Lothian
should be banned
Have stuck a Lan cable from a splitter I have attached to the WiFi extender and am getting 70+MB/s. I would have preferred to use WiFi but it seems wires might be the way to go.
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theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
Wifi serves my home just fine. But I still run Cat6 to my PC.
Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
Does your computer actually have an ethernet port? Because the last couple we've bought did not.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Ah ha. Is your PC case metal? And do you have an external aerial for that? Might be that the wireless card is getting Faraday'd.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
What's the point of buying a PC, instead of a laptop or tablet, if it doesn't have a high speed ethernet port?
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Good test. Means your PC likely has zero network problems, and the issue is limited to just the wifi situation on that PC.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
Wifi problems are the opposite of zero network problems. They're more like mega network problems.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Heh! OK, I'll be more specific: Wifi HARDWARE CONFIGURATION.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
I call shenanigans. Nobody buying consumer computer equipment needs to know or care about hardware configs. Your paradigm is almost 20 years out of date.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Until stuff stops working. That's why us greybeard COBOL guys can still earn a living.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
There's no cobol in modern consumer computer network solutions.Until stuff stops working. That's why us greybeard COBOL guys can still earn a living.
It's no accident that you've failed to offer a cobol solution to the OP's problem.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
The correct response should have been "OK, Boomer".
And you would be surprised what software systems still run COBOL today.Back on track, his problem appears to be the inbuilt wireless card. It seems to be a weak signal problem, not software, because it still connects OK but is just very slow. An added info point is the inordinately rapid drop-off in signal strength the further from the WAP. It sounds like inadvertent shielding, a problem we often dealt with using modern PCs in hospital operating theatres (which are built as Faraday cages for X-rays).
Oh that's right! We boomers don't know about modern consumer computers.
Dude, we INVENTED them! 
P.J. Denyer
Penultimate Amazing
Yeah this. If it doesn't move and has an RJ45 port I cable it. I separate my 2.4GHz & 5GHz networks too, partly because it makes connecting devices like switches & smart bulbs that only work on the older standard easier, and partly because I have a few things that either the controlling app is no longer available for, or I just can't remember what it was!
Power settings - I've seen desktop PCs running as if they are on "power saving" settings designed for a laptop on battery power.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Good point. But power settings don't slow down wifi, they disable it periodically. Do a network refresh (or manual disconnect/reconnect, or a power restart) and it comes back hot and strong. As you say, proper fix is setting "power always on".
But related to that, now you remind me, could also be speed negotiation settings. Some older model wifi cards had trouble negotiating speeds with newer WAPs. They would end up running at the lowest speed they supported, often 8Mb or 10Mb/sec (old coax LAN speed). Manually setting their speed at 100Mb/sec or 1Gb/sec and they worked fine. Driver updates often fixed this. Then this glitch all but disappeared on newer laptops and network cards.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Lothian, can I check if you have the complete wifi kit with components that look like this? The important parts I'm checking are the rabbit-ear antennas, small cables and the PCI end plate. I suspect these appear to be installed.
Lothian
should be banned
Bit messy but there are 3 antenna
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plague311
Great minds think...
Before we end up redesigning the Wi-Fi network in Lothian's house has anyone just updated the driver for it? That, generally, resets the adapter as well as resolves a metric ◊◊◊◊ ton of issues with Wi-Fi cards. The problem with us IT folk is we generally look 7 steps beyond the easiest step that resolves most issues.
To me, I'd update the driver or else I'd do what others have said and separate my Wi-Fi bands. I've seen that clear up a ton of issues too, including my own anecdotal stories of resolving issues with my chromecasts. I don't think his case is causing faraday style issues with his network card as that would make it quite possibly the worst computer case in history. I wouldn't overthink it.
To me, I'd update the driver or else I'd do what others have said and separate my Wi-Fi bands. I've seen that clear up a ton of issues too, including my own anecdotal stories of resolving issues with my chromecasts. I don't think his case is causing faraday style issues with his network card as that would make it quite possibly the worst computer case in history. I wouldn't overthink it.
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Lothian
should be banned
I updated the driver. It is no longer supported apparently but I downloaded the latest.
I am now wired in and thinking I might be best stick to that.
I am now wired in and thinking I might be best stick to that.
plague311
Great minds think...
I don't think you'll run into too many networking guys that would argue with being hardwired in. Good luck.
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