wifi intereference and ethernet cables

[gurei 0]

hey guys! hopping forsomone with some understanding of wifi networks to gimmie some advince.

I'm in a student house, which i share with five. we have a combined router/modem which is in my room (lucky me!). For the most part my connection is fine but i get periodic lag in games (including my beloved day z)

there's a number of networks around and its hard to find a tottaly clear channel ever. and the pattern of the lag comming and going with sweet sweet connectivity in between reminds me of what little i know about network interference.

do you think connecting to the router/modem with an ethernet cable would help?

thanks! :)

[dcskill 117]

I've always hated modems that are also a router. Anyways, try using an Ethernet cable and see if that solves it. When you say it's hard to find a "totally clear channel ever", what do you mean by that?

The lag could also be coming from one of your friends in the house that's downloading some naughty stuff ;)

[eltdown 0]

The lag could either be your other housemates using the internet, or my friend did experience issues with wireless internet when living in a block of flats with a lot of other wireless routers nearby.

Ethernet cable's really cheap anyways - if that doesn't solve the problem then you can at least cross that off your list of possible causes.

[gurei 0]

i mean the wifi channels, its hard to find one tahts not being used

[icomrade 201]

Okay first off, install DD-wrt, see http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database to see if your router is supported. It may be even if that says no, just search in google for "router model" DD-wrt support.

For the love of god please follow an installation guide for your router, just google "router name" DD-wrt installation.

Step two setup QOS (quality of service) and enable uPnP (universal plug and play). It's fairly straight forward to setup QOS if you need help just ask.

Step three get a wire (optional) if you still can't get good speed.

[Tleilaxu 2]

using a cable will solve your problem to 75% upwards.tried wifi in my house for some time...lets say i was quick in getting enough cables for every room with a box in it

[icomrade 201]

quality of WiFi depends on 3 things: router's antennas, router's WiFi chip, and your WiFi card. I seriously hope you aren't using a shitty USB adapter.