My old wireless adapter well, was ineffective, so I replaced it, this time however switching to a G network (used to be N). Now I recive massive lag spikes about every 20 seconds or so. This is extremely frustrating in-game, so I was wondering: Which type of network is better, G or N? Is there anyway to decrease overall lag with a wireless network?

P.S. My wireless base thing is an apple airport something, dont remember atm, and the new adapter is a Linksys Wireless G ( dont remember the N's brand). And with the old one (N) it would d/c when switching tasks that used it. Now the new one d/c when the pc goes to sleep. BOTH however, d/c when my home phone rings

Im relatively clueless with wireless so try to keep the help simple and in English

ANY and ALL help is appreciated.

You have MAC's in your home? I'm assuming you are not playing on a MAC.. correct.

Need to post up the model numbers of your wireless router and your pc network device.

If you don't already to need to familerize yourself with the Airport Admin Utility, which can only be done from a MAC I believe... not sure as I don't have one. Actually after reading a bit it seems the utility if available for windoze.

Make sure you have the latest firmware updates for your router and latest drivers for your PC network device... this is where to start from there we tackle what ever issues you are having.

[quote]My old wireless adapter well, was ineffective, so I replaced it, this time however switching to a G network (used to be N). Now I recive massive lag spikes about every 20 seconds or so. This is extremely frustrating in-game, so I was wondering: Which type of network is better, G or N?
N is "supposed" to be better, range and bandwidth improvements. Either way the network type is probably not the reason for your lag spikes.

[quote]Is there anyway to decrease overall lag with a wireless network?
I would make sure no one is "leaching" off your network... should be a way to see this with the Airport Admin Utility.

I had the same lag issues with my network could not figure it out... what I did was change the internal ip of the wireless router to 192.168.7.1 and that seemed to work.... there must have been other wireless networks nearby using the same internal ip and screwing everything up. This is not "supposed" to happen but evidently that was the issue.

[quote]Now the new one d/c when the pc goes to sleep
Go to the device manager expand Network adapters right click on the adapter and go properties to the power management tab and un-tick allow computer to turn off this device" ... something like that don't remember exactly.

[quote]BOTH however, d/c when my home phone rings
Sounds like your cordless phone base is too close to the router in addition/or Its known to happen and will if you have a 2.4ghz phone. You can try manually changing the channel in the router.

Here are the 3 issues, 2 and 3 can probably be fixed first and fairly easily.
1)Lag spikes
2)Disconnects when phone rings
3)Disconnects when pc goes to sleep

The Network is running on a windows computer (xp), but one of my parents has a MAC laptop so we just haad to get a Apple Network *-.-*. But the network is on windows and I dont know how to open/ where to look for the Admin tool. As for the model # of the adapter : WUSB54GC (Linksys). I think id have to get the box out for the network thought because of location and its "sleekness" (which apparently comes before quality with MACs). So how do I start/operate the Admin tool on Windows XP.

BTW The adapter no longer goes to sleep (power thingy worked as of now) so #3 is done. But as for the phone I dont know where Id look for the 2.4ghz let alone if it is, nor do I know what you mean by Manually changing the channel.

Two of the three issues remain, with:
1)Lag spikes
2)Disconnects when phone rings
****It only d/c on INCOMING calls, outgoing calls dont affect it****
(if thats any help...)

A MAC will connect to any wireless router, but you have the AirPort and that should be fine as well.

This I believe is the link for the AirPort utility for windows:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/AirPort_Utility_Setup_5_3_2_for_Windows

I'm not sure how it works, but you need to get "in" the router to correct your issues. If you can make a connection with this utility and are able to make changes we can probably get everything working.

Blind waht do you for a living IT GOD!!!

Ok,I'm IN!, the tool is open and I have a few more questions.

1.It turns out my phone is 2.4ghz and it is relatively close to the router (4 ft.-ish I'd say). Should changing the channel eliminate the problem as a whole?, or do I need to also move the phone AND change the channel.

I set the channel from : Automatic to : 2. Should I only switch it to 1? Anything greater than 2? I dont exactly know what this is doing so...

2.Im utterly clueless as to where to go to try changing the internal ip for the router. There are 3 tabs under internet in the menu : Internet Connection; DHCP; NAT.
I have no clue what to look under to change the ip. My current ip is no where near what you are recommending.

There is a client option however, but I cant read that for anychance. It shows 3 clients and we have 1 PC and 2 Laptops other than the computer cosest to it. (4 total)

I think progress is being made however.

[quote]There is a client option however, but I cant read that for anychance. It shows 3 clients and we have 1 PC and 2 Laptops other than the computer cosest to it. (4 total)
All is well there then.

Woot!! Now were getting somewhere.

You may have to move the phone base but I think 4ft is far enough.

You can change the channel to anything you like... should be 1-11 I think. So if it were me I'd start at 11 and work my way down... so it would be something like this:

Change channel in router, reboot router (if it does not do it on it's own) get a connection to the internet and call yourself to see if it gets disconnected... keep going until all is well.

Once you get that worked out... we'll tackle the last issue which will probably be the hardest, have no fear though

Also post up what your current ip is.

As of now, on channel 2, the network no longer disconnects when the phone rings!

And now, if im looking at the right section of the utility, with

Connect using: Etherenet

IP Address: 70.94.17.216

I think this is the IP we're looking for.
So:
1. Remains
2. Solved (as of now)
3. Solved

IP Address: 70.94.17.216 <-- that is your external IP, this we cannot change.

With your old wireless adapter did you have the lag spike issues?

Did you install the linksys wireless utility with the new adapter? if so try this:

1. Unplug the adapter from the computer.
2. Uninstall the linksys utility.
3. Restart the computer.
4. Plug in the adapter.
5. Reinstall the drivers using the found new hardware wizard.

The drivers for the card are available in the drivers folder in CD setup.
Do not install the linksys utility, let windows handle the wireless network.


If that does not work then try this, but I believe at this point it's a pc issue and not a router issue.

http://paininthetech.com/2005/10/25/disable-wireless-zero-configuration-in-windows-xp

There may be several things you have to try to get the lag spike issue to go away, but the linksys utility and wireless zero configuration are known to cause conflicts.

Well, the last adapter didnt do it noticably, but it would d/c at random times usually between switching an online task.

But if I were to do those steps, would I put the cd in first like the instructions tell me to, or would I just plug in the adapter first?