-60dBm

[olds]

I am in my bedroom. Have a G router (Asus WL520GU) on the other side of a walk-in closet. I use an app called WiFi Analyzer and I see -60dBm on my Kindle Fire. Pages take forever to load. If they load.
Is my WiFi slow or has my Kindle gave up the ghost?
I am typing this on my Galaxy S4 which is barely faster.
Time for an N router?
TIA
Edit:
Never really used wireless here before, do I don't know if it's always been like this.

 

[JackMDS]

As frame of reference, stand few feet away from the exposed Router and see how it works.

A Good G Router should yield about 18-22Mb/sec. download.


Otherwise getting a Modern Dual Band Router is long time overdue.

Second tier Brand - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUSDVBQ/ref=psdc_300189_t2_B00N2ROH0C

Mid range - http://www.amazon.com/RT-N66U-Dual-Band-Wireless-N900-Gigabit-Router/dp/B006QB1RPY

high end - http://www.amazon.com/RT-AC66U-Dual...gabit-Router/dp/B008ABOJKS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce



😎

 

[olds]

I'll use the app at the router for reference. In the room with the router, page loads are pretty much instantaneous

 

[olds]

It's the Kindle. Ran speediest.net on a laptop and the kindle. I could dl 20+ on the laptop. Less than 5 on the kindle. That's by the router and in the bedroom.
That being said, my router is old...

 

[boomerang]

I think the days of inexpensive routers are over for me. I'm getting disappointed with the longevity of the $60 routers I've been buying. After well over a decade of Netgear products never letting me down, I have had one for sure failure and one I suspect is failing at a second residence 1400+ miles away.

 

[azazel1024]

11g routers are slow to begin with. Having to run an already challenged mobile client in 11g mode is going to make things worse. Get a $30 11n router and I'd imagine things will improve quite a bit for you.