For anyone interested, I ended up biting the bullet... Bought a managed
switch and set up two vlans such that the two routers are on separate lans.
Truly, I'd like to have sorted this "properly", but wi-fi's become
essential for us so needs must.
Cheers for everyone's suggestions.
R
On Mon, 24 Nov 2025, 08:24 rm, <rmluglist2@???> wrote:
> Thanks all for your suggestions. Quick question - then progress below:
>
> I've now switched off all but one Access Point. Still the problem
> persists. In the settings of said access point, I've given it a static
> IP and set it to have gateway and DNS of the Fibre router (the one with
> DHCP switched off). In said AP settings, it suggests that the choice
> of gateway is optional. Am I right in saying it therefore shouldn't
> matter which router I set as the AP's gateway? I'm pretty sure I've
> tested the AP with the BT router as its gateway and that's made no
> difference but would be interested to know if this is a red herring or
> could be an issue.
>
>
> Now - progress...
>
> Do you know, on Saturday night, I was sure I'd fixed this. I noticed
> that the Fibre (non-BT) router had its UPnP broadcast on so I disabled
> it and wifi was fine for 20 minutes. I went to bed happy.
>
> By Sunday, it was bad again. I therefore went to the BT router and did
> the same thing: disabling UPnP. Still the problem persists.
>
> Someone (I forget who, sorry) suggested I disable DHCP on the BT
> router. I did this and the BT Vision (now EE vision) refused to come
> up. I dunno why this should be - it had an IP address but there's no
> doubt that the DHCP server has to be enabled on the BT router before the
> EE box will let me watch the TV.
>
> The only progress I've been able to make since I last posted has been to
> notice that
>
> a) the wifi seems better late at night and early in the morning
>
> b) It's not necessarily the BT router that's the issue. I powered down
> the fibre router yesterday for a bit and wifi was fine then.
>
>
> It does seem to be the two routers "fighting" but, as I say, the curious
> thing is this doesn't affect any cabled devices - they've all been solid
> all the time. It's only devices connected to WiFI access points that
> get booted off once ever couple of minutes when both routers are on.
>
>
>
>
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