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Post by tvnacman on Jan 2, 2016 19:57:21 GMT -5
Ok so I have an "N" router things seem to be slow. I read that it could be cooking inside and slowing things down. So thinking it would be a good idea to ask around . See what others are doing and see what shakes out.
Thinking about a few IP cameras so some extended range would be great.
John
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Post by Paladin on Jan 3, 2016 0:26:57 GMT -5
I am not a geek. I am was a telecommunications technician, 1966-2011. I installed WiFi in Ma Bell. ( Ref etc. ) Heat will not slow you down. It can cook the insides and it will die. My router is propped up to a 45 degree for cooling. I have an access point and external omni antenna available. It was tested to connect 700 feet to my laptop. I need to set up a wireless IP camera / small battery / solar panel. Will cost about $200. I think. I haven't looked at what is available for a few months. |
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jan 3, 2016 1:03:28 GMT -5
There could be several things going on, first of all, is it placed on a mall, residential building, or any other crowded place? Todays smartphones, cameras, printers and lots of gadgets can be turned into a wireless access point, "polluting" the available radio signal spectrum; the more gadgets around, the bigger the probability of signal pollution.
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Post by tvnacman on Jan 3, 2016 7:31:18 GMT -5
What is top speed of a "N" router ? is there anything faster?
This is being used in my home, I brought a smart TV into the house (netflix is slow as poop) and is affecting the other smart TV too.
I was thinking of sharing with my neighbor across the street, so we can overlap. Not sure of the range of the router or if there is something special needed.
John
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Post by JoeyBee on Jan 3, 2016 11:55:19 GMT -5
John, How old is the router? Sometimes they go out over time.
And have you aquired any new wireless toys over the Christmas season. The N-band can either be 2.4 or 5 GHz. Maybe yours or a neighbors new toy is causing interference.
The first step you can try to fix the problem is changing the frequency in the setup page. If it is currently set on a low channel move it to a higher, or vise-Versa. Some router even have an "auto select" option.
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jan 3, 2016 12:17:05 GMT -5
It is not a speed problem, an N router has enough bandwidth to deal with most internet connections, if it where a speed problem you should talk to your ISP. Try to do this test, connect your computer straight to the cable that is connected on the "WAN" port in your router to bypass the router and run a speed test ( www.speedtest.net/), if the test shows the bandwidth (or close) to what you are paying for, then the problem is not likely to be on your ISP side, next try connecting your computer with a cable to your router turning off the wireless network card on your computer and run the same test, if the results are ok, then run the same test connected to your router via wireless, if the test is ok let us know to go to the next set of tests. |
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Post by tvnacman on Jan 3, 2016 13:39:16 GMT -5
I did that several times, I get 18 to 50mps and 4 to 6Mps up load. The numbers are higher in range when plugged to the ethernet cable. The smart TV's are buffering often during play.
I see ethernet cable on amazon, not sure if it is POE, the last cabling I've done was coaxial RG56 50 etc.
The overlapping I meant above is for IP camera's I point across the street at my neighbor and he points at me. Full field of view for both of us. He has his own internet service.
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jan 3, 2016 18:38:07 GMT -5
On your computer try ping to an internet address as well as to a local address to check for latency, latency can give the impression of a "slow" connection, on a command prompt (for Windows) or Terminal app (for OSX and Linux) try this: ping google.com Also, try ping to a local address, like your router's IP, or another device connected to that same router, example: ping 192.168.0.1 On optimal conditions you should get less than 100ms of response if you ping an internet address (like google.com), 100ms to 300ms is acceptable, more than that is problematic; for the local address you should be getting 1ms to 5ms tops. If you get high response times when you ping the internet address but good response on the local address the problem is on your ISP side, if you get high response times on the local address, the problem is on your side, try the same test connected by cable and wireless, if you get good results when cabled but bad results on wireless, your router is on it's way out, if you get bad results when ping the local address, both ways (cabled and wireless) your router could also be on it's way out or some device connected to your router can be infected with a virus that is saturating your router, or it could've a bad network adapter causing the same problem. Another thing to check, if you see lots of wireless networks available on your computer, they could be causing interference, if that is the case, try different channels on your router as noted by JoeyBee , if you try all the channels and still get issues, get a router that supports 5Ghz, the ideal would be if it is 802.1ac certified, those are usually directed to business applications and are not affected by the home routers interference, they are more expensive, but on worst case scenarios it is the only way to fix the issue. |
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Post by dollartwentyfive on Jan 4, 2016 21:08:17 GMT -5
Ok so I have an "N" router things seem to be slow. I read that it could be cooking inside and slowing things down. So thinking it would be a good idea to ask around . See what others are doing and see what shakes out. Thinking about a few IP cameras so some extended range would be great. John try this: forums.majorgeeks.com/index.phpi have no idea how good the above site is now, but it used to have some really good posters. i've had the above site bookmarked for about 10 years. |
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Post by rockynv on Jan 5, 2016 2:54:27 GMT -5
802.11 ac dual band is the way to go since the 5 GHz band won't be impacted as badly by 2 GHz cordless phones. If you have a cordless phone you may have to move the main base further away from the router. Also many service providers like from Verizon or Roadrunner give you routers with pretty abysmal WiFi performance with some having a practical working range of only 9 to 15 feet. If you shop around you can find decent 802.11 ac dual band routers for around $75 on Amazon.com. I finally upgraded mine from the standard Verizon unit and am very pleased with the results.
Pinging Google gets me a 7ms average response time and internal is less than 1ms on Ethernet while WiFi response is also quite good at 8ms average response time for Google and 0.5ms internal.
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