networking wireless issues

[aeko97]

Hey guys. I have 3 computers at home, 1 desktop and 2 laptops (they are shit but that's beside the point I think). My router is located in the living room, next to the TV and then I have 1 laptop in the living room and the other laptop and desktop are "far away" from it (one in my room and the desktop in my brother's room). When I moved in this apartment we had the signal issue because the PCs in the rooms weren't getting a strong signal so I bought a Wi-fi extender pen or something like that but now I have another problem. Every now and then the internet crashes, I lose connection and the next moment (in a time space of few seconds) it comes right back up again. Other times I'm playing with 10 ping (Counter Strike Source for example) in Portuguese (my region) servers and then it goes to 100+. Sometimes even 200, 300 etc.
Can anyone help me please?

(Also in my laptop that is located in my room, which is as far away from the router as the desktop, it does the same but all the time, like every minute, in the desktop is just every now and then like every 30 minutes or every hour).

 

[smorizio]

if the old router is over heating it may be rebooting. try blowing it out and checking that it has the newest firmware. also with a reapter and wifi if there more then one router near you on the same channel it can cause issues. try chanching the main router channel to one that not used near you. on laptop tops whe nthey lose wifi at a set time over and over check that windows power managment is off.

 

[computertech82]

it gets tricky trying to diag a network issue. doing extended pings to your provider's dns, to see of any packets are being lost or of the ping time is sometimes high. Hard wiring and see if things improve or not. if no improvement, bypassing the router and checking again. Process of elimination.

If the router was rebooting, for example, it would take 15-30 seconds for the internet to come back up. Lights on the router would naturally change. you would get no internet access, not greater ping times.

 

[Tradesman1]

Sounds also like it just may be a poor router that doesn't put out a very good signal, might try relocating for a clearer shot to the other rigs less walls in between the better.

 

[Clayto1332]

You have either got a router that can't process all of the usage or an internet problem, given that when your internet crashes it applies to the entire network and not what is connected to the wifi extender only.

What kind of internet do you have? 100% upload bandwidth being used will tank your internet connection both ways if you are on a DSL connection.

Wifi extenders can be problematic. If your wireless router is on the far side of your apartment and you are having trouble connecting from the opposite side, do you think there is a way to move your router to a central location and eliminate the extender? This will depend on the type of internet connection you have and whether you have anything hard wired to it right now.

Something else you can try is installing and running this program on the problematic laptop:

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5936-inssider.html

It will scan available wireless frequencies and give you info like signal strength, overlapping networks etc on a realtime chart. If a neighbor's network is sitting right on top of your SSID's channel, the answer might be as easy as changing to one that has less usage or halfway overlapping with two heavily used channels (apartment complexes are notorious for having crowded wireless G channels).

 

[aeko97]

Sounds also like it just may be a poor router that doesn't put out a very good signal, might try relocating for a clearer shot to the other rigs less walls in between the better.

Hey, I was just checking the website from my internet provider yesterday and that was exactly what I read there. Thanks for the help anyway and I will do that! Hopefull the signal will get better and the internet connection stronger.

 

[Tradesman1]

Hope so, let us know what you find 😉