We have a BlueCurve Gateway and 3 pods.
Twice in the last week, we've had wi-fi become very slow (0.13 Mb download), or else off the air.
It's the same whether connected (via Dell laptop or MS Surface) to Gateway or any pod via wi-fi. Ethernet is unaffected.
In both cases, it was cured by rebooting the Gateway.
Is this a failing Gateway?
@kenohrn -- Is this a failing Gateway?
Maybe, but probably not. Maybe, somebody "new" in your neighbourhood added a WiFi device that caused interference on the channel that WiFi adapter in the Gateway was using. Restarting the Gateway might have caused it to notice the interference, and to choose a different channel -- one with less interference. Of course, unless you know/remember what channel the Gateway was using, and you now determine what channel the Gateway is now using, you'll never know for sure.
Do you remember if the "signal-strength" indicators on the Dell and the Surface showed the full number of "bars" of WiFi strength?
I recently began to have problems with the pods, tried relocating and rebooting, nothing seemed to help. I ended up returning them and bought a single mesh extender from Netgear. Maybe Shaw pushed out some firmware that caused some problems, I don’t have anyone nearby to cause interference.
@kenohrn -- I don't have any idea about the channels in use -- before or after the re-start.
Note that "2.4 Ghz" and "5 Ghz" are frequency-bands -- a range of wave-lengths.
Within each band, there are channels.
If you logon to the web-server inside your cable-modem, you should be able to see something like:
Notice the "auto" setting for the channel for each one -- it "automatically" selects the "best" channels.