PLEASE help me! I'm going insane here!

bremen1874 · 18 May 2012 at 16:00

Do you know who owns the misbehaving Belkin that’s using channels 7 + 3?

Given that it’s only running WEP I’d be tempted to reconfigure it for them.

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:00

seems to connect quicker but the speed is still terrible, not even loading web pages.

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Thats my signal strength

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:01

laptop get 4-5mbps

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:02

bremen1874 said:
Do you know who owns the misbehaving Belkin that’s using channels 7 + 3?

Given that it’s only running WEP I’d be tempted to reconfigure it for them.

Haha, no idea, they do seem to be dominating the air waves!

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:07

ok things are definately getting better!!

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spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:08

still nowhere near my connection speed of 4-5mbps

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:10

ok it just dropped out there. hmmm

sharingan_sasuk · 18 May 2012 at 16:12

Is your wireless card a PCI or USB one? What's the model?

How about doing a full factory reset of your router also?

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:19

sharingan_sasuk said:
Is your wireless card a PCI or USB one? What's the model?

How about doing a full factory reset of your router also?

PCI express

edimax n300

ew-7612pln V2

Tried the reset of the router already

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 16:22

spanielgita said:
PCI express

edimax n300

ew-7612pln V2

Tried the reset of the router already

(full factory reset)

ots3go · 18 May 2012 at 16:31

I'd quickly test the connection with wireless security turned off, just to rule anything related there out.

J.B · 18 May 2012 at 16:36

I know you've said you've reinstalled the drivers but have you gone and got the latest ones from the Edimax website?

docsonic · 18 May 2012 at 16:41

What protocol does your laptop use? wireless b, g or n?

My wireless (desktop with an edimax 'N' adapter) was barely functional when someone else in the house was using a laptop that had an old 'b' chip in it. Not sure why though

thankfully they got rid of it!

Have you tried turning microwaves, dect phones & similar off in your house as part of troubleshooting it?

PistolPete · 18 May 2012 at 17:05

Something that strikes me as odd is that all 7 WAPs you can see are all virtually the same RSSI - especially you own WAP which should be stronger than your neighbours down the street......maybe a radio fault in the NIC?

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 17:26

ots3go said:
I'd quickly test the connection with wireless security turned off, just to rule anything related there out.

tried that yeah

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 17:27

J.B said:
I know you've said you've reinstalled the drivers but have you gone and got the latest ones from the Edimax website?

Tried this too thanks

spanielgita · 18 May 2012 at 17:36

docsonic said:
What protocol does your laptop use? wireless b, g or n?

My wireless (desktop with an edimax 'N' adapter) was barely functional when someone else in the house was using a laptop that had an old 'b' chip in it. Not sure why though thankfully they got rid of it!

Have you tried turning microwaves, dect phones & similar off in your house as part of troubleshooting it?

BINGO! i turned the laptop off and it instantly hit 3.9 mbps!

THANKS SO MUCH everyone, you guys know your stuff!

spanielgita · 20 May 2012 at 03:10

sorry but the problem came back again, it connects every time now but its SUPER slow again.

i'm wondering if it could be the power supply and the pci-e bus?