WiFi and ethernet

[patricia016]

Hi! Sorry I'm not much of a techie person. I'm having a problem here with the internet. My laptop connects to the WIFI properly but when the PC gets connected, with the ethernet cable, to the internet the wifi connection becomes bad but the signal strength shown is just as strong. thanks! using a windows 7 os btw.

 

[DelJo63]

Use only one or the other, but not both concurrently.

 

[learninmypc]

Hi! Sorry I'm not much of a techie person. I'm having a problem here with the internet. My laptop connects to the WIFI properly but when the PC gets connected, with the ethernet cable, to the internet the wifi connection becomes bad but the signal strength shown is just as strong. thanks! using a windows 7 os btw.

Are you talking about 2 separate computers or one. One a laptop & the other a desktop?

 

[patricia016]

Yea two different ones. using only one internet source....

my siblings use desktop the same time as me soo it's hard not to use them both.

 

[learninmypc]

Yea two different ones. using only one internet source....

my siblings use desktop the same time as me soo it's hard not to use them both.

You might try this http://www.speedtest.net/ Also, how far from the router is the one using wifi? Any walls/floors ?

 

[patricia016]

I am using it within 2 meters, same floor with no walls.

With the speedtest thing, tried it for 5 times with errors like latency error, request timed out, upload test error. But when successful, I got average 27 ping...

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, unfortunately my knowledge stops here. I know somebody in here has more knowledge & will be happy to help you. I wish you the best.

 

[patricia016]

Oh thanks for the time anyway

 

[SNGX1275]

If you are within 2 meters why don't you just go wired? This doesn't solve your problem, but I think it is still a reasonable thing to ask. What hardware is involved? Also what protocol, B, G, N, ac?