Can wireless devices slow down wireless internet connection?
Hang on everyone, the answer "can be" yes if by "wifi" you mean a wireless router signal and "bandwidth" is what your laptop gets from the router. I have a wireless mouse that uses 2.4Ghz, the same as my wifi. Technically, they could interfere with each other. A 2.4Ghz cordless phone would be the same problem... The issue is what band things run on. If you have enough devices running all in the same band, you will get interference, but how much depends on the "other" devices, and what "logic" they use. A cordless phone may pulse once a second, for short periods of time, not affecting the wifi, but when a call is ongoing, the interference could be more.... It is very hard to measure the amount of interference just by "device". One method to test, is to run a speedtest (www.speedtest.net) several times without any other wireless device around, and see what the average is. Then, turn on all the other wireless devices, and run the same speed test several times, and compare averages. You may have to do this for a few days in a row, to rule out other random factors. The difference may be small (1-10% slower), or significant... But yes, I could set up a microwave oven, running at 2.4Ghz, near your router/PC, turn it on for 10 minutes to heat a bowl of water, and I could almost guarantee your wireless would be "dead". Any RF (radio) device can interfere with others in the same band. Changing bands, the effect does away for the most part (ruling out harmonics or "dirty" RF) In real life, the effects are usually small because other devices, like mice, send very little traffic. Thus the interference is minimal. But it is there...
Slow Internet Connection on Dell Inspiron N7110?
Hey guys, I've recently purchased a Dell Inspiron n7110. It is connected to the router in my house via a wireless connection. The problem is that using the internet is painfully slow. I would blame the router, except that there are three other laptops connected to it, and they're all fine. Any ideas as to what the problem may be? It's really bugging me. Thanks.
Phone's WiFi slows down internet connection?
As I've gathered your issue is your S5 slows down your wifi after it connects connect? The other guy Mamianka seems to either not read the question or is putting his own issues down. The S5 can slow down your home internet (especially if you're on DSL like me), if you have Google + backups enabled, dropbox, Google Drive, YouTube preloading, or anything in the background such as Skype. Any of those will continuously drain your connection. I have a 3MB/s DSL connection. It can stream YouTube in 720p on my PC, just fine when my S5 is on 4G LTE. Once I enable Wifi on my S5, my 3MB/s DSL gets like 0.72 MB/s on speedtest when I test it on my desktop PC. That's because my phone is constantly backing up photos to Google +. After I disabled that, my S5 can stay on Wifi, and my PC gets like 287Kbps or 2.56MB/s to 2.89MB/s via Speedtest.net Try doing what I said above. If it still is slow, then try disabling background data, then connecting to wifi. Hopefully then your other devices (Desktop PC, Xbox, PS3 etc) won't suffer poor speeds. PS: Mamianka I have the same issue as the OP, but my Desktop PC is connected via Ethernet (aka wired connection), gets up to 2.92MB/s, but when my S5 would connect to the router my Desktop's speeds would fall to as bad as 0.56MB/s.
Why is the wireless internet slower when it rains?
In the past I've seen issues with rain and it appears to cause some wireless degradation of signal strength. The wireless system works in 2.4 GHz. What could cause of this?I know the following:1. Anything within the fresnel zone of a signal will cause attenuation and possible total loss of signal.2. I have installed many AP's inside and outside and can say that I have never seen rain fade or total loss on a properly installed system. However, I have seen heavy rain cause some apparent interference.3. I would concede that there would probably be a drop in signal strength during downpour but it should be minor and you may not even notice it4. I understand the concept that the absorptive nature of them changes, making reflected signals harder to interpret.5. The amount of attenuation rain can cause depends on the frequency being used. The lower the frequency the less attenuation.6. The high the frequency the higher the attenuation.7. To design a outdoor wireless bridge system correctly rain modeling is used (along with other Path Loss factors) for calculating the RSL needed to provide adequate Fade Margin necessary for any given system.
Why is wireless network connectivity inherently slower than a landline internet connection?
The single big difference between a wireless connection and a wired connection is the medium.With a wired connection (copper, fiber, etc.) you have a medium whose characteristics stay almost the same from installation to eternity. So it is not so difficult to design and maintain a communication scheme that would give the best performance for that medium.With a wireless connection as in a terrestrial cellular connection or a WiFi connection, the medium is the environment around the devices that keeps changing constantly. Once the signal leaves your device it's going to get reflected, attenuated, delayed, blocked and what not, before it reaches the intended receiver. And the worst part is that you can never perfectly keep tracking these changes in the environment. That means you have to rely on a statistical model of the environment or channel, and statistically your chances of seeing a bad channel are much higher in a wireless scenario compared to a wired one, where it stays the same.In other words, a wireless channel is inherently more error prone than a wired channel and your communication scheme must take that into account. Usually this means that your system is not as robust as a wired system, although sometimes the variations in the channel can be used to your advantage as well.But then why use wireless at all? Because it's convenient (no messy cables, no digging up roads), it is cheap (no expensive copper or fiber) and it is getting better everyday!
Why is my hardwired internet connection (from a router) slower than my WiFi?
I had a Broadband Internet connection before (8 Mbps) for which I used a Netgear Modem - WiFi Router (combo device) to connect my desktop computer using a LAN patch cable and the smartphones and other wireless devices were using the WiFi connection.What I noticed was, as long as no one accessed the shared Internet connection on their smartphones or on their laptops, my computer got the full speed of the Internet but as soon as someone started downloading something on their devices wirelessly, the router prioritized the wireless device over my wired connection. This was beyond frustrating for me; rather infuriating because my computer could barely access a web page during that time; it got that slow!What I did was I disabled the Wireless radio on the router to gain the control of the Internet speed back and it worked instantly! I was left with no option but this because the router continued to do the same even when I set the rule in its admin console to prioritize my PPPoE (wired, broadband connection) against the Wireless connections.Assuming you are using a wireless router because your MODEM does not have WiFi, I am suggesting you to disable the wireless radio on the router to do the same experiment as I did, or you could simply ask everyone connected through WiFi to your network (if any) to Disable WiFi on their devices for this experiment.If it solves your problem, then you may either access your Router's admin console, set a rule to prioritize LAN (PPPoE if it is Fibernet or Broadband) instead of WLAN (Wireless) and check if it resolves the issue, or you may choose to use a different WiFi router to see if it works as you intend.Alternatively, you may try resetting the Router, configure it again if required and see if it helps fix the problem.All the best!
Internet slow over WiFi, despite fast connection speed...???
Use the scan feature on the computer's wireless setup and see if the channel set on the router is the same as other nearby wireless access points. Try changing the channel to different ones to see if you have other interference issues going on. Cordless phones are known to create issues since they are in the same bands as wireless. Where do you physically have the router placed? A mass of electrical cords will create a big magnetic field that can royally mess up reception. I would make sure the router is placed as high up as you can manage to about halfway up the wall. What is the reception strength on your computer? Is the problem the same no matter where your computer is located? Do you have security turned on for the wireless? Make sure it is set with a strong passphrase so that your neighbors aren't sopping up your bandwidth. You may also want to try a different router, perhaps even a different brand. You didn't mention what the router model is. The link I provided below describes one model as having a slow wireless link that was unstable. Good luck!
How to slow down internet connection on one computer in the home not all?
In my home we use a router for wireless internet to my laptop and my husbands xbox the connection has always been great, with good speed ect. but recently a family member has moved in with us who also has her own laptop and she is never off of the internet, she wakes up and gets online, and stays online ALL day long and even through the night ect. this is a daily routine with her, and she does nothing else around the house and does not contribute to bills either, I am looking for a way to slow the connection down to her computer where she can not be on it all day long playing facebook games.. I do not want to completely boot her off the internet because she would know that I done it, is this even possible? I do not want to slow down my own laptop or the xbox just her!!