Why does my PC's wireless suck?

[samerkia]

I haven't been able to find much help on the internet, because I think my wireless card is trash anyways.

Anyways its so inconsistent, I should be getting 100 Mbps or more but I get somewhere between 10-40, and it's always low. BTW my internet is 5g. My brother's pc, who is further away from the router than I am, gets well over 100 Mbps! Only when I use my PC's wireless do I get such slow speeds, its frustrating when I lag when I play games. Sometimes I can get up to 70 to 80 but that's VERY RARE. My wireless card is a  Rosewill WiFi Adapter / Wireless Adapter / PCI-E Network Card, 802.11AC Dual Band AC1300 PCI Express Network Adapter, and I just think it's a heap of junk but I don't have money to buy a better wireless card, because all of the ones I've found that have good reviews are all close to or over $100

Also, I can't do ethernet 24/7 because if I do then the ethernet cable is in the middle of a hallway and it gets in the way.

[SansVarnic]

-= Troubleshooting =-

[Skiiwee29]

Welcome to wireless. the most noise and interference prone technology available to man kind. 

[Bubbles_TPB]

Try a powerline adaptor. I never have so your results may very.

 

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[SkilledRebuilds]

Likely too much interference for good 5G reliability.

 

Brother could be using Wireless N (2.4G) and has much better reception to signals and speed.

 

I use Ethernet over Power (has its own interference issues as well) and it serves me well without wires.

Cable 100/40 and I see it all.

[SkilledRebuilds]

3 minutes ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:

Try a powerline adaptor. I never have so your results may very.

 

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[Bubbles_TPB]

Just now, SkilledRebuilds said:

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[SkilledRebuilds]

1 minute ago, LukeTheCoder05 said:

lol so true

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OP - Try using your WirelessAC adapter  in the PC in WirelessN mode. (2.4Ghz WirelessN)

[gcubed]

It may not be the card. Some of the things you can try...

 

Try changing the your card's settings.

Try reseating your card.

Try your card in a different expansion slot.

Try reorienting the wireless router (the radio signal sent out is not a perfect sphere).

Try reorienting your computer.

Try moving (temporarily) your computer to where your brothers computer is located.