Serious Wireless issues

Hey guys,

So for the last couple of years I've had a D-link WBR-2310, and the speeds have been good, only problem would be occasionally wireless cutting out and I'd have to unplug it to have the wireless work again. Maybe once a month it would need to be unplugged. Anyway about 2-3 weeks ago my wireless internet connection has become just about unusable. First thing I thought was my router crapping out, so I went and bought a cheap Linksys E1200 just to make sure but I'm still having issues.

My wired internet is fine, I can play online games with it no problem. Over wireless any games are unplayable, Netflix cuts out always to load (and generally never loads without a refresh). Overall performance is just bad. So my speed tests have been in the range usually (15mbps download 2mbps upload) sometimes the tests won't even load though when I'm really having issues.

So I figured it must be another problem, so I tried a Ping test. It definitely seems packet loss is my issue. Some tests I get 95% packet loss, 70%, or even like 18%. It seems to be totally random. I like to think I've scoured google for a solution, but nothing seems to help. I have a full wireless signal for the ping tests too.

I really don't know what the issue could be. Its confusing since it started out of the blue a couple weeks ago and I never had issues before. In the room with my router is a cordless phone (5.8ghz) and my modem of course. I don't think either of these would start giving interference all of a sudden... The phone is probably 5 feet from the router, the modem is right beside. I live in a house so there isn't a lot of other wireless signals that could be interfering with mine, occasionally my neighbours network pops up in my available networks, but right now I can't even see it on my available networks. This poor internet performance happens to all devices in my house, not just my computer. Anyone have any idea what the issue could be? Any packet-loss solutions out there I missed? Any other diagnostics I could run? Thanks guys, internet issues are very frustrating!

 

Even the router fully reset to factory settings, my first ping test I got 44% packet loss. This is making me go crazy! I unplugged the phone too just to make sure.. Made no difference.

 

Any other sources of interference that might affect your wireless?
Anything that you've installed at home recently?

 

Wow, after weeks of toggling router settings and moving stuff around to fix my wireless, I finally did it! Quite a bizarre solution. This little devil is what was disrupting my network. Amazon.com: Microsoft Wireless-G Xbox Adapter: Video Games. I have no idea why. It worked fine before. A great product in its time but I'm pissed it's caused me such a hassle hehe. I tested right by my router, 0% loss. Go back into my room 64% loss. I realize it must be something external. Than I realize this is at the back of my desk. 3 ping tests later i'm getting A ratings instead of F . I have no technical reason why this would interfere with my network, but now browsing is enjoyable again. Unfortunately my older desktop computer I'm gonna need a new WIFI adapter hehe.

 

Tell me about it.
I'm troubleshooting Wi-Fi instability as we speak.

One of our members once wrote that there are so many things that may disrupt Wi-Fi it's a small wonder it even works at all. I have to say I agree completely...

 

I have had power pack that drive cordless phones trash out networks. But strangely flipping the pack and it cleared. So I checked the house wiring and found a ground missing on the AC. and the phone line was reverse polarity. So it was setting up a ground loop.