Wireless Issues.

[Vanhishikha]

So, I've moved back into my University flat and for the past two years of being here I was in a different room, but I thought for a change of scenary and what not, I will move upstairs and just live up here for my final year.

All was going well until I started to connect to the internet, I've got an ASUS PCE-N15 so I can get pretty much full wireless signal wherever as it is an extremely good NIC, but no matter where I place my computer, or mess around with the antenna's in this room, the connection will drop. I've got full bars, but I only get a fraction of the speed at hand.

We are on BT (United Kingdom ISP) and we get 20MB (Tried and tested in my old bedroom), but up here, I'm lucky if I even hit 5mb and even then, the internet will die out. It may die out after 5 minutes, or 5 hours, you never know.

I don't know what to do, as obviously this is a problem of mine, it's a problem that the router cannot properly reach up here due to wireless interference or whatever, is there anything I can do or am I just going to have to stick it out and suffer?

 

[Vanhishikha]

It's a big house, it's got 3 floors and I am on the second, The internet is "apparently" fine in my room and the room to the left of me across the stairs, but the room right to me, that only gets 1 bar apparently?

I cannot change any admin settings, or anything like that, or I would be doing that in a heartbeat, the landlord hasn't provided us with any of that information.

But yeah, I get max bars all of the time. And a larger antenna? where would I buy one of those? would I need a stronger wifi card or just a better antenna?

 

[Vanhishikha]

I've passed on a message to the Landlord, he did state that "if the problem persists, I will move the router from the house next door, into the actually flat that you're in", so that would help heaploads. And I do see bt fon, is that like a server BT offer with their internet now or something?