Very Weak Broadband Signal - Help Needed

frank gallagher

Hi, I have eircom BB in the house ,the the modem is connected to the
pc in the front room and there's no problems there, its the wireless devices
in the rest of the house that the signal is bad, (ie xbox 360 , laptop)
i know the laptop is portable, but when using it in the back room the signal
is next to nothing, the xbox signal is non existent, yet when i move it to the
front room , the connection is the best you can get,

so im looking for options

1) Can i get a booster for the modem ??
2) can i move the modem to a central location and use some sort of wireless
dongle for the main pc, or does the ethernet cable need to be connected ?
3) any other ideas

Regards Frank

biko

What modem? Netopia 3347NWG?

If you can, move the modem to a central location and see.
I guess you have thick walls.
You can bridge it (connect it to a stronger wireless modem) to it but the netopia are usually good.

Also there is a technology whereas you connect the modem to the electric wall socket and put a receiver in another wall socket.
This way the signal travel over the electric cables.

Like this http://www.netgear.co.uk/powerline_wallplugged_extenders.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYaUyz3y30

frank gallagher

biko wrote: »

What modem? Netopia 3347NWG?

If you can, move the modem to a central location and see.
I guess you have thick walls.

You can bridge it (connect it to a stronger wireless modem) to it but the netopia are usually good.

Thanks Biko, no the netpoia went the way of the economy before christmas
and eircom replaced it with an eircom branded modem think the technical
name for it is H.3ap-of-5h1t3

If i move the modem will i need to move the pc also as its connected to
it with an ethernet cable


how difficult is bridging compared to the moving

sorry, not usually a techophobe on this scale

biko

Start with the cheapest option, moving.
Then I would go with wallplugged extenders rather than bridging. Research it and see what you think.

PogMoThoin

Run a cable if at all possible. Gaming needs the lowest latency.

CreepingDeath

Another thing to check is if other nearby wireless routers are conflicting with yours.

Login to the routers web interface, and look for a "Site Survey" option.

Routers work on channels from 1 - 14.
And I they take 1 or 2 channels either side of the number you pick.

If the neighbours are running on channel 6, and so are you, there could be a lot of interface between your wireless connections.

So you change to a different channel.

biko

True, I use Netstumbler to find channels in the area.

You can see what channels others are using and change your channel to something as far from them as possible. If everyone else is on channels 2, 3 and 5 you choose 9 (for instance).

PogMoThoin

Only use channels 1-11 or You will exclude devices made for the USA market as USA only use 1-11, only Japan use channel 14, very few routers will allow channel 14. 1, 6 and 11 are the 3 channels used as non-overlapping channels on 'g', this is what wireless routers are usually set to.