SLOW WIRELESS BROADBAND

Dougwe · Chief one feather

SLOW WIRELESS BROADBAND

copper1 · Guru

Dougwe wrote:
Here in Batemans Bay.
I have full strength wireless broadband cover but there are so many people here it has slowed down heaps since yesterday.
More than likely it will stay that way until Tuesday when most people have left the area.
I will just have to keep calm I reckon.

There you go Doug dam busy here up at Milton as well, the road is an endless stream of traffic.

dazren · Guru

Don't blame the People ??? when we know Wombats are the problem biggrin biggrin

GaryKelly · Guru

Same here in Taree, especially after school through to about 6-ish. All the kids are on their "devices".

Cruising Cruze · Guru

Hi Doug

It is school holidays time so heaps of kids are online
I even noticed it on a landline

Don't blame Wombat there must be a black Cat around

Cheers John :))

sarg · Guru

Hey Dougwe..........I got NO problems here in Canberra..........everyone has left town, ha ha ha. I wonder where they went??? confuse confuse confuse

Dougwe · Chief one feather

OK John, we will blame the cat then seeing you mentioned it.

Second thoughts, wombat and the black cat have joined forces to gang up on me.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

OK sarg, you have joined up with wombat and the black cat now. Here I was thinking you are a mate.

dorian · Guru

My brother had a slow wireless connection which he resolved by switching to a different channel. He lives in a block of units which means that his default setup is the same as the majority of users and therefore subject to bandwidth sharing.

www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/guides/improve_wireless_internet_speed.aspx

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Dorian, I am with Telstra 3g network and use my iPhone 4s for a modem so will just put up with it for a few days, no big deal really.

milo · Guru

if your up my way doug would love a chat again ..
oh aussie internet always slow compared to the rest of the world

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

milo wrote:
if your up my way doug would love a chat again ..
oh aussie internet always slow compared to the rest of the world

Hi milo, how's you dad going now?

I don't care about going off topic in Dougwe's posts, cos he blame's me for everything, my backside is hard so I can take a kick or two. biggrin biggrin

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Consider yourself kicked bigW.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Dougwe wrote:
Consider yourself kicked bigW.

Bugga, that hurt, not so hard next time ok biggrin

Joe50 · Guru

dorian wrote:
My brother had a slow wireless connection which he resolved by switching to a different channel. He lives in a block of units which means that his default setup is the same as the majority of users and therefore subject to bandwidth sharing.

www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/guides/improve_wireless_internet_speed.aspx

Another useful tool for analysing wifi connections is inSSIDer, from

http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/

Displays each wifi connection within range and what channels they're using, signal strength, etc.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

jpw50 wrote:
dorian wrote:
My brother had a slow wireless connection which he resolved by switching to a different channel. He lives in a block of units which means that his default setup is the same as the majority of users and therefore subject to bandwidth sharing.

www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/guides/improve_wireless_internet_speed.aspx

Another useful tool for analysing wifi connections is inSSIDer, from
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
Displays each wifi connection within range and what channels they're using, signal strength, etc.

might be a good program but did you see the price of that. $199

I'll stick with Dorian's link, I can afford that one, it's free, I love free, I can tell you that for free as Dougwe would say. biggrin

Joe50 · Guru

eek!! $199?? I just used the free version, gave me the info I needed when I was living in a block of units in Sydney. Showed me which channels the neighbors' routers were using, so I just set mine to an unused one, which seemed to have a small effect although it might have just been the placibo effect.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

jpw50 wrote:
eek!! $199?? I just used the free version, gave me the info I needed when I was living in a block of units in Sydney. Showed me which channels the neighbors' routers were using, so I just set mine to an unused one, which seemed to have a small effect although it might have just been the placibo effect.

Bugga, I did not see a free one, will go back and have another look

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

OK, found the free trial one, here's the link for that page, thanks jpw50

http://www.metageek.net/support/downloads/?utm_expid=190328-52.uTWe0d6_R8erjnPEVBtTvA.0&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metageek.net%2Fproducts%2Finssider%2F

Onedodger · Guru

I too have wireless for on the road and at home.

It is 4g and at times even it slows down.

Now I noticed that last wed they were threading fibre optic cable through our streets for the broadband.

Now I am NOT going to connect so I hope when the local businesses hook up and those locals with plenty of dosh, my 4g will again be back to high speed as it was when I got it a couple of years ago.