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Pfs...@aol.com

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May 27, 2012, 9:53:37 AM5/27/12
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Win XP has a "meter" that shows wireless speed.
In my case, the speed varies frequently and widely.
I s that a router issue? A modem issue? Or, a
provider issue?
Thanks.

Steve Urbach

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May 27, 2012, 11:13:02 AM5/27/12
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A propagation or interference issue. That indicator is the WiFi signal part.

Poor signal from your PC to the Router (for any reason) and the /negotiated/
speed adjusts to try and keep the connection.
Placement (of BOTH pieces) and clear sight distance also affect this.

Interference is most likely *IF* you can Visually see the Access Point (in the
Router) antenna from AT the Antenna location of the PC and signal is crap.

Sjouke Burry

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May 27, 2012, 1:14:11 PM5/27/12
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Pfs...@aol.com wrote in news:1sv1s7p5sojntss5f...@4ax.com:
It is wireless systems all trying to talk at the same time.

Pfs...@aol.com

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May 28, 2012, 9:57:38 AM5/28/12
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The router and cable connected modem sit side by side in a basement
room --- well separated From computers (2) which are also well
separated --on separate floors.
different floors.

Pfs...@aol.com

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May 28, 2012, 9:58:49 AM5/28/12
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Huh? I have only one in-home wireless system and can detect no
others.

Rob

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May 28, 2012, 11:59:41 AM5/28/12
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What Steve meant was that *if* the PC and router were in the same room
and in line-of-sight to each other, and *if* you still got a bad
signal, then external interference would be almost certainly the cause
of your problem.

As your PCs are on different floors to the access point, the problem
will be a combination of poor signal propagation and possibly
interference, too. A lot depends on the construction of the building.

As long as the PCs work OK (ie internet connection speed is good enough
for you), just ignore the meter displays.
--
Rob

Steve Urbach

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May 28, 2012, 2:26:42 PM5/28/12
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The Router could be up to 300 feet (of good CAT5e) away from the Cable-Modem
and that makes no difference.


Basement :D

1) You have Building parts between your PC and the Router reducing signal.
2) Your antennas are on 2 different Levels.
Floor 1 ___________ I (______\ )
Basement_______| (_____\ )

Best signals are perpendicular to the element (You might tilt them to line up
like in the paren. Might be a pain if directly overhead. At least aim the
Routers if the other can't move. )

Pfs...@aol.com

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May 29, 2012, 10:05:05 AM5/29/12
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:59:41 +0100, Rob <no...@nowhere.noway.con>
wrote:
The placement of this stuff has been consytant for years -- the
problem is recent and sporadic.

Pfs...@aol.com

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May 29, 2012, 10:06:00 AM5/29/12
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 11:26:42 -0700, Steve Urbach
<drago...@NOTmindspring.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 28 May 2012 08:57:38 -0500, Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 May 2012 08:13:02 -0700, Steve Urbach
>><drago...@NOTmindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 27 May 2012 08:53:37 -0500, Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Win XP has a "meter" that shows wireless speed.
>>>>In my case, the speed varies frequently and widely.
>>>>I s that a router issue? A modem issue? Or, a
>>>>provider issue?
>>>> Thanks.

The palcement has been the same for years. The problems are recent
and sporadic.

Sjouke Burry

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May 29, 2012, 3:50:02 PM5/29/12
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Pfs...@aol.com wrote in news:0rl9s79fqucqr491i...@4ax.com:
So maybe somebody else is using your network?

Pfs...@aol.com

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May 30, 2012, 11:43:10 AM5/30/12
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On 29 May 2012 19:50:02 GMT, Sjouke Burry <s@b> wrote:

>Pfs...@aol.com wrote in news:0rl9s79fqucqr491i...@4ax.com:
>
>
>> The placement of this stuff has been consytant for years -- the
>> problem is recent and sporadic.
>>
>
>So maybe somebody else is using your network?

Well, my wife in this house. But it's a password protected network
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