WG311 Wireless issues

Master-of-Doom · 12-15-2007, 05:12 PM

I am using a WPN311v3 with the latest drivers along with a WPN824(v1 i think. My problem is my wireless ping is 1 for several seconds and spikes to over 150 making gaming almost impossible among other things. Ive tried ordered a 10Dbi antenna 3weeks ago with 8day shipping so I doubt it will ever come. Ive tried using a 5dbi antenna besides the 2dbi one that came with the card and there was a huge loss in connectivity.

I really have no clue what to do. Ive tried so many things that I can't name half of them and none of them worked. Please help!

Edit:Wrong forum

**johnwill** · 12-16-2007, 11:41 AM

Sounds like wireless interference. Have you tried changing the channel?

Master-of-Doom · 12-16-2007, 01:17 PM

I tried it and it didn't do anything at all accept drop my connection every 2 minutes so Im going to leave it on the default channel.

Master-of-Doom · 12-17-2007, 07:15 PM

Alright I finally got the antenna I ordered and things are pretty much the same accept with a constant 54mbs connection. The Netgear utility is giving me a 55-90% connectivity while Windows is telling me very low-good(rarely). I am still getting the random wireless ping spikes and I tried switching pci slots to no avail.

**johnwill** · 12-18-2007, 07:25 AM

Does all of this work properly with a wired connection? In other words, do you have a good ISP connection to the router? If you move closer to the router, does the situation improve?

Master-of-Doom · 12-18-2007, 02:46 PM

Not really. The new antenna I have gets the same connection on it and it has a 4m wire on it. About 5 feet away from my computer is my xbox360 with a usb adapter and its getting excellent 108mbps with no problems at all. Should I just go with another usb? I had one before (WPN111) but it fried when my new case's faulty usb ports killed it.

**johnwill** · 12-18-2007, 02:56 PM

I'd try a different adapter.

Master-of-Doom · 12-22-2007, 12:03 PM

Alright so I went and bought a Belkin USb adapter and its awesome. I get excellent connection 90% of the time. I found part of the issue with the ping spikes. I was reading around about people with similar problems and decided to disable wireless zero configuration after connecting to the internet and closing the belkin utility. That fixed the massive spikes. I now get spikes up to 12ms occasionally. Is this a normal thing for wireless? I'm going to assume this is an issue with automatically scanning for nearby routers, but thats just my guess. So is there anyway to get a pure 1ms wireless ping without the spikes?

**johnwill** · 12-22-2007, 01:20 PM

If you're using the Belkin utility, you should disable WZC, that's probably a big part of the issue. You do NOT use both wireless clients.

Master-of-Doom · 12-22-2007, 10:23 PM

Once I connect I disable them both.

**johnwill** · 12-23-2007, 01:54 PM

If you don't use the Belkin client, there's no reason to have to disable WZC. I use WZC on a number of machines and laptops here, they work fine.

12-15-2007, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	WG311 Wireless issues I am using a WPN311v3 with the latest drivers along with a WPN824(v1 i think. My problem is my wireless ping is 1 for several seconds and spikes to over 150 making gaming almost impossible among other things. Ive tried ordered a 10Dbi antenna 3weeks ago with 8day shipping so I doubt it will ever come. Ive tried using a 5dbi antenna besides the 2dbi one that came with the card and there was a huge loss in connectivity. I really have no clue what to do. Ive tried so many things that I can't name half of them and none of them worked. Please help! Edit:Wrong forum Last edited by Master-of-Doom; 12-15-2007 at 05:38 PM.

12-16-2007, 11:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Sounds like wireless interference. Have you tried changing the channel? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-16-2007, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	Re: WG311 Wireless issues I tried it and it didn't do anything at all accept drop my connection every 2 minutes so Im going to leave it on the default channel.

12-17-2007, 07:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Alright I finally got the antenna I ordered and things are pretty much the same accept with a constant 54mbs connection. The Netgear utility is giving me a 55-90% connectivity while Windows is telling me very low-good(rarely). I am still getting the random wireless ping spikes and I tried switching pci slots to no avail.

12-18-2007, 07:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Does all of this work properly with a wired connection? In other words, do you have a good ISP connection to the router? If you move closer to the router, does the situation improve? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-18-2007, 02:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Not really. The new antenna I have gets the same connection on it and it has a 4m wire on it. About 5 feet away from my computer is my xbox360 with a usb adapter and its getting excellent 108mbps with no problems at all. Should I just go with another usb? I had one before (WPN111) but it fried when my new case's faulty usb ports killed it.

12-18-2007, 02:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: WG311 Wireless issues I'd try a different adapter. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-22-2007, 12:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Alright so I went and bought a Belkin USb adapter and its awesome. I get excellent connection 90% of the time. I found part of the issue with the ping spikes. I was reading around about people with similar problems and decided to disable wireless zero configuration after connecting to the internet and closing the belkin utility. That fixed the massive spikes. I now get spikes up to 12ms occasionally. Is this a normal thing for wireless? I'm going to assume this is an issue with automatically scanning for nearby routers, but thats just my guess. So is there anyway to get a pure 1ms wireless ping without the spikes?

12-22-2007, 01:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: WG311 Wireless issues If you're using the Belkin utility, you should disable WZC, that's probably a big part of the issue. You do NOT use both wireless clients. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-22-2007, 10:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Master-of-Doom Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 207 OS: XP	Re: WG311 Wireless issues Once I connect I disable them both.

12-23-2007, 01:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,720 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: WG311 Wireless issues If you don't use the Belkin client, there's no reason to have to disable WZC. I use WZC on a number of machines and laptops here, they work fine. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience