Oh sorry for the confusion about the ISP. It is ONE ISP because Time Warner owns subsidaries of ISPs (Road Runner, Earthlink) so I wanted to be clear about which one I used lol. But yeah, we're all using the same ISP.
Okay, so someone was telling me that because my ethernet was plugged into the router (but not being plugged into my laptop), he said that the wi-fi wasn't working until after he unplugged the ethernet from the router. Does that really happen or is he just mistaken?
Also, he says that yesterday that a few times an error page from Earthlink popped up saying that it won't let him connect or that it was really slow. Could that possibly be from people in the neighboring area who watch cable tv or use cable internet?
Also, is the speed between ethernet and wi-fi very significant?