[Question]WiFi g to WiFi n router

Hi,

Currently, I am an owner of EUSSO UGL2454-RTK. This WiFi G router is hooked up to my PC and Modem. I have 2 laptops that are in my local WiFi network. I use my laptop, well nearly, daily to do some work and play some online games. Between the room where I work in and the room where the router is located at, there are 2 rooms ( 3 walls ) .... w/e.

Lately I have noticed unstability with my connection, it tends to time out, not connecting when loading web pages, not responding, very slugish and so on, but then, after some period of time, it just goes back to *normal*, swift responese, decent speed ( 200kb/s ).
Signal strength tends to vary from 3 to 4 bars ( fair - good ) very rare cases 2 bars ( fair ) and then it's practically unusable then, dead....

So I have this question, would buying a new router WiFi n, solve this issue in any way? I am thinking of getting CISCO Linksys E1000, is it any good? better than the current one? Please help! :3

P.S.

Would it be cheaper to buy 10m-15m RJ-45 cable ( to connect router with Desktop PC ) and reposition old router in the flat, more in the middle for better coverage ? Would it help?

P.S.S.

My laptop is ASUS N53J, the other one is older ( Celeronish ) and I bet it doesnt support n wifi...

P.S.S.S.

There are a few WiFi's in my local area, 1 that approx. is same signal or little better ( that for some reason my laptop is unable to connnect to, I know password and what not, but it just wont do, altho it was able to do it before), others ( about 3-4 ) with worse signals.

Thanks

 

"Bars" are not very good way of measuring signal quality.
Use inSSIDer (freeware) to make sure your signal is stable that neighboring networks are not causing problems (change the channel on the router if they do)
Also make sure your router is positioned properly- high enough of the ground and so on. Just move it a bit and observe inSSIDer readout.

Last but not least- make sure you use the most recent drivers and have power management for Wi-Fi card set to max performance/no power-saving.

If none of the above helps it's time for a new router. Linksys E1000 is quite a good router but it's not a long-range one so I'm afraid you may be forced to spend a bit more for a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH to get the results you expect.

 

inssider is the answer because you can monitor the signal strength. I moved my router 1 meter only and put a cheap bigger antenna on it (from a cheap usb wlan stick) and now I have 10db stronger signal. But in bars it would be a jump from 2 to 4.

 

Could definitely be interference so i'd check that first before buying the cable. You will definitely get faster speeds (depending on your connection) than with a G router but at the sametime maybe just changing channels might help.

 

THanks for help!

Changing channel to 13 seems to have evened out my network to level of neighbours ( stability and strenght wise ). WiFi's seem to be pretty even, both @ about -70dB or so, neighbouring network is slightly better and less *bumpy*.

I can't understand why I cannot connect to their network, altho I was able before, just suddenly it disconnected and windows is not able to connect to it. ( tried in ubuntu as well, didn't connect, always asked to re-enter password after some time ) ...

About interferance, what objects/electronic devices or w/e might cause instability in WiFi ? Does direction of antena change anything? Should i put the router higher than the table it is lying on ( together with desktop PCs monitor ) ?

 

There is so much possibilities that they made a wiki page for it:
Electromagnetic interference at 2.4 GHz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Perhaps your neighbors decided to lock down their network..........

 

Question, would Linksys E1000 be able to reach ( range wise) as far as EUSSO router?

EUSSO specs. ( 802.11g )
RF Output Power 16 – 18 dbm (typical)
2.4GHz Detachable 3dBi Reverse SMA Antenna

Linksys specs. ( 802.11n )
RF Pwr (EIRP) in dBm 17.5 dBm
Antenna Gain in dBi 1.5 dB ( it has two antennas...then 2x ? = 3.0dB ) ?