WiFi Problems

Sean_Caveny · January 1, 2015, 6:14pm

Greetings and Happy New Year!

I have been having troubles with my internet latley and connot figure out why.

The problem is I totaly disconect randomly from my network connection and the only way to reconnect is unpluging and reconnecting my WiFi adapter. Now this problem has persisted for awile and I have collected some evidence and here are some things iv tried;

reinstalled Adapter driver and made sure i'm using the newest one.

Tried two different Wifi adapters (Belkin and Netgear) which has not changed anything.

I thought it was my router but I recently went to a friends house and had same problem.

I thought I was out of range but moved PC well within range and still happens.

Windows and Motherboard drivers are all updated.

After a list like this I am all out of ideas and any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

PsyduckCraig · January 1, 2015, 8:09pm

Well try a Ethernet cable if not blame the government for spying on you.

PsyduckCraig · January 1, 2015, 8:11pm

But if it doesn't work with an Ethernet cable maybe your box is faulty.

Sean_Caveny · January 1, 2015, 8:37pm

My connection is fine with an ethernet cable... But the way my house is I can't use it permanetly

KenPC · January 7, 2015, 3:24am

Hello,

I work for the "wifi support" of a large US ISP

Download a Wifi analyzer to your phone.determine what channel your wireless network is on and see if that wireless channel is also being used by multiple other wireless networks. If so, try changing it.

there are 3 different channels that you'd want to choose from.

1,6,11

everything in between overlap into the nearest channels. I can't word that any better but

1 does not interfere with 6 but 2-5 will interfere with 1 AND 6

6 does not interfere with 11 but 7-10 will interfere with 6 AND 11

12,13,14 are only allowed to be used in other countries(fcc regulations)

Also, check for other interference. (2.4GHz devices) such as coordless home phones, wireless baby monitors, RC remotes for model planes and cars and such.

Lastly, Check the placement of your wireless access point. Is it sitting on the floor, behind the tv, in a cupboard? In the basement? All of which are NOT ideal placements for your router.

Best placement is on top of a bookshelf or another high place where it has line of sight and in the middle of your house.

Wifi signals come out in like a "doughnut" shape. doesn't go up easily but goes outwards in a 360 degree circle and travels downward a lot easier than upwards.

Other things to check.

Make sure WMM is disabled. It is known to have adverse effects on clients and slowing them down.

Make sure legacy b is disabled (also known as BG protection mode)

Unless you have a b device that needs it

legacy b makes the router do a handshake ota before each transmission before the actual packets are being sent. If it's waiting for a handshake that doesnt need to be there then

1.) the router will wait longer than it has to since no b devices are present

2.) if other devices notice the router is waiting for a handshake from a client that isnt there, then all other clients will wait till they are free to talk.

Other than all of that and you arre still experiencing issues, do a FR on your router and if you are still having issues, then you may need an upgraded router then.\

Hope all of this info helps you or someone else reading.