Cable wireless internet slow and rubbish

biggad

Can anyone throw some ideas at me as to why my cable wireless internet is running either slow or non-existent?

It's started happening over the last few days and is really doing my head in. I've tried switching everything off in the world but it's still like it!

any help appreciated.

Oh and my PC is picking up the router just fine (it's only 10 feet away in the same room)

espresso

Is it slow when connected using an Ethernet cable?

biggad

espresso wrote: »

Is it slow when connected using an Ethernet cable?

no it's ok then mate

iviv

Nobody's sneakily put a microwave or lead wall in the way?
Got a new chordless phone?

If not, try going into the router settings and change the channel that its operating on, should clear up some interference.

biggad

no there is a clear line of sight mate

iviv

Try changing the channel then. There's a chance a neighbour may have gotten a wireless device that operates on the same 2.4Ghz band that routers do, changing the channel should clear up interference.

espresso

Have you tried logging into the router an changing the wireless channel? You should have channels 1 - 13 to choose from, change it to a channel as far away from the current channel.

fiish

For choosing a wireless channel, try using a tool like NetStumbler (http://www.netstumbler.com) to scan the airwaves around your home for neighbours' wireless networks. Ideally you want to be in the channel furthest away from all the others.

Note though, that the WiFi channels have some overlap between them, so they need to be at least 5 channel numbers apart to have no interference at all. (e.g. most WiFi networks are on channels 1, 6 and 11)