The Return of the Wifi (Destiny)

by marmot 1333 , Thursday, August 13, 2015, 14:30 (3231 days ago) @ marmot 1333

I got it all worked out. It was mostly a matter of a bad signal. Compounding the problem was software conflicts between the different drivers that came with my USB Wifi Dongle.

The confusing thing is that it worked fine for about 4-5 days before giving me any trouble, and even when I had trouble the ping times would be wildly inconsistent. Perhaps upstairs neighbors moved the router at some point?

My solution involved attaching my USB wifi Dongle to a USB extension cord and then getting that Dongle as close to the ceiling as possible. I also elevated the PS4 as high as possible and moved any potential signal-blocking object (in this case a speaker.)

Pinging my local router went from ~75% drop rate with ~1100+ ms response to 0% drop rate with 3ms response. That'll do.

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A Tale of Woe - marmot 1333, 2015-08-12, 16:07
- A Tale of Woe - Funkmon, 2015-08-12, 16:12
- A Tale of Woe - Kermit, 2015-08-12, 16:28
  - A Tale of Woe - marmot 1333, 2015-08-12, 16:30
  - A Tale of Woe - Cody Miller, 2015-08-12, 16:55
    - A Tale of Woe - marmot 1333, 2015-08-12, 16:59
    - I've never lived in a place where there's been a WEP network - Funkmon, 2015-08-12, 17:12
      - I've never lived in a place where there's been a WEP network - Cody Miller, 2015-08-12, 17:24
    - I find WEP quite useful - Earendil, 2015-08-12, 21:13
      - Remind me to use a VPN when I’m at your place… - Beorn, 2015-08-12, 22:48
- would a range extender work? - Schedonnardus, 2015-08-12, 18:07
  - Better than nothing - TheeChaos, 2015-08-12, 18:10
    - Better than nothing - marmot 1333, 2015-08-12, 18:19
- The Return of the Wifi - marmot 1333, 2015-08-13, 14:30

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