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Router problems - parthiban - 18-12-2018
toxo That doesn't sound right at all. Is the other PC generally **** and slow, got lots of addins or toolbars running in the browser or anything? You're absolutely right about the broadband speed being the bottleneck, a 100mbit wire into a 10mbit connection should function at the same speed as a 1000mbit wire into a 10mbit connection.
It's not actually faster to download anything, but clicking on a webpage and the time to load seems a lot brisker.
It's probably not the connection then, only put in the direct ethernet line when I changed the router, but to be fair there are probably more factors in play than just the network speed, win7 vs. XP, core i7 vs. pentium D, 6gb ram vs. 3gb :tongue_smilie:
Router problems - toxo - 18-12-2018
Ahh so you're talking click latency. That's definitely down to the PC
You have enough RAM, the only other 2 things that affect it are hard drive speed and CPU speed. These days no one bothers optimising their webpages (this forum is a good case in point) and everything covered in flash so a browser has a lot of data to deal with to render a single page, so there's quite a CPU hit for something that should be simple and basic!
Router problems - parthiban - 04-01-2019
Ok this is going to sound weird but I think my phone is creating problems with my router - is that plausible or not?
Tested it out by not switching the wi-fi on for a week and didn't have a single problem all week, laptop and PS3 remained connected whenever in use and no issues at all.
Then I switched the wi-fi back on my phone and within 30 minutes the phone couldn't connect to the router and neither could the PS3 (wired devices were still fine though)
Switched phone wi-fi off and everything went back to normal after about 20-30 minutes - I deliberately didn't reboot the router to see whether it was the phone causing the issue.
I realise this sounds really bizarre but is it possible? And if so, why is it doing it? Have I set something up wrong?
Router problems - toxo - 04-01-2019
Unusual but not out of the question. Phones have particularly **** wifi chips in them due to size and power constraints. Sounds like you've found the solution though :lol:
Router problems - parthiban - 04-01-2019
toxo Unusual but not out of the question. Phones have particularly **** wifi chips in them due to size and power constraints. Sounds like you've found the solution though :lol:
:lol:
So I'm guessing there's no fix then, just don't use wi-fi on my phone? :Sulk:
Router problems - toxo - 04-01-2019
Just switch the wifi off when you're not using it? It'll make your battery last longer too
I know it's not a fix, but at least you have found the cause. It's something that may be fixed by a firmware update, or similar. Maybe your phone is only 802.11b so it slows your devices down to 11mbit when it's in use?
Router problems - parthiban - 04-01-2019
toxo It's something that may be fixed by a firmware update, or similar.
Good point, might be because I'm on an unofficial ROM - I'll get it back to stock and see if that sorts things. Should have thought of that myself, thanks :biggrin: