We have three computers, a Roku stick, an iPad, and three iPhones all on our network, not to mention a printer or two. <smile> That's a lot, and none of us have trouble. So, unless your router is an older one or the data given to you by your ISP is slow or low bandwidth, it may be interference from someone else's router or other device. My first step would be to call your ISP, explain what's going on, and see if they have suggestions, or at least an explanation. If they don't, you could investigate getting a new router, assuming yours isn't already relatively new. Wifi trouble is hard to pin down, because so many factors influence it, but were it me, I'd start with my ISP. > On Jan 19, 2015, at 8:45 AM, susan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > I admit to really not understanding these things, but that’s what I thought > should happen. It’s possible that there’s just too much traffic for the > bandwidth we have. We have two desktop computers connected to our router and > my dad’s caregiver has a laptop as well as a phone . She spends a lot of time > on skype or streaming movies especially in the evening, and if we are online > at the same time we have to do router resets. It’s worse than having > teenagers ... we never had this problem when our two were home, smile. At any > rate, she may be drawing from a different network. I was mostly wondering if > I had missed something in the settings, but from what you’ve said our best > way to solve this may be tto move, which is in the works, not for this > reason. Anyway, thanks for clarifying that for me. > > > Susan > > From: Alex Hall <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: configuring wifi vs. cellular > > The iPhone will always use wifi it it is connected to it. Cellular only comes > in if the wifi drops and a different network can't be found. If wifi is > misbehaving on two devices, I'd look at your router; is the signal strong > enough? Might the channel your router is on be full of interference from > other networks or devices? Is the router okay, but the internet connection > spotty (something your ISP can help troubleshoot)? >> On Jan 19, 2015, at 8:11 AM, susan <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi listers, >> This may seem like a strange question, but how does my phone recognize >> whether to use a wifi or cellular signal? I think I have wifi connected to >> my home network as it seems to work with Safari, but in apps like Ootones or >> the BARD app I get continual timeout messages when I attempt to download >> books or, in the case of Ootunes can’t play high bitrate streams at all. >> Wifi has been fiddly at times with my Ipod and I thought this would improve >> with the iphone, but apparently not. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot >> this? 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