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[MrAngryFace]

Earlier today I lost connection to my network. Couldnt get it going again. So I have a new adapter in, and it picks up the network, but while the signal is great, my transfer speed drops between 34+ mbps and 11 mbps, its all over the place.

Ideas? Makes it hard to play desert combat ;P

 

[Dilbert]

Do any of your neighbors have wireless phones? If they are on the 2.4 GHz band (the most popular these days), it can cause interference.

 

[MrAngryFace]

it just started today, maybe someone bought one. Any way for me to get around that. This is frustrating.

but signal strength is great, so a phone they buy could be totally fucking with my network? goddamnit.

 

[xsarien]

it just started today, maybe someone bought one. Any way for me to get around that. This is frustrating.

Short of moving the access point, not really. A good way to maybe tell is if the drops are sporadic, or at predictable intervals. If they're all over the place, it could be a good indicator that someone's using a cordless phone on the same frequency.

 

[cloudwalking]

i'm no expert on this stuff, but can't you change the channel that the router is on? i remember when i was setting mine up, i had it set to the default and i had all kinds of similar trouble with it. then when i reinstalled it i switched the channel and it works great.

 

[fart]

a neighbor could have gotten a channel bonding AP/router. those will fuck up your signal good. grab a copy of netstumbler and change channels (11 and 1 are usually the clearest. 6, since it's the manufacturer default for almost every unit, is the worst)

 

[MrAngryFace]

Whats weird is the xbox does ok. So I dunno whats going on. Trying to change the channel on the router but forgot the password set for its admin page.

 

[MrAngryFace]

Thanks for the help everyone, got to the bottom of this crap. Switched to channel 1.