Originally Posted by
wdwright
What's in the path between the 2 devices, stud wall, poured concrete, brick wall? Your PC should have some indication of signal strength, what is that like? Usually you get a good signal at 25' unless there is some serious signal absorption going on over the path.
Do you know that you have a good Internet connection? Plug a PC into the router and see what speed you're getting. Maybe there are issues at the router. Another possibility is to change the channel from 6 to one that no one else in the neighborhood is using.
A further possibility is that you have 2.4 GHz cordless phones and they are messing things up.
A little more info on the setup would be helpful.
16Mbps advertised, I'm getting 13-14 Mbps wireless in the room where the router is.
Signal strength is fair-to-middling in other parts of the house. I think if I could increase that, I'd be fine. Just figured I'd have more -- I had my home office in the basement of the last house and got full signal.
5.8Ghz phones. Though, I've wondered about interference with some other things. I've already changed the channel to one that nobody nearby is using.
The other computer is out my home office, down the hall, in a back bedroom. Oh, and one in the basement. I've picked up some powerline adapters and they work "OK" but not stunningly.