Your internet connection?
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Well, this explains why it took an eternity to download the v1.02 update on GT6.
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Pretty good, that's about as fast as I've seen it.
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How good does your DSL have to be to be able to play games online? I'm getting DSL back in my area soon 
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I was playing GT6 with a pitiful 1.5Mb DSL. I highly doubt you'll have any issues.How good does your DSL have to be to be able to play games online? I'm getting DSL back in my area soon
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Slowest I've seen my over here in Japan.
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Shoogar
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Hey guys, i've been experimenting with my router channels as there have been issues here over the past year with the new Smart meters that were installed. Since having ours installed I have a 100% deadspot in my bedroom where nothing can connect to the internet. I have also noticed that if our front door is open, the speed drops and my connection weakens. 
Our microwave also interferes with the connection as well, almost cutting it out completely when it's heating something up.
So today I decided to test the 3 'suggested' channels for my router, these being 1, 6 and 11. Our router was on channel 6 previously so I ran some tests with the door open and closed:
These are all wifi speeds, i'm about 10-15m away from my router and the connection speeds over wifi within 5m radius of the router are in the mid 90's down and high 2's up. These are also all done connecting to the same Telstra server through speedtest.net
Door open:
Speedtest:
Channel: 1 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 9.11/2.25
Channel: 6 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 20.52/2.42
Channel: 11 - Ping: 17 / Speed: 29.57/2.38
Door closed:
Speedtest:
Channel: 1 - Ping: 10 / Speed: 2.05/1.86
Channel: 6 - Ping: 10 / Speed: 25.02/2.48
Channel: 11 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 33.49/2.30
Channel 1 is clearly the weakest, I have no idea why it dropped lower than with the door open. Channel 11 is looking like it's the best, but I am still really confused as to why these speeds change due to the front door being open.
Also, just another question, my router settings page has an option of changing the bandwidth from 20MHz to 40MHz, what's the difference between the two?
Our microwave also interferes with the connection as well, almost cutting it out completely when it's heating something up. So today I decided to test the 3 'suggested' channels for my router, these being 1, 6 and 11. Our router was on channel 6 previously so I ran some tests with the door open and closed:
These are all wifi speeds, i'm about 10-15m away from my router and the connection speeds over wifi within 5m radius of the router are in the mid 90's down and high 2's up. These are also all done connecting to the same Telstra server through speedtest.net
Door open:
Speedtest:
Channel: 1 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 9.11/2.25
Channel: 6 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 20.52/2.42
Channel: 11 - Ping: 17 / Speed: 29.57/2.38
Door closed:
Speedtest:
Channel: 1 - Ping: 10 / Speed: 2.05/1.86
Channel: 6 - Ping: 10 / Speed: 25.02/2.48
Channel: 11 - Ping: 8 / Speed: 33.49/2.30
Channel 1 is clearly the weakest, I have no idea why it dropped lower than with the door open. Channel 11 is looking like it's the best, but I am still really confused as to why these speeds change due to the front door being open.
Also, just another question, my router settings page has an option of changing the bandwidth from 20MHz to 40MHz, what's the difference between the two?
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- I_Grayson_Fox_I
Channel is just the frequency the WiFi system works on.
There are 13 channels on the 2.4Ghz frequency if I remember correctly.
All you do when changing the frequency is go up or down 5Mhz
These are the channel frequencies in Mhz
1:2,412
2:2,417
3:2,422
4:2,427
5:2,433
6:2,437
7:2,442
8:2,447
9:2,452
10:2,457
11:2,462
12:2,467
13:2,472
Most routers have an AUTO setting which detects nearby WiFi signals, looks and sees what channel they are on and set the channel for you automatically for the best speed and least interference
How old is your router?
Can't explain why you are getting such a signal loss with a microwave.
Even though microwave ovens work on the S band(2Ghz~4Ghz) range they shouldn't interfere with WiFi.
There are 13 channels on the 2.4Ghz frequency if I remember correctly.
All you do when changing the frequency is go up or down 5Mhz
These are the channel frequencies in Mhz
1:2,412
2:2,417
3:2,422
4:2,427
5:2,433
6:2,437
7:2,442
8:2,447
9:2,452
10:2,457
11:2,462
12:2,467
13:2,472
Most routers have an AUTO setting which detects nearby WiFi signals, looks and sees what channel they are on and set the channel for you automatically for the best speed and least interference
How old is your router?
Can't explain why you are getting such a signal loss with a microwave.
Even though microwave ovens work on the S band(2Ghz~4Ghz) range they shouldn't interfere with WiFi.
Shoogar
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Meanwhile, away from civilization...
dhandeh
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While that's "only" 50% more than what I have at work, that's a damn crazy amount of data to be chucking around!
