Guest PeePs Posted November 2, 2005 CID Share Posted November 2, 2005 Ok so right now I'm at the University of Nebraska in the dorms. The school itself doesn't provide wireless internet, but my friend has a wireless router in our room so I use that. For the 1st two months while i was here my wireless internet has always been fine, with a "Excellent" signal strength. Well now the past few weeks my internet will work fine for 1/2 the day and for the other half my wireless internet signal will be "Low" and I won't even be able to use the internet. While the internet works it says signal strength is 54 Mbps, but when it doesn't work it says it's connected but the speed is only 1 Mbps. We have never moved the router around and my laptop is actually only 4 ft. from the router. The wierd thing is that the internet works fine, but then all of a sudden for no reason it will all of a sudden get a low signal and it will stay like that for a while. Sometimes an hour sometimes 5 hours...... I know it's not a problem with the hardware in my laptop because when I go home it works fine. Any ideas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wknight40 Posted November 2, 2005 CID Share Posted November 2, 2005 Is someone in the area using a wireless phone that works in the 2.4Ghz range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted November 2, 2005 CID Share Posted November 2, 2005 Well, no one in my room is, but there is a possibility someone in a room around me is. Would that mess it up a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted November 2, 2005 CID Share Posted November 2, 2005 Anything using the 2.4Ghz range could be interfering with it. Microwaves, cordless and sometimes cell phones, or even other routers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 first of all, if you're only 4 ft away, jack in using a cable, will give better speed, and try changhing the channel the wireless uses. it might be some neighbor using the same channel causing interference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted November 3, 2005 CID Share Posted November 3, 2005 make sure the router has the latest firm ware.... when i had an outdated version on mine it knocked my speeds down but as soon as i got the new version, good as new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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