Yi is making the high speed plunge!

Started by Admiral Yi, January 20, 2012, 11:15:35 AM

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Ed Anger

#45
February 21, 2012, 07:48:53 PM
Netgear shit ain't bad.
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DontSayBanana

#46
February 22, 2012, 01:33:18 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 21, 2012, 07:47:22 PM
Bought a Netgear router and a Netgear USB today.  One step up from Best Buy's bottom of the line, which was Belkin.  Something about that name did not inspire confidence.  Salesdroid was trying to push the dual band, but they've got a 30 day no questions return policy so if the single band stuff doesn't work I can just swap it out.

Actually, my primary router is a Belkin Wireless-N, and it's been good to me- it was a lot more secure out of the box than any D-Link or Linksys rig I've set up for somebody (haven't done a Netgear setup, though, so I can't speak to how good their initial setup is).
Experience bij!

Admiral Yi

#47
February 22, 2012, 04:10:38 PM
Shit.  Signal too weak.  Gotta go get the dual band gear.

derspiess

#48
February 23, 2012, 03:51:05 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 22, 2012, 04:10:38 PM
Shit.  Signal too weak.  Gotta go get the dual band gear.

Word of warning-- you may not see much difference.  Dual-band doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a stronger signal.  It just means the router can communicate on two different frequencies (one of which could possibly give a better signal than the other in your house, but again, no guarantee).

If you haven't already taken it back, you may want to experiment a little with where you position the router & adapter.  Sometimes moving one or the other a couple feet can make a big difference.
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Admiral Yi

#49
February 23, 2012, 04:25:44 PM
I could try that.  The adapter came with a little stand thingy.  BTW, my signal strength vascillates between 1 and 3 bars (out of 5).  Do I need all five for a connection?  I thought with 3/5 bars and speed of 150 mps I would have more than enough for my needs.  Does it not work that way?

But I'm having a hard time seeing how moving my adapter 12 inches or so will change the amount of interference with the signal.  How will I know that my furniture rearranging is working?  Do I need 5/5 bars, as above, or will i automatically connect to the internet without the dialup connection?  That's how I came to the conclusion that the router/adapter aren't working--I tried to access Languish and Explorer said no can do.

This is turning into a bit of a pain in the ass.  I thought getting high speed would be relatively easy.  Thanks everyone for the help.

On a related note, my email is set up with my dialup provider.  What should I do for email when (if) I get high speed working and drop my dialup?

Admiral Yi

#50
February 23, 2012, 04:26:46 PM
One more thing (for now): do I need to power down before unpluggin the adapter and trying the little extension stand thingy?

garbon

#51
February 23, 2012, 04:34:16 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 23, 2012, 04:25:44 PM
On a related note, my email is set up with my dialup provider.  What should I do for email when (if) I get high speed working and drop my dialup?

G-mail! Works rather well and good for quick searches of old e-mails.
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Admiral Yi

#52
February 23, 2012, 04:37:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 23, 2012, 04:34:16 PM
G-mail! Works rather well and good for quick searches of old e-mails.

How do I get set up?  Imagine I'm a cave man who's just been thawed out.

garbon

#53
February 23, 2012, 04:58:36 PM
Just go to gmail.com. At the top right is an option create an account in a red box. Pretty painless.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#54
February 23, 2012, 09:50:26 PM
Okey dokey, I followed Speesh' advice and set the adapter up on the stand thingy.  Now I'm getting 3 bars consistently, occaisonally four bars.  And I connected to Languish without my dialup.

Should I let this ride?  Like I said, I've got 28 days now that I can return the stuff for full refund.

garbon

#55
February 23, 2012, 10:18:49 PM
Well do you find the speed to be better?  And if so, is it meaningful to you? Doesn't matter much if the chorus agrees cable (or DSL) is better if you don't think so.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#56
February 23, 2012, 10:21:40 PM
I didn't when you typed that.  I was still connected on dialup.  :wacko:

Since then I connected on the wifi, and now my speed is off the hook baby!  And the charts!  Off the hook, and the charts, both.

Thanks in particular to Speesh. :thumbsup:

Admiral Yi

#57
February 23, 2012, 10:30:15 PM
Went to a couple test your speed sites.  McAfee's gave me 20+ Mps, whereas TestMySpeed gave me 6 Mps (6,000 Kps = 6 Mps, right?) download, but only 242 Kps upload.

Is that kind of disparity between download and upload normal?

Man, I'm going to be fucking flying through that porn now.

DontSayBanana

#58
February 24, 2012, 10:12:52 AM
Ah.  Well, there's one problem; a router won't work with a dial-up connection- at least not the typical way (there's using it as a pipe for internet connection sharing between two computers, but that's complicated and not worth it on dial-up).

Email's easy.  If the ISP doesn't let you just log in via their website and use them as a webmail host, there's always AOL, Gmail, etcetera.
Experience bij!

garbon

#59
February 24, 2012, 02:22:21 PM
did you really suggest AOL?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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