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Post by Takzenen on Sept 27, 2010 17:23:58 GMT -5
Hey all;
So here's the issue, my wireless is god awful slow. The first night I was here, it was blazing fast, like T1 fast. Now, I'm having difficulty even getting it to connect to the WAR servers before it times out. I have a Netgear N 300, while a friend I work with is saying that the network is a "G" network, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I was using a 150 initially, which is what forced me to upgrade to the 300 and nothing has changed.
USB port speed? I checked the drivers. Any thoughts? I'm sure they do throttle the connection a little bit, and I'm wondering if the initial night caused the network admin to flip a lid if he were to see the data transfers from that night and he might of thought I was DLing porn or something(I wasn't....too many viruses) and throttled it hard. Any ideas would be appreciated
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Post by Rer on Sept 27, 2010 17:42:41 GMT -5
Go talk to technical department? Hehe
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Post by Takzenen on Sept 27, 2010 18:18:35 GMT -5
Okay, so I'm sitting here watching the activity. I can surf the internet just fine, no problem and the activity is shown.
The second I try to connect to the WAR or LoL servers? No activity. Wtf?
Edit: Firewall is showing as connections to those servers being allowed. Strangely enough, LoL has like 13 different game client servers...lol
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Post by Lanir on Sept 28, 2010 7:07:04 GMT -5
Did you have any port settings in the 150 router that are not in the 300?
Does the 300 have some sort of SpeedBooster tech like some Linksys routers have? I know that WoW would not work with routers that had SpeedBooster. It caused issues with the packets transferred.
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Post by Ghlore "MacInnes" on Sept 28, 2010 10:10:28 GMT -5
i would try a wired connection from your router to see if that help, this will also eliminate port issues. If it is a "G" router they are susceptible to interference. That would be my 1st trouble shooting step.
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Post by Takzenen on Sept 28, 2010 15:16:44 GMT -5
I don't have access to the router, I'm in billeting on base.
Lanir, how would I check that?
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Post by Lanir on Sept 30, 2010 9:47:16 GMT -5
You would need to look up the specs for the model of router you have.
I saw that you mentioned that you do not have control over the equipment and that you are on base. Are you using something that is a community type connection?
Forgive my questions, I am just a little confused after some of the information you posted. I might not be piecing the info together properly.
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Post by Takzenen on Sept 30, 2010 14:26:57 GMT -5
Yeah, it's base wide(well, these buildings) wireless. Billeting is basically the Inn on base. There's no encryption on it either
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Post by Lanir on Oct 1, 2010 6:52:39 GMT -5
Okay. Here is the picture I have in my head. [glow=red,2,300]Base (Billeting) wireless [/glow]__>>wireless signal>>__ [glow=red,2,300]Your router [/glow]__>>connection to your computer>>__ [glow=red,2,300]Your computer[/glow] You mentioned a USB connection. Are you connecting to your router via USB? If not, how are you connecting to your router? Are you using your router as an access point for the base wireless? When you do a www.speedtest.net check, do you see good download speeds? Do you know the ip address of the WAR servers? If so, can you do a ping test to it? I am curious to see if there is a bottleneck somewhere between you and them. Also, I don't claim to be an expert, so if anyone has better ideas or see me going in the wrong direction, please feel free to smack me in the head. |
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Post by Takzenen on Oct 1, 2010 14:20:51 GMT -5
No no, no router. Just a wireless receiver that goes through a USB port.
Download speed is 2.6mb/s
.....upload speed is .01mb/s...
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Post by Lanir on Oct 1, 2010 15:11:47 GMT -5
Oooohhh, okay. Good to know.
Let me get back to you since I am leaving work in a few and then going out to dinner.
I am not familiar with your usb device. If you have a model number handy that would be great. I looked up Netgear N 300 and it came up with routers. That must be why I thought you had a router.
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Post by Takzenen on Oct 1, 2010 15:33:49 GMT -5
Wireless-N 300 USB adapter
WNA3100
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Post by Lanir on Oct 3, 2010 9:21:29 GMT -5
Okay, I found some info out on the interwebs and found very few options to try. 1) Download the newest driver software here and follow their instructions. I see they added Win7 support on this driver. 2) One user reported putting the device in 130mbs for 2.4ghz rather than the 300. It seemed to work for him. Another user just decided to take his back and get a Cisco/Linksys device and had no further issues. Otherwise, without access to the wireless source I don't know what more to do. It is possible they made modifications or that your new device doesn't play nice with their equipment. Good luck! |
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Post by Takzenen on Oct 3, 2010 15:26:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the help Lanir, one last question as I can't seem to find it, where would I go to do that?(XP)
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Post by Lanir on Oct 4, 2010 6:04:41 GMT -5
I am not sure where he changed the setting. I was assuming it was within the software for the device.
Since you're on XP you can try to disable the wireless zero config services to see if that helps. Click Start and type services.msc in the run box. Scroll down to the wireless zero config service, right click then click the Stop button and select disabled from the drop down list. (I may be a little off, I am doing this from the top of my head since I don't have an XP comp close to me). Once you do this the fancy windows built in wireless selection gui in the right hand corner by the clock won't be available. You will need to use the software that came with your device.
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