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The signal is weak, the xbox is in my basement and the router is one floor above it. it just seems that i lag more than usaul. the xbox is located below my tv, under the glass top of the tv stand.
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There are a few things thatcan cause you to lose wireless connection with your wireless router.1. Weak signal strength,check the signal strength on your wireless card. If it is weak move thewireless router away from brick or concrete walls and if possible locatethe wireless router higher up.2. Have you secured yourwireless router from people near your from unauthorized access? i.e. change thedefault password, setup encryption use WPA2 or WPA, change the default SSID,and turn off SSID broadcast, and for added protection, enable MAC addressfiltering which allows only the MAC address/es of your wireless card/s toconnect to your wireless router.3. You could be gettinginterference from electrical sources such as air conditioners, arc welders,washing machines etc. If so, the power supply to the wireless routers andcomputers etc should be connected to a surge protection power board, betterstill connect your computer equipment to an UPS (Uninterrupted PowerSupply). 4. Check the channels ofthe wireless routers and access points in your area and change the broadcastchannel on your wireless router to an unused channel or one that is currentlyused but has the weakest signal strength. This will minimize interferencewith your wireless router from other wireless routers and accesspoints in your area.
I have the same setup. My router is in the basement right below as well. Nothing works better than direct wiring... if you can, consider drilling a hole in the floor (near the wall) behind the TV and BluRay, and run an ethernet cord directly from the player to the router. Ethernet cables are cheap as dirt online, and not too bad at big stores like Home Depot.
This router doesn't have an external antenna(s), and if it's laying flat and maybe near a source of electrical interference, that could weaken the signal, but you're also trying to go through two floors. You may be getting your neighbor's signal right through both yours and their windows and not through walls and floors. Try relocating the router and even mounting it high on a wall vertically if it has mounting holes or try two-way tape on a surface you don't mind taping it to.. That may help with both inside and outside reception from your wireless devices. I've done that for customers with similar routers with internal antennas.
If you have concrete floor slabs the the wireless signal from the Linksys will have a difficult time penetrating the floor slabs.
The wireless card in the computers will show a low signal strength.
Try altering the Linksys aerial to a horizontal position and also positioning the Linksys to another location.
You could be getting interference form other wireless sources, check the wireless channels of other wireless router/access points in your area. If they are broadcasting on the same channel then configure your Linksys to broadcast on an unused channel or one that has the weakest signal strength.
If none of these methods work then I would suggest you run network cables from the Linksys to upstairs and downstairs and not use the wireless connection.
If network cabling option is not an option then consider extending the wireless range with wireless repeater access points.
Go to your basic setup and change IP. Your default is 192.168.1.1 you can change it to a higher number
(ie:192.168.1.4) Also make sure and set up security.
If you leave it open others can use your connection and slow you down.
you need to add a repeater or signal booster for reciving signal in basement from uper floor.
My expierince is that whatever roueter you buy doenst matter it will not work properly if you are using wirless on 2 diffrent floors. on a same floor it can work smoothly even having walls.
If you cannot connect using the wireless because the signal strength is too low, you can connect the Xbox using a LAN cable to the router. You might need someone to install the LAN cable for you depending upon how you can locate neatly.
you can buy a wireless bridge which will give wireless capabilties. Netgear makes one and others. but you can hook up with a wiireless adaptor unless you have a wireless rounter or a bridge
You will be fine either way. I prefer wireless because obviously no wires, but i have never seen any difference in speed with wired/wireless connections.
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