wireless problem

[Guest]

I install a wireless network at my friend’s house some time back. The router
is in the basement and his computer is in his bedroom (2nd floor). His
connection sometimes cuts off for a few seconds and then turns back on. It
seems to happen more often when his playing online games. It could be the
signal isn't strong enough to go from the basement to the second floor but
don't want to make him buy a signal booster if there could be something less.
The unchecked the option for the computer to turn off the device for power
saving.

His running windows xp pro sp2 with linksys router and nic.

Thanks,
Kristopher

 

[Guest]

Welcome to the wireless world.

You can attempt to reduce interference by ensuring that the router is placed
high off desks and floors away from devices that emit raditaions such as
monitors and power supplies.

You can change the 'channel' to avoid possible conflicts with other wireless
networks in the vicinity.

If WEP is enabled change it to a lower rating to reduce processing time
[decoding and encoding] of the signals.

 

[Jack]

Hi

Basement to second floor might be on the edge of the coverage.

The signal strength is a combination of the actual 802.11x signal + Phone +
Microwaves + Brain emissions (j/k), in other words it is visual
representation of all the 2.4GHz in the atmosphere around the your Wireless
hardware.

I.e. you might measure Excellent = 40% signal + 60% noise.

And that would be a reason for frequent disconnections.

The real measure of the Wireless signal capacity is Signal to Noise Ratio
(SNR), a measure that takes into consideration the relevant Signal adjusted
to the Noise Level. Unfortunately, none of the Entry Level Wireless drivers
provides such a measure.

May be this can Help.

Extending the Distance of Entry Level Wireless-
http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html

Wirelessly Bridging Home / SOHO Network. -
http://www.ezlan.net/bridging.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Welcome to the wireless world.

You can attempt to reduce interference by ensuring that the router is placed
high off desks and floors away from devices that emit raditaions such as
monitors and power supplies.

You can change the 'channel' to avoid possible conflicts with other wireless
networks in the vicinity.

If WEP is enabled change it to a lower rating to reduce processing time
[decoding and encoding] of the signals.

I install a wireless network at my friend's house some time back. The router
is in the basement and his computer is in his bedroom (2nd floor). His
connection sometimes cuts off for a few seconds and then turns back on. It
seems to happen more often when his playing online games. It could be the
signal isn't strong enough to go from the basement to the second floor but
don't want to make him buy a signal booster if there could be something less.
The unchecked the option for the computer to turn off the device for power
saving.

His running windows xp pro sp2 with linksys router and nic.

Thanks,
Kristopher