Wireless Problem...

2007-01-15 15:22:11

#1

siciliano732: Member; +202|6659|New York

alright, let me just say, i know a wired connection is better than wireless, and if i could have a wireless connection, i would love it but....i am living in an off campus house here at college and we can not have a wired connection....so we have a wireless. now...

I set it up about a week ago at most, and everything was working well until today or yesturday....no my internet speed is down to 18.0 Mbps rather than the 50 or so i was getting a few days ago, AND, my signal strength says "low - good (rare)" whereas it used to say "very good - excellent"....

first question is:

anyone know why this could be happening....ive tried moving aroudn the antennas on the router already and resetting everything...

second question is:

anything i can do....that is CHEAP! im poor...and still dont have a bed to sleep on here at school....lol...so...yea...

2007-01-15 15:24:27

#2

siciliano732: Member; +202|6659|New York

can someone please help me out...?

2007-01-15 15:29:11

#3

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6591|SE London

1) Buy some Pringles.
2) Find some wire.
3) Eat Pringles.
4) Fashion crude ariel from Pringles tube and piece of wire.
5) Push one end of homemade ariel into wireless ariel connector.
6) Put lots of tinfoil everywhere.

As if by magic your connection will become great.

(Make sure you point the tube at your closest access point)

Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-01-15 15:30:05)

2007-01-15 15:41:47

#4

siciliano732: Member; +202|6659|New York

Bertster7 wrote:
1) Buy some Pringles.
2) Find some wire.
3) Eat Pringles.
4) Fashion crude ariel from Pringles tube and piece of wire.
5) Push one end of homemade ariel into wireless ariel connector.
6) Put lots of tinfoil everywhere.

As if by magic your connection will become great.

(Make sure you point the tube at your closest access point)

aight i have no clue what the heck you just said except for that last sentence...but...i will see what i can do...lol

is there a way to increase speed?

Last edited by siciliano732 (2007-01-15 15:42:33)

2007-01-15 15:53:32

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6611|132 and Bush

siciliano732 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
1) Buy some Pringles.
2) Find some wire.
3) Eat Pringles.
4) Fashion crude ariel from Pringles tube and piece of wire.
5) Push one end of homemade ariel into wireless ariel connector.
6) Put lots of tinfoil everywhere.

As if by magic your connection will become great.

(Make sure you point the tube at your closest access point)
aight i have no clue what the heck you just said except for that last sentence...but...i will see what i can do...lol

is there a way to increase speed?

18 mb down is decent are you sure thats you had 50 before? Go to http://speedtest.net . When you are done running the test you will see at the bottom right a share link, post it here.

Last edited by Kmarion (2007-01-15 15:53:47)

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-15 15:57:27

#6

ScarletPimpFromHell: ... this one goes to 11.; +12|6399|Sydney, Australia

ROFL, a cantenna FTW.

But seriously it sounds as if you are using a standard B/G radio so you are operating within the same frequency band as many other pieces of equipment. A few things to look out for ...

* Has the ISP / provider changed the location of their anttena ?
* Has the ISP / provider recently added another dozen or so wireless users to the same service you are using ?
* Are you located near to a Medical facility ? The frequency band you are operating in is the ISM (Industrial, Scientific, Medical) so you can well imagine the various pieces of equipment that use the same frequency band. For example, Remote garage door openers, wireless phones, baby monitors, LOTS of medical radio equipment etc etc etc.
* Have a good look at the "line of sight" from your antenna back to the services provider. How many obstacles are in the line of sight. You may need to use an outdoor antenna ...

Food for thought.

2007-01-15 15:58:06

#7

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6591|SE London

siciliano732 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
1) Buy some Pringles.
2) Find some wire.
3) Eat Pringles.
4) Fashion crude ariel from Pringles tube and piece of wire.
5) Push one end of homemade ariel into wireless ariel connector.
6) Put lots of tinfoil everywhere.

As if by magic your connection will become great.

(Make sure you point the tube at your closest access point)
aight i have no clue what the heck you just said except for that last sentence...but...i will see what i can do...lol

is there a way to increase speed?

I'll try to simplify it.

Pringles

https://www.bizen-shop.com/images/pringles%20paprika-200x200.jpg

+ some wire =

https://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/images/pringlesonstandbig.jpg

Problem solved.

2007-01-15 15:59:43

#8

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6591|SE London

Kmarion wrote:
siciliano732 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
1) Buy some Pringles.
2) Find some wire.
3) Eat Pringles.
4) Fashion crude ariel from Pringles tube and piece of wire.
5) Push one end of homemade ariel into wireless ariel connector.
6) Put lots of tinfoil everywhere.

As if by magic your connection will become great.

(Make sure you point the tube at your closest access point)
aight i have no clue what the heck you just said except for that last sentence...but...i will see what i can do...lol

is there a way to increase speed?
18 mb down is decent are you sure thats you had 50 before? Go to http://speedtest.net . When you are done running the test you will see at the bottom right a share link, post it here.

He means network speed. Will have been 54Mbps optimally.

2007-01-15 16:06:11

#9

redhawk454: Member; +50|6558|Divided States of America

https://www.speedtest.net/result/74982170.png

How is this?

2007-01-15 16:12:09

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6611|132 and Bush

redhawk454 wrote:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/74982170.png
How is this?

DSL?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-15 16:15:09

#11

redhawk454: Member; +50|6558|Divided States of America

Kmarion wrote:
redhawk454 wrote:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/74982170.png
How is this?
DSL?

Wireless

2007-01-15 16:16:53

#12

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6611|132 and Bush

redhawk454 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
redhawk454 wrote:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/74982170.png
How is this?
DSL?
Wireless

Who is your ISP?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-15 16:16:58

#13

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6647|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Lol hes asking if its DSL or ADSL

2007-01-15 16:19:49

#14

redhawk454: Member; +50|6558|Divided States of America

I have Roadrunner with my main computer wired to the router and this laptop in the next room. I would like to figure out how to speed them up but dont know how.

2007-01-15 16:32:00

#15

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6611|132 and Bush

redhawk454 wrote:
I have Roadrunner with my main computer wired to the router and this laptop in the next room. I would like to figure out how to speed them up but dont know how.

Roadrunner is cable. They have different plans, I would expect more than what you are getting. Is someone else using the connection right now also?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-15 16:36:29

#16

joker8baller: Member; +68|6677

Eh... I have the same problem... in a different way.

Both my computers are wireless... yet my desktop is 3X as fast my laptop...

2007-01-15 16:37:37

#17

UnknownRanger: Squirrels, natures little speedbump.; +610|6355|Cali

You heard the man Pringles + wire = problem solved.

2007-01-15 20:14:50

#18

ScarletPimpFromHell: ... this one goes to 11.; +12|6399|Sydney, Australia

Pringles = world peace.

Pringles FTW

2007-01-15 22:36:16

#19

siciliano732: Member; +202|6659|New York

https://www.speedtest.net/result/75069670.png

here is mine...comcast

it is so up and down...right now it says 48 Mbps but signal is still low...

Last edited by siciliano732 (2007-01-15 22:37:26)

2007-01-16 06:07:45

#20

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6591|SE London

Why is everyone publishing Speedtest results on a thread about wireless network connectivity, seems kinda unrelated to me. Anyway, ho hum.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/75129366.png

2007-01-16 06:20:44

#21

Use0fWeapons: Get repairs here; +60|6543|Doncaster - UK

Are you actually connected wireless to a server, or just to a wireless router somewhere else in the halls?

arnt i right in thinking you are talking about the connection speed from your PC to the router.
Even at the low speed of 18Mbps it is far greater than your Internet connection, so no worries.

Please no flames if i have missed something here.

Last edited by Use0fWeapons (2007-01-16 07:41:26)

2007-01-16 06:41:05

#22

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6556|Doncaster, UK

What problems is this causing as you haven't told us what's wrong.

As my learned colleague above has stated, 18mbps is probably faster than your ISP connection speed so unless you are sharing this connection with lots of other people it shouldn't be an issue.

Can you give us a bit more info?

2007-01-18 23:09:42

#23

siciliano732: Member; +202|6659|New York

i am connect to a router downstairs....im tryin to get my signal strength better....cuz its always "low" and gives me alot of lag in game.

i live in a townhouse with 3 roomates.

Last edited by siciliano732 (2007-01-18 23:10:02)

2007-01-19 04:57:06

#24

Use0fWeapons: Get repairs here; +60|6543|Doncaster - UK

right then....

are the other three on line as well, if so it is far more likely to be the fact that you are sharing bandwidth with them.

do a speed check when you are the only on on-line, with an Internet program as mentioned before. (this will be speed between the house router and the Internet) i am confident that this will still not be quicker than your wireless connection from your router to your pc, at any strength, even the low 18Mbps.

Do the same when the others are on-line and you should see a difference, especially if they are doing bandwidth hungry things like downloading large files.

Still, it would be nice to get the full connection speed from your router, but i don't know if you can improve this easily.

Hope this helps.
and good gaming.

BTW, this is a combined Fruitloop and UseOfWeapns post.

2007-01-19 05:34:22

#25

cospengle: Member; +140|6497|Armidale, NSW, Australia

I don't know if you can, but if you can, try connecting to the router using a network cable and see if it makes a difference. That way we will know if it's the network being slow, or if it's a radio signal issue.

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