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Perforated Cheese
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Hello there,
I'm posting here in the hope that people with far more technical prowess than I may happen upon a solution.
I have a wireless card, a 'Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter'.
Originally I used a wireless dongle to connect to our router downstairs, but the signal was not reliable.
Anyway, the issue is the following: Occasionally, I will notice my connection seems to lag and then stops passing data completely, yet I still appear to be connected to the router (according to Windows).
If I check my ping to the router, when the issue occurs my ping to the router will rise from its usual 1ms-2ms up to thousands of milliseconds, and eventually timing out altogether.
I can remedy this issue by repeatedly running ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew, but it often takes several attempts with those commands before the connection appears to be working properly again.
I want to try and find out why this is happening, as when the card is working fine, my connection is just as I want it (no dropouts, speed capable of downloading at the maximum speed of our internet connection).
In terms of possible interference from other sources, we do not own a microwave and live in the countryside (as in, I don't think it would be 'excessive wireless traffic' or something like that causing the issue, although I could be wrong).
On a side note though, if this issue cannot be resolved and you can recommend me other wireless adaptors (USB or card) that are reliable, that would also be good. A wired connection (and those ethernet through the electrical wiring of the house things are not an option unfortunately). Let me be clear that the speed of the adaptor is not what I'm fussed about as long as it is able receive data from the router at 185KB/s (the maximum speed of our internet connection), I'm more interested in reliability (as I play games online).
I am running Windows 7 Professional x64. I can provide further information if needed.
I'm posting here in the hope that people with far more technical prowess than I may happen upon a solution.
I have a wireless card, a 'Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter'.
Originally I used a wireless dongle to connect to our router downstairs, but the signal was not reliable.
Anyway, the issue is the following: Occasionally, I will notice my connection seems to lag and then stops passing data completely, yet I still appear to be connected to the router (according to Windows).
If I check my ping to the router, when the issue occurs my ping to the router will rise from its usual 1ms-2ms up to thousands of milliseconds, and eventually timing out altogether.
I can remedy this issue by repeatedly running ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew, but it often takes several attempts with those commands before the connection appears to be working properly again.
I want to try and find out why this is happening, as when the card is working fine, my connection is just as I want it (no dropouts, speed capable of downloading at the maximum speed of our internet connection).
In terms of possible interference from other sources, we do not own a microwave and live in the countryside (as in, I don't think it would be 'excessive wireless traffic' or something like that causing the issue, although I could be wrong).
On a side note though, if this issue cannot be resolved and you can recommend me other wireless adaptors (USB or card) that are reliable, that would also be good. A wired connection (and those ethernet through the electrical wiring of the house things are not an option unfortunately). Let me be clear that the speed of the adaptor is not what I'm fussed about as long as it is able receive data from the router at 185KB/s (the maximum speed of our internet connection), I'm more interested in reliability (as I play games online).
I am running Windows 7 Professional x64. I can provide further information if needed.
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