Wireless dilema need help

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I recently upgraded to VM 50meg service and they gave me a router (d-link dir-615) I set everything up with not problem and then i went onto speed test and saw that I was only getting between 10 - 30mb/s (as I ran multiple times) so I tried streching my router and getting a long ethernet to plug into my computer and test again just to make sure its wireless, then I used speedtest again and was getting a nice 50mb/s

so i unpluged that put my wireless back in and was still getting crappy results. I looked at the status of my wireless adapter and my speed was about 40 - 100 mbps. would buying a new antenna with better specs fix this? I'm only about 10m away from my router.
 
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I would look at power line networks. They can do 200mbps + through your houses power.

I run one to my room on the next floor with a 1gbps switch to distrubute between my various equipment.
 
mcompute said:
Wireless speed is always less. Getting a new adapter won't help if you're only 10metres away.

If you can, i suggest going wired.
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Is there anything else I could do to help the speed apart from going wired (I dont really want to run a cable 10 - 15m around my house).
 
I lay network cable for offices and homes. Its not that hard, just get a snake at your local hardware store (20GBP) and snake a CAT cable through, takes you a few hours and its the most reliable connection. Just make sure that you get shielded cable if your running it in the same tube as power lines the degradation with the shielding for 20m is negligible.

You'll need an RJ45 crimper and some RJ45 connectors and rubber booties (aka snagless boot). Here are the crimping instructions.

http://www.lanshack.com/make-cat5E.aspx

You can find all the things I listed in OC.

Good luck!
 
jahnsj said:
I lay network cable for offices and homes. Its not that hard, just get a snake at your local hardware store (20GBP) and snake a CAT cable through, takes you a few hours and its the most reliable connection. Just make sure that you get shielded cable if your running it in the same tube as power lines the degradation with the shielding for 20m is negligible.

You'll need an RJ45 crimper and some RJ45 connectors and rubber booties (aka snagless boot). Here are the crimping instructions.

http://www.lanshack.com/make-cat5E.aspx

You can find all the things I listed in OC.

Good luck!
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I cant really go wired since I live with my family and people wont want a wire running anywhere plus I have a laptop and I want to improve speed with that aswell, are you sure just buying a super gigabit router with a good adapter would fix my problem?
 
mcompute said:
Wireless speed is always less. Getting a new adapter won't help if you're only 10metres away.

If you can, i suggest going wired.
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Hi can you explain why wireless speed is "always" less please?

I got a wireless n dongle here the connection between the dlink router and the pc is around 270mbps. The signal is very good.

So if I used a wire which would run at 100mbps (because the router is only 10/100) how would it be faster and why?

Thanks.
 
well im not a whizz at this but its my understading that if you go wireles you will never get max speed available regardless of what you do. something to do with headroom and having to accommodate security encryptions etc etc on the same frequency + interference on the line from other devices...

with regards to your dongle, just because it says "upto" 270mb doesnt mean you will are receiving that in the real world, again someone else can probably explain this as im still getting my head around this.

I may be wrong. IS 30meg not fast enough :P
 
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But I mean im not asking for full on 50MB im asking for at least 30 but im gettin 5-10 so buying a super gigabit router with a good adapter would fix my problem? would it not?? anyone?
 
Wireless is effected by interfearence, the amount of users on it, distance, quality of equipment. It varies how many walls you go trhough whats inbetween your signal. Ive been gaming on wireless for along time and never had that many issues.

If it was me I would use a POWERLINE kit if dont want to runa cable everywhere.
 
yes, buying a better modem/router with a high throughput should help you problem (but cant say by how much, as long as you have an adapter to connect to the router which is capable of handling high speeds. I beleive you can further improve things by buying a simultaneous dual band router and using an adapter which can connect to both bands at the same time. but this means you are looking at some pricey equipment.

end of the day, if you buy a router then make sure it comes with good reviews and stats as a lot of routers may claim 300mbps but often dont provide anything more than 30-50. Ive personally been lookig at the asus rt-n16 which comes highly regarded at a fairly reasonable price, or try a powerline kit
 
Tripp said:
yes, buying a better modem/router with a high throughput should help you problem (but cant say by how much, as long as you have an adapter to connect to the router which is capable of handling high speeds. I beleive you can further improve things by buying a simultaneous dual band router and using an adapter which can connect to both bands at the same time. but this means you are looking at some pricey equipment.

end of the day, if you buy a router then make sure it comes with good reviews and stats as a lot of routers may claim 300mbps but often dont provide anything more than 30-50. Ive personally been lookig at the asus rt-n16 which comes highly regarded at a fairly reasonable price, or try a powerline kit
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So if I got a gigabit router would it be best to buy a gigabit cat6 cable to connect my modem to the router
 
The RT-N16 is a great piece of hardware but you wont need a CAT6 cable to your modem unless you have an amazing connection.

Also remember like Tripp said wireless throughput depends on many things, interference, walls, thickness of walls, type of material in the walls, if mesh wiring was used in the wall plaster (which is the worst for wireless, it acts like foil), encryption, omnidirectional antenna quality, directional antenna if any.

If your signal in your room is still not as strong as you'd like have a look at this and you can improve it with some cardboard paper and foil, or you can go high price and buy a high gain 9db antenna, although you can make a 12db directional antenna for half the price.

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-build-weatherproof-compact-high-gain-wifi-antenna-276317/

Good luck!
 
jahnsj said:
The RT-N16 is a great piece of hardware but you wont need a CAT6 cable to your modem unless you have an amazing connection.

Also remember like Tripp said wireless throughput depends on many things, interference, walls, thickness of walls, type of material in the walls, if mesh wiring was used in the wall plaster (which is the worst for wireless, it acts like foil), encryption, omnidirectional antenna quality, directional antenna if any.

If your signal in your room is still not as strong as you'd like have a look at this and you can improve it with some cardboard paper and foil, or you can go high price and buy a high gain 9db antenna, although you can make a 12db directional antenna for half the price.

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-build-weatherproof-compact-high-gain-wifi-antenna-276317/

Good luck!
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Thanks for the advice man, but I think I need a new router since I have 4 computers and an xbox 360 all wireless and I just think the D-link DIR-615 can't handle it
 
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