Wireless = Teh Devil??

I<3wireless · #1 (**permalink**) 07-13-2006, 07:07 PM

So I just started using wireless from my desktop at home. I play a game called WoW (World of Warcraft) and I am having Serious lag issues now that I have switched to wireless. My signal is almost always low or good, which is pretty ridiculous since I am 20ft away from it (at the most). I have a G series Linksys router with a G series Linksys PC Card (PCI). They are both speed booster. Anyone know why my connection sucks so bad?? I can barely do anything in the game.

Thanks in advance.

I<3wireless (sarcasm if you couldn't tell

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Noodles · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2006, 09:22 PM

If you open a dos command box and ping your router, what are the ping times?

I<3wireless · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2006, 10:58 PM

I'll have to check that out when I get home. I know that I can surf just fine, but being unable to put a load on my wireless is pointless. I'll hop back on tonight with some more information.

NZLamb · #4 (**permalink**) 07-14-2006, 01:30 AM

Kill the speedbooster (i.e. let it run at 54Mbps max) and see what happens.

gowifi · #5 (**permalink**) 07-15-2006, 06:27 AM

One cause could be interference. I was at a house the other day with similar problems; the ping was all over the place. I did a scan with Netstumbler stumbler dot net and 3 of the neighbours were on the same channel (6). I moved it to channel 11 and all was fine. You should only drop about 1-3ms on the ping through you wireless network.
Good luck
Dale