Wireless adapter/antenna help

It's not your neighbours fault....you're the one using a mobile/temporary solution for a stationary system...silly sod.

IF it's an issue with signal interference then a simple switching of channels on your router will fix it.

However you're talking about piddly little 3db 2.4ghz systems with wi-fi.

I play with a full range 2.4ghz channel hopping Spektrum radio in my house all the time and it doesn't interfere with my wifi....it DOES set car alarms off from the other side of the road as I walk past, and that's running at 200db. So yeah, unlikely to be anything your neighbour is doing.

You are using an antenna designed for a radius of coverage...the idea behind these is like a router you would connect other things to it...you could always try something more directional since you're not moving your system or your router around....If you have a stock tail type of antenna you can stick on it lying around use that with a bit of cardboard covered in tinfoil curved and slotted onto the antenna, that will give you directionality much like a SkyTV satellite dish.

Edit* of course the best solution is to use a wired connection...home plugs perhaps?

 

Some claim you can gain range by slipping your antenna into the base of a Pringles tube then aiming the open end at your router. It produces a narrow beam so your aim will have to be pretty good but for a static installation it may do the trick, plus you get to eat the Pringles!

 

It does seem very strange that you've had such a drastic drop in a day.

Have you tried checking for updated drivers for your wifi card? I recall my first experience of wifi many years ago using PCI cards in desktop computers was very hitty missy, not like laptops these days. Possibly just a bad driver...worth a shot at least.

Anything that can give you directionality should help on the wifi signal front.

The homeplugs will run through your setup, they reckon it's always best to put them into their own socket rather than run off an extension but the practicalities of this aren't always possible, i've got a homeplug next to my router into it's own plug socket but my PS3 upstairs that's using it runs off an extension and I stream HD media over it no problem at all.

 

Good to hear you got it sorted.

 

Well...you can get a pair of homeplugs for a lot less than £60, but certainly not as cheap as £8!!