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Wireless woes
Desktop running W7 x64. The wifi router is in another room. The little wifi strength indicator (bottom right) of the screen has been showing less and less over the last few months. Never more than two bars out of five but usually only one. Often so slow the internet connection cuts out completely. I have tried updating the driver for the Atheros AR9485 wireless network adapter but there is no improvement. This is an onboard wifi on the Asus P8Z77-V motherboard. I was wondering if I buy a seperate wifi card and plug it in will that help? Please don't tell me to simply move the PC closer to the router. I know that distance can be a factor but this machine has always been fine at the same distance. I have just finished a new-build and it is sitting right next to the old PC and it shows 5 bars at the same distance from the router.
Any thoughts?