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    New router has a much stronger signal, but a spotty connection...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Qing Dao, Dec 20, 2011.

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    I'm trying to figure out what is going on. I have a really old wireless router, a Netgear WGT624 v3. I recently got a new router, a TP-LINK TL-WR340G+ v4. I have one on either side of my laptop and the new router has a much stronger signal. However, the signal is not as stable as the old Netgear. The Neatgear is too slow and the range too weak. Unfortunately as you can see, the TP-LINK has some issues. So does anyone have any tips or suggestions?

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    With two routers and a laptop so close you may be causing issues especially that channel 11 and 13 partially overlap.

    You should switch the Netgear off and check if TP-Link has the same issues while running on channel 11 that Netgear is using now.

    BTW- seeing that you have 38 networks detected on inSSIDer screen- you should probably move to 5GHz range. No way will you get a good and consistent signal with so much interference and plain noise on 2.4GHz band.
     
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    5Ghz routers can't be found here, but I figured out what the problem was. Whichever one I wasn't connected to had those momentary spikes of low to no signal. All is well now, although it could be a lot better.

    Edit:
    Alright, just set up an old Linksys WRT54G and wow, it is a lot better than the brand new cheapo TP-LINK router I just bought. The difference between the Linksys and the TP-LINK is greater than between the TP-LINK and ancient Netgear was.
     
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