- May 5, 2013
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Okay so let me try to explain what the problem is and what I would like to do. My girlfriend and I play World of Warcraft. Our modem and router are on the main floor (moving them is not an option). She used to play with me in the basement, which is directly underneath the modem/router. Our wireless connection wasn't amazing; we disconnected at least a few times a week, but that wasn't really a huge issue. At some point I actually fed an ethernet cable down a hole and fixed that issue for myself. My girlfriend decided a few weeks ago that she didn't want to play in the basement anymore, so I moved her computer to her room on the 2nd floor. This room isn't directly over the modem/router though.
Ever since I moved her computer here, she has been having connection issues. It seems fine a lot of the time, but then when she's playing she will often (especially in raid combat, if anyone knows the game) start lagging. The weird thing is, it won't fully disconnect her from the game as it usually does. Instead, she'll experience 5-40 second lag spikes. Everything/everyone will be running on the spot, her abilities would not cast, etc. Afterward it usually returns to semi-normality, only to start up again within 30 secs.
So the question is, what is the problem? I just built her a new computer, it has an i5 3570, an ATI 7870 for a video card, 8gb of ram, 600W PSU, 1TB HDD, I don't remember the motherboard, but I can go look at it if necessary. I'm using a Cisco Linksys EA4500 wireless router, and the wireless adapter is a D-Link DWA-525 wireless N 150 pci adapter.
Some additional info: I've got a D-Link DIR655 wireless N router just sitting around, we got the new one because we thought that the D-Link one was giving us problems, but it turned out that changing the router didn't help (so I assume the old one is fine). I also wanted to ask about using that router to somehow pick up the wireless signal from the main router and then connect it to her computer via ethernet, but I have no idea if/how that would work.
Edit: I also have another DWA-525 adapter, but it might not be working properly. If it would help narrow down what the problem is, I can swap it in, as well and swapping the other router in.
Thanks in advance.
Ever since I moved her computer here, she has been having connection issues. It seems fine a lot of the time, but then when she's playing she will often (especially in raid combat, if anyone knows the game) start lagging. The weird thing is, it won't fully disconnect her from the game as it usually does. Instead, she'll experience 5-40 second lag spikes. Everything/everyone will be running on the spot, her abilities would not cast, etc. Afterward it usually returns to semi-normality, only to start up again within 30 secs.
So the question is, what is the problem? I just built her a new computer, it has an i5 3570, an ATI 7870 for a video card, 8gb of ram, 600W PSU, 1TB HDD, I don't remember the motherboard, but I can go look at it if necessary. I'm using a Cisco Linksys EA4500 wireless router, and the wireless adapter is a D-Link DWA-525 wireless N 150 pci adapter.
Some additional info: I've got a D-Link DIR655 wireless N router just sitting around, we got the new one because we thought that the D-Link one was giving us problems, but it turned out that changing the router didn't help (so I assume the old one is fine). I also wanted to ask about using that router to somehow pick up the wireless signal from the main router and then connect it to her computer via ethernet, but I have no idea if/how that would work.
Edit: I also have another DWA-525 adapter, but it might not be working properly. If it would help narrow down what the problem is, I can swap it in, as well and swapping the other router in.
Thanks in advance.
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