concours Posted April 27, 2015 Member ID: 5839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 204 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 1606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2023 Birthday: 07/01/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted April 27, 2015 computer was acting funny running slow then fine then fits and starts. gaming really sucked so did a little troubleshooting. discovered the the wifi-router crapped out. replaced it with a nice new linksys and we are good to go. hope now i get a bit better response gaming. one can only hope eh ! see you all out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted April 28, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 93 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5230 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 11104 Achievement Points: 48729 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted April 28, 2015 Connect directly to the router for gaming (and most anything important.) WiFi is okay for that, but certainly not ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 28, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 6082 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 4981 Achievement Points: 50713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Device: Windows Share Posted April 28, 2015 Connect directly to the router for gaming (and most anything important.) WiFi is okay for that, but certainly not ideal. I'd be interested to know why you say that. There are so many variables, as far as I can see. I play all my games via a Homeplug linked to the house's electricity ring main... At 85Mbps maximum, it is likely to be a darned sight slower than wireless n. It's a whole lot quicker than the 'net connection, however, as that never tops 4-Meg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted April 28, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 93 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5230 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 11104 Achievement Points: 48729 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted April 28, 2015 It's not a bandwidth thing; however bandwidth can degrade with distance to the signal. Wireless networking is susceptible to many different forms of interference. The neighbor's wifi on the same channel (or one that's too close.) Cordless phone handsets. Cell phones. Microwave ovens. All other forms of radio that might just have a harmonic on the same frequency. Sunspots, too, lol. Casual computing probably wouldn't show these issues. It's likely that watching a movie on Netflix doesn't show it either due to the fairly large look-ahead buffer it uses. Games? Not so much. At least, if you're using wifi, use a smartphone wifi analyzer app to determine what channel people around you are on, then set your own wireless router to avoid them. Like this screenshot I just took on my phone of the 2.4GHz band. I'm on Channel 11. The default is usually Ch6, and my tenant is on Ch1. Note the severe channel overlap. If you don't have access to a smartphone app, at least set your router to a different channel than the default channel. And if you have a 5GHz capable router, use it. It doesn't go as far, but it can be faster and more reliable. The 5GHz band is not as congested as the 2.4GHz band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
concours Posted April 28, 2015 Member ID: 5839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 204 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 1606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2023 Birthday: 07/01/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 always direct connected to the router. new router didn't help much against Belteds onslaught last night lol. ownage haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hunter1948 Posted April 28, 2015 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.75 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Device: Windows Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hope I can get playing tonight then he will be running scared. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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