Extremely slow wifi connection with SWITCH.

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#1  Edited By whatsazerg
Member since 2009 • 1151 Posts

I wonder if anyone else is having connection issues with the Switch. I have a 150/50 mbps connection... I have multiple consoles, phones and tablets that can access my wifi from anywhere in my house with ease.....

I have my Switch sitting in the room next to my router and they are within line of sight of each other... no more than 20 feet away. Yet my switch (when i test the connection) shows a download measuring in the kilobytes per sec.

I see some others are having similar issues... but was wondering if anyone is actually getting a strong connection when at 15-20 feet away. I can get 2 bars of signal strength if I stand directly beside my router.

I'm hoping this is a software issue... and not a problem with Nintendo cheaping out on its hardware.

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#2 Jut
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I get about 20mb per second, which is slightly below my other devices but not a major problem.

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#3 Celsius765
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The only thing I noticed was how Switch can pick up on our 5hz network

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#4 whatsazerg
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Hrmmm..... so its not a universal issue then? I kind of wish it were... b/c those of us having the issue are unlikely to have it addressed by Nintendo if its not a widespread issue.

PS. I have multiple devices connected to my wifi with no problems or speed issues everywhere in my home.... the Switch is the only device acting like this.

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#5 OhSnapitz
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It's an issue.. I was wondering if it was just me. The range on this thing is terrible!

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#6 Sepewrath
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@whatsazerg: Well when I took mine off the dock and moved around my house, I didn't have an drop in signal strength from my wifi.