Dysfunctual Wireless Family

I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil backed
insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs within the
house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2 laptop that has
an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU 624 router. As long as
the laptop is 4' away from the router I get great speeds, usually between 12
MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads. And am connected at 54 MBps. The
problem occurs when I move the laptop to the family room or the living room
which are between 30-40 feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can
I find out what is causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire
connection? i.e. is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all
three? I'm sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it.
And/or a new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing
this some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
not an option.
Please advise.
thank you.
DotCom

"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
> not an option.
> Please advise.
> thank you.
> DotCom
>
>
>

Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
just not going to work in some situations.

Duane

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:33:04 GMT, Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
>> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
>> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
>> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
>> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
>> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
>> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
>> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
>> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
>> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
>> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
>> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
>> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
>> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
>> not an option.
>> Please advise.
>> thank you.
>> DotCom
>>
>>
>>
>
>Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
>the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
>locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
>just not going to work in some situations.
>
>Duane
>
Would a network that uses the household power wiring perhaps work
better in this kind of home? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of setting up such a home network?

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"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
> not an option.
> Please advise.
> thank you.
> DotCom
>
>
>

Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
just not going to work in some situations.

Duane

Interesting.
What exactly is that Gordon?
DotCom

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:33:04 GMT, Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed) m:
>
>> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
>> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
>> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
>> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
>> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
>> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
>> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
>> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
>> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
>> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
>> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
>> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
>> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
>> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
>> not an option.
>> Please advise.
>> thank you.
>> DotCom
>>
>>
>>
>
>Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
>the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
>locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
>just not going to work in some situations.
>
>Duane
>
Would a network that uses the household power wiring perhaps work
better in this kind of home? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of setting up such a home network?

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dotcom
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"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
> not an option.
> Please advise.
> thank you.
> DotCom
>
>
>

Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
just not going to work in some situations.

Duane

Oh I just Googled it and it does sound quite interesting. Anybody have any
experience with this type set up?
DotCom

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:33:04 GMT, Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed) m:
>
>> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
>> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
>> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2
>> laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU
>> 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get
>> great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads.
>> And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I move the
>> laptop to the family room or the living room which are between 30-40
>> feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is
>> causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e.
>> is it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three? I'm
>> sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it. And/or a
>> new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way of testing this
>> some other way. Moving the router to a different location is really
>> not an option.
>> Please advise.
>> thank you.
>> DotCom
>>
>>
>>
>
>Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire around
>the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router to various
>locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and sometimes it's
>just not going to work in some situations.
>
>Duane
>
Would a network that uses the household power wiring perhaps work
better in this kind of home? What are the advantages and
disadvantages of setting up such a home network?

Gordon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 22:33:04 GMT, Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>news:(E-Mail Removed) om:
>>
>>> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil
>>> backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs
>>> within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen
>>> 2 laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear
>>> WGU 624 router. As long as the laptop is 4' away from the router I
>>> get great speeds, usually between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps
>>> downloads. And am connected at 54 MBps. The problem occurs when I
>>> move the laptop to the family room or the living room which are
>>> between 30-40 feet away. The speeds drop precipitously. How can I
>>> find out what is causing the drop in speed and sometimes the entire
>>> connection? i.e. is it the router, adapter or house configuration?
>>> Or all three? I'm sure I could go out and purchase a new router and
>>> test it. And/or a new adapter but I was wondering if there were some
>>> way of testing this some other way. Moving the router to a
>>> different location is really not an option.
>>> Please advise.
>>> thank you.
>>> DotCom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Your simple solution if you want networking is just drag some wire
>>around the house as needed and be done it or start moving the router
>>to various locations and test reception. Wireless is not all that and
>>sometimes it's just not going to work in some situations.
>>
>>Duane
>>
> Would a network that uses the household power wiring perhaps work
> better in this kind of home? What are the advantages and
> disadvantages of setting up such a home network?

I don't know but I hear there is that technology that allows networking
of computers with a house's existing electrical or telephone wiring
something like that and it's supposed to be good.

I am sure you'll find info using Google.

Duane

"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have
> foil backed insulation but we do have blown in insulation and
> metal studs within the house. I have a hardwired desktop and a
> new Dell XPS gen 2 laptop that has an Intel Pro Wireless 2915
> adapter and a Netgear WGU 624 router. As long as the laptop is
> 4' away from the router I get great speeds, usually between 12
> MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads. And am connected at 54
> MBps. The problem occurs when I move the laptop to the family
> room or the living room which are between 30-40 feet away. The
> speeds drop precipitously. How can I find out what is causing
> the drop in speed and sometimes the entire connection? i.e. is
> it the router, adapter or house configuration? Or all three?
> I'm sure I could go out and purchase a new router and test it.
> And/or a new adapter but I was wondering if there were some way
> of testing this some other way. Moving the router to a
> different location is really not an option.
> Please advise.
> thank you.
> DotCom
>
This router has several extra features which are stretching the
WiFi standards - e.g. "Fast Lane", "Double 108", "Super A+G".
Suggest you try switching off all of these iffy features so you're
using bog standard WiFi, and try again.

Try relocating the router, if possible. Most experts recommend
locating it high and central to the area of coverage.

Try different transmission channels on the router. Reception can be
quite quirky at the frequencies WiFi operates.

"DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I live in a newer 1 story 2500sf home. The walls do not have foil backed
>insulation but we do have blown in insulation and metal studs within the
>house. I have a hardwired desktop and a new Dell XPS gen 2 laptop that has
>an Intel Pro Wireless 2915 adapter and a Netgear WGU 624 router. As long
>as the laptop is 4' away from the router I get great speeds, usually
>between 12 MBPS to sometimes 14MBps downloads. And am connected at 54
>MBps. The problem occurs when I move the laptop to the family room or the
>living room which are between 30-40 feet away. The speeds drop
>precipitously. How can I find out what is causing the drop in speed and
>sometimes the entire connection? i.e. is it the router, adapter or house
>configuration? Or all three? I'm sure I could go out and purchase a new
>router and test it. And/or a new adapter but I was wondering if there were
>some way of testing this some other way. Moving the router to a different
>location is really not an option.
> Please advise.
> thank you.
> DotCom

Sounds like interference.

I imagine that there are other WiFi users in your block, so you might want
to try changing you WiFi router vroadcast channel from, say, 1 to 6, or 6 to
11 (as these are non-overlapping). As Duane says, try moving the router
around the house/flat, and try re-orienting the antennae (teh signal
radiates along the length of (a vertically oriented) aeriel (horizontally)
in a doughnut fashion - weak spots thus being directly above and below.