Hi @HonestJim
@Debbie-TalkTalk has asked me to help you. There is nothing that was introduced in firmware V206 that will negatively impact on WiFi reception from V174. Most likely the levels of WiFi interference around you just happened to increase. I have done a number of investigations where WiFi optimisation would seem to be the cause, when often the level of WiFi interference is too great for this optimisation to be effective. However, I treat each case individually and provide impartial analysis.
Slow speed, intermittent dropouts, breaks in the signal or no signal on some or all devices or no internet access might be caused by Wi-Fi interference from other local networks, which can also lead to a permanent reduction in speed. No ISP can be responsible for your local environment, this is mainly a byproduct of the popularity of Wi-Fi.
Generally speaking, the 2.4GHz band suffers a lot more from interference than the much faster 5GHz band, but the 2.4GHz one can sometimes have a better range, but this all depends on your local area.
In other words, I try to help you optimise your Wi-Fi connection. The next stage involves sending out a guide to you to help you get me some important diagnostic results so that I can analyse them for you and recommend changes to your router configuration to solve them.
I only send this out to people who request it.
