Obi 200 killing wifi and poor voice quality
Way77:
I have an Obi 200 using Google Voice on a ATT dsl line with 3-6Mb/sec download speed. Our wifi performance started slowlly degrading (Netgear 7550) with devices continually dropping, etc. We replaced the modem and now the second one is doing the same thing. The voice quality of calls is also degraded with echoes and interruptions to the point where I need to find an alternative. Is there an easy way to set the parameters so the OBI doesn't hog the bandwith. Could it be something else? Any help greatly appreciated.
SteveInWA:
Try moving the OBi device at least a few feet away from the WiFi router, and don't put anything on top of, nor underneath your WiFi router.
GPz1100:
While in a call, only about 80 kbps is being used in each direction (send/recv), so ~160 kbps. This is minimal bandwidth by any measure.
I'd run some speed tests to see what consistent the speeds are and what sort of latency your service experiences. Generally provider provided gateways have crappy wifi.
SteveInWA:
IF the residence's WiFi quality improves when the OBi is powered off, meaning that ALL other devices, such as laptops, TVs, tablets, etc. experience degraded performance, THEN this has nothing to do with the ISP. In this case, the OBi device (or some other electronic device nearby the router) is causing the issue.
GPz1100:
That's quite a leap. I suppose it's possible for the obi to be causing RF interference but don't recall reading similar complaints.
My comment was in reference to the degraded voice quality. While the obi200 does support a wifi connection via its usb port, the OP makes no mention of using such. Based on the information presented it is presumed the obi device is hardwired. As such, it wouldn't be influenced by poor wifi reception. So... Either there are other factors at play or the obi device is defective by interfering with wifi and having deteriorated audio quality.
GIGO
We'll have to see what the OP's responses are.
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