Wifi problems

[nigela]

I have several different android devices and until recently had no wi fi problems. My router is in the loft so i have a devolo powerline adaptor thst has worked fine for several years. My broadbsnd provider is talktalk - again i have been with them for years with no problems. Recentky i made the mistake of taking up talktalk free offer of a you view tv box. I installed this using my develo powerline adaptor. Ever since i did this my wifi network has had problems. My android devices find the network but do not acquire the ip address. If i turn my main router of and back on again all my android devices work for about half a day and then the problrm reoccurs. My laptop which is a windows based machine is not affected. I have unplugged the you view box and sent it back to talktalk so everything should be back to what is was before. Both talktalk and develo say it is the others fault and nothing to do with them. Any advice would be welcome.

[GastonJ]

Which Develo's do you have?
Where is your wifi access point located, in the loft? e.g. is it a router with wifi or do you have a separate AP?
Does your laptop use wifi?
Is your network running ok without the YouView box plugged in?

[nigela]

I have 2 develo boxes a 500 and a 200. Both of these work with the laptop. The router is in the loft and has wifi. My laptop works on wifi with no problems at all but on my android devices it will work for a few hours then i have to turn the router on and off. I have sent the you view box back and therefore it is no longer connected to my router. Yesterday i changed my router to an older one that i had and havnt been using for a while. I dont appear to have a problem since i did that but only time will tell.

[Canker_Canison]

You need to watch for any messages that come up on the android devices. If the wifi network is running slow android won't connect to it.

Personally I think your unprecedented run of fault free internet with TalkTalk has finally come to an end.

[GastonJ]

I had thought maybe an IP address conflict, or the YouView box was consuming lots of bandwidth.

[icemantaz]

Have you checked to see if there is a firmware update either for your router?

[nigela]

Having gone back to an old router I now have had no problems for 2 days. I find the whole thing very strange - the newer better router had worked without a problem since June last year. The problem arose as soon as I linked in the youview box and updated my router. The router with the problem is up to date - the one without the problem is a more basic one. I would like to have known what the problem was but I am now happy as everything is back to normal.