Airport Express chokes Wi-Fi for a few seconds, several times per hour. Any idea why?
- by user13727
I'm using a MacBookPro connected to an AiportExpress' Wi-FI network.
Every once in a while, the Wi-Fi will choke up and either drop some packets, or lag horribly for several seconds.
I'm losing hair over this because every time I chat on Skype, the call hangs randomly due to this problem.
Any idea what's wrong?
Some more details:
two networks are set up: 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, and the issue happens on both
the network uses WPA2 Personal for security
the Airport is in the same room with my computer
the Airport is fairly new, bought this summer, model number off the back: A1392
tried connecting to a neighbours wifi to see if it's a problem with my computer, or interference. It's not, it doesn't happen on their network.
tried resetting it several times
tried changing channels manually
Ping results are below, so you can see what I'm talking about.
EDIT: 10.0.1.1 is the Airport's IP
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1795 ttl=255 time=0.813 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1796 ttl=255 time=3.335 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1797 ttl=255 time=3.403 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1798 ttl=255 time=3.414 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1799 ttl=255 time=3.227 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1800 ttl=255 time=3.274 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1801 ttl=255 time=3.253 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1802 ttl=255 time=3.292 ms
>>>> choke starts <<<
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1803 ttl=255 time=53.977 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1804 ttl=255 time=35.049 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1805 ttl=255 time=19.820 ms
>>>> choke ends <<<
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1806 ttl=255 time=0.716 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1807 ttl=255 time=0.705 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1808 ttl=255 time=0.919 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1809 ttl=255 time=0.659 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1810 ttl=255 time=0.877 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1811 ttl=255 time=0.679 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1812 ttl=255 time=0.854 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1813 ttl=255 time=0.644 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1814 ttl=255 time=3.779 ms
... time passes ..
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1599 ttl=255 time=0.674 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1600 ttl=255 time=0.930 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1601 ttl=255 time=0.665 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1602 ttl=255 time=1.085 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1603
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1604
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1605 ttl=255 time=104.969 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1606 ttl=255 time=11.521 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1607 ttl=255 time=0.926 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1608 ttl=255 time=0.993 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1609 ttl=255 time=0.745 ms
And the Signal-Noise ratio:
