Re: Calling all networking nerds
- From: "M.Butzin" <mfbutzin@NOSPAMdotnet>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:59:05 -0600
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On Jan 26, 2:36 am, "M.Butzin" <mfbutzin@NOSPAMdotnet> wrote:"Les Cargill" <lcarg...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>> In article <13pl21goprp9...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> "VampX" <va...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> <dv...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:26b84fef-93d3-4bfa-a3c8-fb897a4b3ba1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Any advice...greatly appreciated.
>>>> I'm about to bite the bullet & hard-wire the PC (WinXP 2nd) in my >>>> cave
>>>> to the router up on the main floor. It's currently running on
>>>> wireless card, but I must be getting nasty interference because my
>>>> connectivity is utter crap. I've never gotten more than 2 signal
>>>> bars, and I often run between none and 1 (translation: no
>>>> connection). So I'm hard-wiring the sucker. The only reason I've
>>>> avoided it is because of distance & the number of walls I have to go
>>>> through.
>>>> My question...once I plug in the network cable, will the PC >>>> recognize
>>>> the connection, or will I have to establish a new one? Do I remove
>>>> the old wireless PCI card/antenna?
>>>> -d (my networking skills range between zero and 1 bar)
>>> Wireless is highly over rated IMO anyway.
>> I'd go as far as to say it's complete ARSE :-) Esp for a desktop PC.
> Why? I can't tell the difference between wired and wireless from here.
> They all appear to bottleneck on the harddrive, anyway. I get about > 20-25
> megabit sustained throughput - with the occasional dropout.
> Over the backhaul, there's no difference at all.
> --
> Les Cargill
Your going to bottleneck at the router and the modem a wireless is just as
good as wired I have two laptops and two desktops one laptop is wired and
one is not. In my cul-de-sac there are four active networks competing, the
wired laptop downloads just as fast as the wireless one. I did purchase the
larger antenna for the router I had the same problem two bars on a 54g
2.4ghz linksys pcmcia card, then I got a shielded cable for the phone line
into the modem and put the modem and router on a backup power supply which
filtered the power line in for both. I use DSL and not cable, My sons
bedroom next to the room where the modem/router is had the same issues, I
took all the plugs out of the walls and checked the tightness of the screws
on the electrical plugs and found two loose ground screws which could cause
interferences. Then I realized that the cordless phone that was in my house
used the same frequency 2.4 gig as the router and card in my laptop, I
upgraded them to the 5 gig range and didn't have any problems after that, I
even removed the fluorescence desk light which also can cause problems when
the transformer starts to go bad. If your router and DSL Modem is plugged
into a power strip change it to where they are plugged into the wall
directly if you don't use and BU power supply/filter. Now I can sit on the
curb across the street and get lit up all four bars with a excellent
connection. Check your ground outside on your phone connection also and
switch out your phone cord and plug. I went through four routers and cards
before SBC came out and checked their connections, I lost signal completely
after 5 PM each day, the tech gave me a list of things that would effect the
signal quality, into the modem and into the router, how long are the lines
from the modem to the router? Mine are 6~8 inches, if one of those lines
gets a kink in it throw it away it's bad if someone steps on it ~ BAD those
wires are hair thin. I have put in many networks where people tried to DIY
and when they pulled a wire for the new phone line it got kinked and it left
one of the two wires just connected by a small bit of wire the signal showed
good but when I put my testers on it, it failed the test for the job. I
spent hundreds of dollars on line testers and it almost always comes down to
1. kink in a wire some where 2. wire barely making contact 3. bad ground 4.
cheap phone wire connecting modem to wall plug 5. Damaged RJ-45 / CAT 5
cable. My phone box was too close to my home AC unit and I had to put an
extra ground cable on it.
It could be something as simple as the electrical plug wire backward, use a
plug checker to test and test the phone plug for correct polarity with a
tester.
MB
Hmmm...I've had different problems. I'm running a Linksys 2.4 GHz
wireless with speedbooster. The hub is hard-wired to the central PC
on the main floor, right next to a 5.8 Ghz cordless phone base; my
wife's home office is one room away, and she's never gotten less than
4 bars on her PC.
Downstairs...I do have a cordless base next to my PC, but it's a 900
Mhz, so I don't suspect it's that.
-d
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