Products · Broad category
Wi-Fi routers
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2016–2022), in 5 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Wi-Fi routers, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Crowded and DFS channels keep disconnecting, so the user must settle for slower channels2022-12-26
- WiFi crashes and stops working, so non-tech family members can't rely on it2021-11-22
- Network switches to another access point mid-game, causing lag and forced client reloads2017-07-12
- Devices don't automatically switch to 2.4GHz, so internet becomes unusable in bedroom and kitchen2017-04-03
- Setting up the network requires far more expertise than an average person has2016-11-21