I go there nearly every morning and get some work done, as well as play.
You could try changing channels, 2.4 to 5 Gigs, changing locations of the router. I have had to do all of these at one time or another over the many years that I have been a Network Engineer.
Good Luck - Cheers,
M.

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