A slow slow death

[DimestoreTiamat 1]

Alright guys basically here is my deal. I try to play Day Z and my connection slowly, and without fail, dies. I am able to get on the server (and I have tried doing this with multiple servers), but my connection drops to yellow after a few steps, then phases into red and I have to alt+f4 out of the game. Oddly enough, I have also experienced lag when I hosted a game of ARMA 2 where it was just me and some AI.

Here is a short list of stuff I tried:

• Reinstalling ARMA 2 and Operation Arrowhead. This did not work at all.
  
• Reinstalling BattlEye Anti-Cheat. Also didn't work.
  
• Running it through DayZCommander. I do this every time.
  
• Getting the most recent ARMA 2 beta patch and DayZ mod version. I got both.
  
• Run Steam as Admin. I do this every time.
  

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I bought the game to play the mod and it frustrates me that I have spent 2 hours in game just trying to figure out what is wrong.

[dvious 9]

Your internet is probably really shit

[DimestoreTiamat 1]

I am using wifi so your assessment is pretty accurate. However is this the only thing that would cause this? Or even the most likely?

[Quantic (DayZ) 12]

Judging on the information you provided us with - yes, it's most likely your internet connection.

Edited August 21, 2012 by Quantic

[DimestoreTiamat 1]

I see. Well that's a relief! Bad internet is something I can fix. What would I need to do to boost my wifi signal? I have seen the boosters in stores but I am wondering if that is really warrented. I cannot connect my machine directly to the modem as there is a floor seperating the two.