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Distance to router effecting connectivity to net

  • 21-09-2010 12:16pm
    #1
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭


    I can't get my head around this at all and hoping the community here could shed some light on it - I was in my parents house yesterday and they presented me with a laptop which wouldn't connect to the internet depending on where you were in the house. We're not talking a mansion here - it's a standard semi D with a granny flat attached. My first assumption was that perhaps the routers signal was being interfered with or similar because I would have expected a router to have more than 20 foot coverage.

    From what I can see though in the parts of the house where there is no internet working the connection to the router is there with 4 out of 5 bars signal. However the network centre shows that the laptop is connected to the router only and not to the net. Pick it up and carry it back inside / downstairs as appropriate and the internet connects. During this time the main PC wired directly to the router has full net access so it appears that if the laptop is not at 5 out of 5 bars the router shuts down connection the net for that laptop alone. I can log into the routers admin panel etc from anywhere and the admin area shows the laptop happily connected yet no net access unless it's within 10 feet of the router. Does this make any sense to anyone here :confused:

    Had a look at firmware updates etc but had no joy. Would appreciate any thoughts ypu might have. :)


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,764 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »

    Had a look at firmware updates etc but had no joy. Would appreciate any thoughts ypu might have. :)

    Done the usual things like change channel, compare with another wireless adapter etc, site survey to see what other networks are around?


  • #3
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »
    I can't get my head around this at all and hoping the community here could shed some light on it - I was in my parents house yesterday and they presented me with a laptop which wouldn't connect to the internet depending on where you were in the house. We're not talking a mansion here - it's a standard semi D with a granny flat attached. My first assumption was that perhaps the routers signal was being interfered with or similar because I would have expected a router to have more than 20 foot coverage.

    From what I can see though in the parts of the house where there is no internet working the connection to the router is there with 4 out of 5 bars signal. However the network centre shows that the laptop is connected to the router only and not to the net. Pick it up and carry it back inside / downstairs as appropriate and the internet connects. During this time the main PC wired directly to the router has full net access so it appears that if the laptop is not at 5 out of 5 bars the router shuts down connection the net for that laptop alone. I can log into the routers admin panel etc from anywhere and the admin area shows the laptop happily connected yet no net access unless it's within 10 feet of the router. Does this make any sense to anyone here :confused:

    Had a look at firmware updates etc but had no joy. Would appreciate any thoughts ypu might have. :)

    The signal bars in windows are hilarious at times. It will happily sit there and tell you that there are five bars but at the same stage neglect to mention that the network speed is now a healthy 56kb.

    Sounds like a bandwidth issue


  • #4
    Gamesnash.ie: Pat
    Company Representative Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Gamesnash.ie: Pat


    Spear wrote: »
    Done the usual things like change channel, compare with another wireless adapter etc, site survey to see what other networks are around?

    One other network presumably next door neighbours. Will be back over there with our own eircom router to see if that solves it. Changing channel tbh I had never heard of.


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,764 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Gamesnash.ie: Pat wrote: »
    One other network presumably next door neighbours. Will be back over there with our own eircom router to see if that solves it. Changing channel tbh I had never heard of.

    There's a limited set of 11 to 14 wifi channels depending on region. They're not entirely separate and overlap slightly too. It's possible that they're on the same channel, or a nearby one, and are interfering. Try Netstumbler or Inssider to scan about and see who could be interfering. Changing channel is just an option on the router.


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