Wireless Internet question

[JR6ooo4]

the router is just a outbound radio. it sends out it's signal to any device designed to receive the frequency. (like 802.11g) but it's outbound signal strength depends on the inbound bandwidth it's getting.

does your weaker signal occur more during mornings, afternoons or evenings?

that does not sound right to me. But I am not an IT guy so I could be wrong.
THe radio in the wireless router should transmit at the same wattage or strength all the time. Unless it is doing some sort of sleep mode or power saving mode. If your ISP provider is slow then the number of packets you recieve will be lower, ie slow loading web pages.
Routers do wear out. We have replaced several in the years we have been wireless. It is a radio so the signal can be diluted by other devices, microwave, other radios, a lawnmower...
I have actualy heard CB talk over my computer through a wireless mouse! It was realy loud and the computere volume was not that loud. It happened several times all at about 6:30 in the morning, while DW was still trying to sleep, heheheheee

Mikeeee

 

[jfulcer]

I work out of my home--using the internet when I do inbound telemarketing phone calls. when I work, I have mutliple windows open for the different things i need to do my job.

OT, but can you talk about what you do for this? How long you've been doing it/your hours/etc? You can PM if you'd rather not publicly say. I'm just looking for something like this for DW.

 

[Amity 3]

that does not sound right to me. But I am not an IT guy so I could be wrong.
THe radio in the wireless router should transmit at the same wattage or strength all the time. Unless it is doing some sort of sleep mode or power saving mode. If your ISP provider is slow then the number of packets you recieve will be lower, ie slow loading web pages.
Routers do wear out. We have replaced several in the years we have been wireless. It is a radio so the signal can be diluted by other devices, microwave, other radios, a lawnmower...
I have actualy heard CB talk over my computer through a wireless mouse! It was realy loud and the computere volume was not that loud. It happened several times all at about 6:30 in the morning, while DW was still trying to sleep, heheheheee

Mikeeee

we used to live in IL, and we had the same problem without being wireless. you'd be sitting there and a super loud CB transmission would blow through our computer speakers without warning.

some ISP's throttle their bandwidth from residential to businesses during the 9-5 time.

 

[Charade]

Whether it should or not, I do receive a lower signal strength when I connect to the VPN. I'm not cable, I'm DSL.

And it really shouldn't. I connect via a VPN and see no drop in signal strength.

So there! Data is data whether it's a VPN or not. Speed on the other hand could be affect by a VPN because there's more overhead.

 

[Charade]

it's becoming more old school as the tech keeps evolving.

think of an internet connection like a circuit. with DSL, think of a straight line. your bandwidth degrades the farther you get from the switching station.

with cable, it's more like an oval. the more users that tap into that oval degrades the original signal the company provides unless the cable company ups the bandwidth.

the signal stays the same, the speed drops.

Signal strength and bandwidth are two separate things. You can have high signal strength for errorless communication but if the bandwidth is narrow, you won't get fast speed.

The OP was talking about her wireless signal strength which is completely unaffected by anything the cable company does or the amount of users on her node. Heck, you could have two PC's communicate with each other wirelessly WITHOUT a router or a cable/DSL provider and have signal problems because of various factors such as location, distance and materials in between the PCs.

 

[JR6ooo4]

we used to live in IL, and we had the same problem without being wireless. you'd be sitting there and a super loud CB transmission would blow through our computer speakers without warning.

some ISP's throttle their bandwidth from residential to businesses during the 9-5 time.

the latest here is paying for the speed you want.
One provider has about five different levels, starting at $14.99 per month, and it goes up quickly....


MIkeeee

 

[Amity 3]

Signal strength and bandwidth are two separate things. You can have high signal strength for errorless communication but if the bandwidth is narrow, you won't get fast speed.

The OP was talking about her wireless signal strength which is completely unaffected by anything the cable company does or the amount of users on her node. Heck, you could have two PC's communicate with each other wirelessly WITHOUT a router or a cable/DSL provider and have signal problems because of various factors such as location, distance and materials in between the PCs.

I thought the OP was trying to link her ISP and the number of windows she had open at any given time.

move to Apple, an Airport Extreme can synch 50 Macs together.

 

[Amity 3]

the latest here is paying for the speed you want.
One provider has about five different levels, starting at $14.99 per month, and it goes up quickly....


MIkeeee

they have the same price plans here, depending on your bandwidth. I thought it was kind of strange that we don't get those CB break-ins like we used to in IL.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Do you use a VPN to connect to a network at work? That in itself can cause some problems, depending on which one you use.

Beyond my scope of knowlege unfortunately.

I use a chat service to be "present" for work.

Everything else I do is through a secure website and their computer software controls the show. I have no idea what they do. But I run their stuff through their website.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

FWIW--hubby's laptop connects directly or is sitting right next to the router. I'll have lost internet while he's surfing just fine.

It must be a proximity issue. Just don't understand the arbitrary changes in signal strengh.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I thought the OP was trying to link her ISP and the number of windows she had open at any given time.

move to Apple, an Airport Extreme can synch 50 Macs together.

Hubby would love for us to move to Mac.

Unfortunately my companies are set up for Bill Gates-land only.