WIFI ... 802.11g .nothing has been moved or changed, why would the signal strength and rate change on my wifi?

Question

It can go many hours at 54 Mbits/sec and excellent/very good strength and then go all over the place, even as low as 9 M/sec. Doesn't seem to matter what time of day!? This is the link between the router and a remote computer. I like to listen to streaming radio and it also will occasionally drop for a second or more!? Sometime stop completely, requiring restarting ..... Live365.com

Answer 1

If nothing changed or moved with your wireless router or client and it always used to work fine, then obviously something else changed. It has nothing to do with electrical interference or having the TV on or running a vacuum cleaner. One possible source of interference is the microwave oven, but this would only happen when you're cooking for example, and generally only if your wireless router or client is within a few feet of the oven. Another possible source of interference is 2.4GHz cordless telephones, maybe not even your own, maybe a next door neighbor got one, and that could explain the random timing when they're making phone calls.

Another possible source of interference is that a near-by neighbor set up their own wireless network and they're operating on the same channel, or even a nearby channel, causing co-channel interference. Try changing channels on your wireless router, choose from the 3 non-overlapping channels 1, 6 or 11 and see if one works better than another. The wireless client will pick up on the new channel automatically.

It's not a bad idea (if all else fails) to restore your wireless router to factory defaults (see your manual) and then reconfigure it as well as hit their website for the latest firmware version. At least do that much before calling them if you're still having trouble.

Answer 2

Actually sounds like a broadcasting issue...what I would seriously recommend is 1) update your firmware on the device to the LASTEST possible version 2) if does not fix, contact tech support tell them the problem....


If your sure its the router do as I said above, eliminate other possible sources as well though.

Answer 3

if its NETGEAR just get a new 1. if its linksys u need to change some settings on it...mine has been perffect now for years... but i finally got the settings right. wireless settings can be wierd sometimes. even if technically its set up right.... it will have little quarks like you mentioned. try taking wep off or on... try mac address filtering... custom dhcp... stuff like that. when its slow like that.... take the modem and plug it directly in the CPU to make sure its not the internet itself.... cable - during peak times will do that sometimes also.

Answer 4

things happened.
it is the interference between the electricity, the wave from your wireless router, the walls in your place, tv is on or off, radio on or off, etc... even the weather (humid or not).
you 're lucky that it drops for only a few seconds...