Wifi Problems

Someone else set up the wifi in your place?

The best thing you can do is stop using wifi and run a hardline.


... Really. Wireless sucks.


Customer service is gonna tell you to find the name/model number of your access point, and resetting it (usually pushing down a button with a pen or something) to factory defaults to reconfigure the whole thing. Brute force, but usually effective.
 
DeathInMyEyes said:
Does ANY SSID show up?
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Yeah, just not mine for my laptop only. It may show for Vita but it can't connect, its got a big ass X on it.
DrakeAldan said:
Someone else set up the wifi in your place?

The best thing you can do is stop using wifi and run a hardline.


... Really. Wireless sucks.


Customer service is gonna tell you to find the name/model number of your access point, and resetting it (usually pushing down a button with a pen or something) to factory defaults to reconfigure the whole thing. Brute force, but usually effective.
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I have portable devices that can't run hardwire, so that's a bit of an issue. I didn't buy all my portable shit (Especially my laptop & Vita) to sit in one area, lol. I'm on the go, laddie.
 
I just had my computer geek cousin try & fix my problem. Not even he could do it. If he can't do it, I don't think anyone else whose not an actual technician can. I guess DEX is left with his final move only. However, I would like to change this thread more into a Wifi talk for people to pass knowledge down for others like me to know more about wifi. I would give different types of suggestions, but like I said before, I'm quite clueless about wifi.
 
Not sure what the problem is but sounds like the radio just went dead. Ditch the router if it's old and get one of those new 802.11AC routers. It's backwards compatible with all the older standards and they operate on both 5Ghz channel (so less interference) alongside 2.4Ghz are super fast approaching gigabit speeds over air. With the "ac" standard, these routers can perform something called "beamforming" on 5Ghz channel (if supported) which is identify where your wireless devices are and concentrate the signal more towards that direction rather than just blanket transmitting everywhere.

I recently upgraded from an aging 802.11N D-Link "Gamefuel" router:

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to this Netgear 802.11AC1900 "Nighthawk" router:
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Couldn't be much happier. No deadspots, super wide range covering the entire house and yard two SSID channels for 2.4ghz/5ghz + guest access. Lots of tweaks and settings, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port and 1Ghz dual core ARM processor which is unheard of in a router. Also does beamforming as I mentioned above but has something Netgear calls "Beamforming+" which can do this also on the standard 2.4Ghz channels alongside 5Ghz. Streams 1080P HD from home server at high bitrate no problems over the air to all our devices - phones, tablets, mobile game devices. House is already wired up with hard line gigabit but the Wi-Fi was getting old, interference and all.

Theoretical limits for wireless standards quote from speedguide.net:

802.11b - 11 Mbps (2.4GHz)
802.11a - 54 Mbps (5 GHz)
802.11g - 54 Mbps (2.4GHz)
802.11n - 600 Mbps (2.4GHz and 5 GHz) - 150Mbps typical for network adapters, 300Mbps, 450Mbps, and 600Mbps speeds when bonding channels with some routers
802.11ac - 1300 Mbps (5 GHz) - new standard that uses wider channels, QAM and spatial streams for higher throughput
 
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