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Why does my PC's wireless suck?

Why does my PC's wireless suck?

By samerkia February 20, 2019 in Troubleshooting

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I haven't been able to find much help on the internet, because I think my wireless card is trash anyways.

Anyways its so inconsistent, I should be getting 100 Mbps or more but I get somewhere between 10-40, and it's always low. BTW my internet is 5g. My brother's pc, who is further away from the router than I am, gets well over 100 Mbps! Only when I use my PC's wireless do I get such slow speeds, its frustrating when I lag when I play games. Sometimes I can get up to 70 to 80 but that's VERY RARE. My wireless card is a Rosewill WiFi Adapter / Wireless Adapter / PCI-E Network Card, 802.11AC Dual Band AC1300 PCI Express Network Adapter, and I just think it's a heap of junk but I don't have money to buy a better wireless card, because all of the ones I've found that have good reviews are all close to or over $100

Also, I can't do ethernet 24/7 because if I do then the ethernet cable is in the middle of a hallway and it gets in the way.

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Welcome to wireless. the most noise and interference prone technology available to man kind.

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Try a powerline adaptor. I never have so your results may very.

This was my 386th post. OnE oF tHe BeSt (type of) CpUs EvEr!!

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Likely too much interference for good 5G reliability.

Brother could be using Wireless N (2.4G) and has much better reception to signals and speed.

I use Ethernet over Power (has its own interference issues as well) and it serves me well without wires.

Cable 100/40 and I see it all.

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3 minutes ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:
Try a powerline adaptor. I never have so your results may very.

This was my 386th post. OnE oF tHe BeSt (type of) CpUs EvEr!!

Now you have to wait 100 posts to be this cool again. (A little cooler even, definitely Faster!)

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Just now, SkilledRebuilds said:
Now you have to wait 100 posts to be this cool again. (A little cooler even)

lol so true

Not sure about you but I think my 7 year old CPU still rips

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1 minute ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:
lol so true

Does 1337 feel so far away to you...? It was MANY a persons Goal to hit it asap when joining...

OP - Try using your WirelessAC adapter in the PC in WirelessN mode. (2.4Ghz WirelessN)

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It may not be the card. Some of the things you can try...

Try changing the your card's settings.

Try reseating your card.

Try your card in a different expansion slot.

Try reorienting the wireless router (the radio signal sent out is not a perfect sphere).

Try reorienting your computer.

Try moving (temporarily) your computer to where your brothers computer is located.

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