How do I get a more stable WiFi connection?

[stichy]

I use a laptop at home connected to the internet through WiFi, and it's approximately 45 feet away from the router (on the same floor). My ISP is Rogers and I'm using the DOCSIS 3 modem & router supplied by them. Here's my Speedtest result:

And here's the problem I'm facing:

I play an online racing game on my laptop, and I keep blinking out (disappearing and reappearing). I'm fairly certain this is due to me being on a WiFi connection. Are there any tricks to getting a more stable WiFi connection for gaming or is a wired connection the only way to go?

 

[maniac5999]

Who's using what channels in your area? the 2.4ghz wireless spectrum isn't just one line that all wifi devices talk on simultaneously. Download someting like inSSIDer for your computer or Wifi Analizer for your phone and see who's using what. If possible switch your router to use a channel that nobody else is using.

 

[JackMDS]

1. Get a Good dual band Wireless Router, and a matching Dual Band Wireless Card.

2. Install an additional Wireless router configure as an Access Point placed closer to your Wireless computer and connected with a wire to the main Router.

 

[stichy]

Who's using what channels in your area? the 2.4ghz wireless spectrum isn't just one line that all wifi devices talk on simultaneously. Download someting like inSSIDer for your computer or Wifi Analizer for your phone and see who's using what. If possible switch your router to use a channel that nobody else is using.

I dowloaded inSSIDer and I don't know what the hell I'm looking at (I'm not very tech savvy). Here's a screenshot of the 2.4GHz channels:

And here's a screenshot of the 2.4GHz graph (there's nothing shown on the 5GHz tab):

So there's a lot of people using Channel 6. Can I change my router to any channel, or is my router limited to certain channels? How do I go about changing my channel?

1. Get a Good dual band Wireless Router, and a matching Dual Band Wireless Card.

2. Install an additional Wireless router configure as an Access Point placed closer to your Wireless computer and connected with a wire to the main Router.

Wouldn't adding another router to the network make the signal even weaker since it's going through an additional device?

 

[JackMDS]

If the second Wireless Router is connected via cable to the main Router the signal will not be weaker.

http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

 

[Emulex]

use a router as a client AP, like the buffalo airstation, you want to not worry about maximum speed but maximum stability (consistent bandwidth). This way you don't have to authenticate, just plug into your ethernet port of the pc.

Directional antennas on a router as a client AP help a ton.

with 2.4ghz you have channel 1,6,11 in the usa, wide channels can spread across all bands (450 on 2.4ghz eats all channels at once).

Only thing you can do is outpower them. or move to another band. but honestly 5ghz is a mess here too.

The very newest 802.11 5ghz have a new set of open channels, if you had a router with a chipset (out yet?) that could use those channels, you would be set - assuming they are not in use by radar, etc. The older 5ghz chipsets cannot access those newer channels. This would buy you some time.

I'd probably go with more power, directionals, or cat6 flatwire

Newer routers have stupid green compliant features which actually perform worse than their older counterparts since they don't comply and yield. so you end up being "nice" and losing bandwidth or jumping channel - which feels like you are going offline for a few seconds. The older routers dont give a fart about this and you end up losing.

 

[spidey07]

Too much noise. Switch to 5 ghz. Your noise floor is -70 dbm. That's way too high.