Problems with my Wi-Fi Network at Home

[zaphod]

I have a Mecer FSW 410 wireless access point connected to my desktop PC.

I used this setup to establish a wireless connection to my notebook. It used to be working fine up to about a week ago.

If I ping the host PC from the notebook, the response time is about 18 ms. That is when the distance between the wireless access point and the notebook is less than 3 meters. It should be less than 1 ms.

If I move to the next room, the reponse time is about the same but I get about 25 % timeouts.

It seems that there is interference at my home which is causing this. I took the Mecer wireless access point to work and tested it there. It is working fine at work.

I have switch off about everything trying to find the source of the interference. No luck so far.

Does anybody have an idea how I can solve this problem?

This is really frustrating !!!!

 

[repitah]

Haven't played with one of those in a while. check under advanced settings. try using either b or g modes, and test interferance avoidance (can't remember if that model has it). Also, try using another channel (1,6 and 10 are never good).

Hope you come right

 

[HvRooyen]

... try using another channel (1,6 and 10 are never good).

Why not?

 

[Ryder_JHB]

Because they are the most commonly used of the 2.4ghz channels. They are non-overlapping, whereas all the other channels overlap with each other. For this reason, they are the most commonly used. It is sometimes better to use something not so common!