[Tech] Wireless issue

[thedrummingfish]

ok, so i just moved into a new apartment, and im on the opposite side of the house as the router and a cable wont reach all the way over to my room, so i bought a wireless card. well, it connects fine, and the signal strength is always at very good or excellent, but i lose the connected pretty much every 5 minutes or so and have to wait for it to reassign me a network address before i can keep surfing. this has pretty much put gaming on hold and its really pissing me off. so what could be the cause?

 

[BadMoFo]

sand particles in the air.

 

[TimmyZ]

interference from 2.4 Ghz Wireless phones and/or Microwaves, maybe? Try setting it to channel 11.

 

[houston]

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[thedrummingfish]

alright, i changed the channel, so ill see how it goes from here on out, thanks for the help.

 

[crouton]

Make one of those cheap asian-style strainer 'dishes' to enhance the signal.

 

[JodoFett]

Most likely another wireless network interfering or something if you are in an apartment building, playing with the channels should help.

 

[Vlasic]

or just any other channel

just any other channel won't necessarily do it.

1 6 and 11 have no frequency overlap with any other channels, where as any other channel does. So if a phone is using channel 5, you can still get interference if you're using 4.

 

[[MoM] Gort]

Check the details of your wireless card and router. If it's occurring at regular intervals, it's probably a WPA security feature.

 

[Mudman]

I had a similar problem a long time ago, was due to the service 'Wireless Zero Config'. If what you just tried doesn't work, try turning that off.
Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. It's at the bottom.