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Took 3 weeks to figure out why my video calls kept dropping during online trivia night
My dog kept barking at the doorbell sound from my laptop during trivia, and I'd mute myself but forget to unmute for the next round. Took me 3 weeks to realize the actual fix was putting my router on a shelf 4 feet higher in the living room. Now the call stays stable and my dog only reacts to the real doorbell. Has anyone else blamed their pet for a connection issue that was really just bad wifi placement?
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the_grace12d ago
Wait, is your dog also the unofficial tech support that takes credit when things work but gets blamed when they don't? I had the exact same thing happen with my cat knocking over a plant during a work call, and I spent a week thinking she was the reason my audio kept cutting out. Turns out my laptop was connecting to the 2.4GHz band instead of the 5GHz one, and all I had to do was restart the router. Now I just pet the cat and pretend she's the wifi whisperer, even though she has zero clue what's going on. Honestly, half the battle with home tech is just remembering the router exists and isn't supposed to live behind the couch.
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