Wireless network (N)

MyWin7 said:

what make/type is the router?

your jumping signal strength indicate a problem with walls or neighbours :)

Linksys WRT 320n.
im around 10-12m away from my router

Okay that box!
First get the signal strength even - other wireless equipment in the house? (switch off and see), what's your walls? - brick something? or steel-frame construction?

no other wireless equipment. as in they are all off. And yea brick walls :\

well i know whats the bottleneck now. cause when im just a few metres nearer to the box, like from my sister's room and i run a speedtest i get 8400kbps down speed. but when im in my room i get 4400kbps >.<. how do i boost the range of the signal?

possibility to reposition the router to a best possible place? - (least walls, maybe upstairs since ceilings usually are more shallow)

Townhouse? - interfering neighbours very close by?

once the signal is good and stable - set adapters and router to N and see if it physically works. If so you then you can activate wireless security to prevent others from joining your Internet ride :)

erm, sorry for sounding all noobish but how do i "set adapters and router to N" :P

grimreaper said:

here's an example i just screen saved my dlink router you can choose either mixed (i have to but i can also use N only and make sure you configure your security settings as mentioned from MyWin7

Yea im using Mixed as well since my sister's desktop cant use "N". i have checked my security settings as well. Now i moved the router and its pointing directly at me but i still dont get my 8000 kbps from the speedtest. so im thinking theres something wrong with my adapter on my laptop?