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| Thread ID: 107125 | 2010-02-05 00:41:00 | Wifi Speed Fluctuations | LarsJohann (13010) | Press F1 |
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| 855523 | 2010-02-05 13:11:00 | Just a quick note aswell, my network is not secured. Could this be a problem aswell? I'm just a little confused asthough why it would only start doing this after i switched my card to a new PCI slot. | LarsJohann (13010) | ||
| 855524 | 2010-02-05 20:39:00 | Why would you not have a secured network ? let me know where you live and I'll come round and log on ! That would be my first port of call, put a nice long password on the router. I find it helps if there are a lot of networks around to actually name your network. My house is surrounded by 6 wifi networks and 4 of them are "Linksys.." Here's a good name.." Fishbowl Friday "...wouldn't that stick out. |
limepile (96) | ||
| 855525 | 2010-02-05 21:05:00 | Yes indeed, unsecured wifi is the next-door teenagers' dream scenario. I would attend to that immediately, never mind the connection issue! You say your problem began when you shifted the WIFI PCI adapter from one slot to another? Did you take anti-static precautions? Might be worth uninstalling the driver, taking the adapter out, rebooting without it, then reinstalling it. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 855526 | 2010-02-05 23:28:00 | Alright, i took care of the network security. I put a WPA pass phrase on there. Could the signal strength depends on my signal strength? Because my router isn't the best and has a very short range. | LarsJohann (13010) | ||
| 855527 | 2010-02-06 00:16:00 | The 2.4 GHz spectrum is a bit crowded, as noted above. Got a microwave, so have your neighbors (they are 2.4 GHz). Changed phones to 5.8 GHz, they were 2.4, as were wireless security devices. Any slight interference and speed goes out the window. I had a Belkin Airpoint and it was uselass outside the room. Now have a D-Link router for ADSL2 and the WiFi is brilliant, whole house covered. Security is in place. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 855528 | 2010-02-06 07:52:00 | Nice to see you're still a semi-regular there godfather ;) If I was you, I'd invest in a larger antenna, and if your router supports it you can try upping the power output. It only costs ~$40 for an antenna but it can make all the difference. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 855529 | 2010-02-06 14:00:00 | You can try amplifying the signal by fitting the antennae with parabolic tin foils. Here's a web page for one of the templates available on the Internet: www.freeantennas.com Edit: Perhaps daisy-chaining wireless routers might help? Just a thought here. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 855530 | 2010-02-06 20:08:00 | You could daisy chain them, using something like DD-WRT as a repeater bridge, but you can kiss goodbye reliable ping times. Get a bigger antenna and pump up the power. Even if you were to attach something like a WRT54GL running DD-WRT, or my preferred fav firmware Tomato, use that instead of your current AP. If you do that, you'll have a much stronger signal, which means likely better speeds and a more reliable ping. My wife happily games over WiFi. Pings to her machine fluctuate by an additional 1ms (*occasionally* 2ms at absolute most) when compared with mine. I keep a sharp eye on it at all times. It *is* possible to game over Wireless, reliably, but not on el-cheapo routers at a distance. |
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