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BorderReiver

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Internet experts; why does my Solar System internet link work on and off? The router is rock solid and laptop, iPad etc are always on line.
 

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How do you know it's online / offline? Do you access it through a website or the like? Also how old is it / the other kit? Might be that your iPads etc. are on a 5Ghz link to the router but the solar system is on 2.4Ghz, presuming these are all on the WiFi.
 

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How do you know it's online / offline? Do you access it through a website or the like? Also how old is it / the other kit? Might be that your iPads etc. are on a 5Ghz link to the router but the solar system is on 2.4Ghz, presuming these are all on the WiFi.
It's the communication from the dongle to the router that drops out at random, the same with the weather station. The inverter seems mostly random but the weather station seems to die between 09:00 and 19:00.
None of this in any way critical, just niggles me because I don't know why it's happening.:mod:
 

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Squirrels. Spy squirrels, reporting back to base, or just blagging your internet for cable.
 

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It's the communication from the dongle to the router that drops out at random, the same with the weather station. The inverter seems mostly random but the weather station seems to die between 09:00 and 19:00.
None of this in any way critical, just niggles me because I don't know why it's happening.:mod:
That looks like there is a "working day" setting in there somewhere that is mucking around. Maybe the system prioritises the internet traffic elsewhere during that time.

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WiFi interference from that van outside that you never really noticed before.
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Might be the dongle is failing. Depending where it is it might be getting hot? or damp. If it is an actual dongle the wifi signal from it will be quite weak and any number of things could interfere with it.
 
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