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cyberslag5k
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I have a wireless router that I use to connect to the internet on my gaming PC. The router is one floor above the computer, almost directly above the tower. There is maybe 8 feet of distance between the NIC and the router, and of course a ceiling/floor between the two. My connection is fast and constant when browsing the web, but for some reason I occasinoally get really really bad lag in WoW and on Ventrilo (a voice communication client). It usually happens at night, which is bizarre, and usually restarting the router will clear it up, though that appears to be working less and less these days.
I have called d-link and they've had me try a number of things, none of which has worked. I originally had my computer in the basement, which was 2 floors away from the router, but the lag was very consistent and the game was unplayable. Moving the computer much closer to the router solved the problem for a few weeks, but it has since cropped up and has gotten increasingly worse.
I heard a 2.4GHz wireless phone can screw with a wireless router, and it seemed such that every time someone used a wireless phone near the router, I experienced the lag. I have since removed the phone from that room completely, but the problem persists (just less often). The router always seems to have either a "great" or "excellent" connection of at least 11 Mbps (often 22), and I never experience any lag or slowdown when browsing the web. Only with WoW and Vent.
Does anybody have any ideas as to what the problem might be or what I might do to fix it? Running an ethernet cord is not an option, I'm afraid.
Thanks in advance.
I have called d-link and they've had me try a number of things, none of which has worked. I originally had my computer in the basement, which was 2 floors away from the router, but the lag was very consistent and the game was unplayable. Moving the computer much closer to the router solved the problem for a few weeks, but it has since cropped up and has gotten increasingly worse.
I heard a 2.4GHz wireless phone can screw with a wireless router, and it seemed such that every time someone used a wireless phone near the router, I experienced the lag. I have since removed the phone from that room completely, but the problem persists (just less often). The router always seems to have either a "great" or "excellent" connection of at least 11 Mbps (often 22), and I never experience any lag or slowdown when browsing the web. Only with WoW and Vent.
Does anybody have any ideas as to what the problem might be or what I might do to fix it? Running an ethernet cord is not an option, I'm afraid.
Thanks in advance.