Wireless Issues.

Vanhishikha · 28 Aug 2012 at 20:03

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?

Duke · 28 Aug 2012 at 20:12

Bit odd to get a good signal strength but poor speed. It maybe the wireless is fine but the Internet is congested itself?

It sounds like the wireless is provided for you, so you can't change any settings on it such as channel? You could try a larger antenna on the PC if you think the Internet is ok for the others using it.

Vanhishikha · 28 Aug 2012 at 20:27

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?

eddyr · 30 Aug 2012 at 01:20

Ask the landlord to opt out of the bt fon and see if that helps. Improved my parents wireless performance thoughout the house (3 floors). I dont think the homehubs as with many other ISP wirelss routers are particularliy capable with handling multiple wireless clients. Having it provide another wireless network coverage doesnt seem to help matters.

The wifi card i reckon will be fine with a slightly bigger antenna, its only the really big ones that need additional power. You can get omni directional (sticks) or directional ones (dishes-still quite small) which you can face at the router.

morfmedia · 30 Aug 2012 at 12:57

Powerline time if I were you

Vanhishikha · 31 Aug 2012 at 09:32

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?