Router problems
Router problems
toxo That doesn't sound right at all. Is the other PC generally **** and slow, got lots of addins or toolbars running in the browser or anything? You're absolutely right about the broadband speed being the bottleneck, a 100mbit wire into a 10mbit connection should function at the same speed as a 1000mbit wire into a 10mbit connection.
toxo That doesn't sound right at all. Is the other PC generally **** and slow, got lots of addins or toolbars running in the browser or anything? You're absolutely right about the broadband speed being the bottleneck, a 100mbit wire into a 10mbit connection should function at the same speed as a 1000mbit wire into a 10mbit connection.
Ahh so you're talking click latency. That's definitely down to the PC You have enough RAM, the only other 2 things that affect it are hard drive speed and CPU speed. These days no one bothers optimising their webpages (this forum is a good case in point) and everything covered in flash so a browser has a lot of data to deal with to render a single page, so there's quite a CPU hit for something that should be simple and basic!
Ok this is going to sound weird but I think my phone is creating problems with my router - is that plausible or not?
Tested it out by not switching the wi-fi on for a week and didn't have a single problem all week, laptop and PS3 remained connected whenever in use and no issues at all.
Then I switched the wi-fi back on my phone and within 30 minutes the phone couldn't connect to the router and neither could the PS3 (wired devices were still fine though)
Switched phone wi-fi off and everything went back to normal after about 20-30 minutes - I deliberately didn't reboot the router to see whether it was the phone causing the issue.
I realise this sounds really bizarre but is it possible? And if so, why is it doing it? Have I set something up wrong?
toxo Unusual but not out of the question. Phones have particularly **** wifi chips in them due to size and power constraints. Sounds like you've found the solution though :lol:
toxo Unusual but not out of the question. Phones have particularly **** wifi chips in them due to size and power constraints. Sounds like you've found the solution though :lol:
Just switch the wifi off when you're not using it? It'll make your battery last longer too
I know it's not a fix, but at least you have found the cause. It's something that may be fixed by a firmware update, or similar. Maybe your phone is only 802.11b so it slows your devices down to 11mbit when it's in use?
toxo It's something that may be fixed by a firmware update, or similar.
toxo It's something that may be fixed by a firmware update, or similar.