Slow network speed for PC

[Corin.f]

My network speed is very slow and I have no money to buy a network card right now.  Trying to game.   Any software or hardware you can come up with 

[iLostMyXbox21]

6 minutes ago, Corin.f said:

My network speed is very slow and I have no money to buy a network card right now.  Trying to game.   Any software or hardware you can come up with 

are you wired? if not, how far from your router are you

[Corin.f]

13 hours ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

are you wired? if not, how far from your router are you

No. Im not.  I am 1 room over.  I have a dual speed router.  With four antennas

 

Im looking for software preferably to help

[Corin.f]

I have a netgear n900 usb network card

[iLostMyXbox21]

Just now, Corin.f said:

No. Im not.  I am 1 room over.  I have a dual speed router.  With four antennas

 

Im looking for software preferably to help

well network is not a “software” improved thing as far as i know, i would suggest getting a, say, 25-50ft ethernet cable and just trailing it to your PC from the router.. or simply buy ome of those internet boosters that basically amplify your internet (not sure, never used one but have heard great reviews on them)

 

what internet plan do you have?

[Corin.f]

4 hours ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

well network is not a “software” improved thing as far as i know, i would suggest getting a, say, 25-50ft ethernet cable and just trailing it to your PC from the router.. or simply buy ome of those internet boosters that basically amplify your internet (not sure, never used one but have heard great reviews on them)

 

what internet plan do you have?

Charter spectrum. And my dad will not allow me to rum a cable because it is through the wall and across the entryway and living room

 

I realized the MSI WTFast helped with ping.  And thought there would be something else

[Corin.f]

I get 230 ping in R6siege without it.  And 140 with it

[iLostMyXbox21]

29 minutes ago, Corin.f said:

Charter spectrum. And my dad will not allow me to rum a cable because it is through the wall and across the entryway and living room

 

I realized the MSI WTFast helped with ping.  And thought there would be something else

how much internet do you pay for? 60mbps 100, 500, 1gb? 

[gabbel]

 you could show your dad what an "Ultra-Thin Ethernet Network LAN Cable Flat" looks like and if he agrees and if the router is one room away these are a nice solution, because they could be wired from a window to another and are easy to hide, after all your internet connection would also be more reliable...

[Donut417]

6 hours ago, Corin.f said:

I have a netgear n900 usb network card

Well in my expirence USB WiFi is just crap. That could very well be the issue here. I perfer PCI express cards over USB any day of the week. 

 

1 hour ago, Corin.f said:

Charter spectrum. And my dad will not allow me to rum a cable because it is through the wall and across the entryway and living room

There are other alternatives besides Ethernet though they are not as good. Firstly you have power line adapters which use the electrical wiring in your home to do networking. These tend to provide a slower but stabler connection. Though this all depends on the quality of the wiring in your home and how many breakers the signal has to pass thru to get end to end. 

 

The second alternative is Moca adapters. Seeing how you have Charter that means you house might be wired for coax. If you have coax in your room then you can use Moca adapters. These use the upper bands on the coax the cable company generally doesn't use. Moca adapters can do 400-800 Mbps half duplex. So they aint to slouch. The only issue you will have is they are expensive, as in $160 for a pair on the 400 Mbps variety moca adapters and you will need to make sure a Filter is put on the main line coming in from Charter to make sure that your moca network doesn't go out in to their network. The filter basically blocks anything above 1 Ghz from escaping your home. If you have a whole home DVR system from Charter then this filter is most likely in place because Cable co's use moca all the time to make connections between the main DVR and the satellite boxes in your home. 

 

6 hours ago, Corin.f said:

I have a dual speed router.  With four antennas

Im guessing you mean Dual band, if thats the case you want to use 5Ghz if your forced to use WiFi. As it has less shit that interferes with it. 

[Corin.f]

14 hours ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

how much internet do you pay for? 60mbps 100, 500, 1gb? 

500

[Corin.f]

13 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Well in my expirence USB WiFi is just crap. That could very well be the issue here. I perfer PCI express cards over USB any day of the week. 

 

There are other alternatives besides Ethernet though they are not as good. Firstly you have power line adapters which use the electrical wiring in your home to do networking. These tend to provide a slower but stabler connection. Though this all depends on the quality of the wiring in your home and how many breakers the signal has to pass thru to get end to end. 

 

The second alternative is Moca adapters. Seeing how you have Charter that means you house might be wired for coax. If you have coax in your room then you can use Moca adapters. These use the upper bands on the coax the cable company generally doesn't use. Moca adapters can do 400-800 Mbps half duplex. So they aint to slouch. The only issue you will have is they are expensive, as in $160 for a pair on the 400 Mbps variety moca adapters and you will need to make sure a Filter is put on the main line coming in from Charter to make sure that your moca network doesn't go out in to their network. The filter basically blocks anything above 1 Ghz from escaping your home. If you have a whole home DVR system from Charter then this filter is most likely in place because Cable co's use moca all the time to make connections between the main DVR and the satellite boxes in your home. 

 

Im guessing you mean Dual band, if thats the case you want to use 5Ghz if your forced to use WiFi. As it has less shit that interferes with it. 

Ok. I will see

[Corin.f]

14 hours ago, gabbel said:

 you could show your dad what an "Ultra-Thin Ethernet Network LAN Cable Flat" looks like and if he agrees and if the router is one room away these are a nice solution, because they could be wired from a window to another and are easy to hide, after all your internet connection would also be more reliable...

Ok

 

[KuJoe]

You can throw a lot of money at the problem but no solution will work better than a $10 CAT5e cable. Even if your wireless router was on top of your PC case you'll still have latency issues, it's one of the downsides to wireless.

[Corin.f]

Ok. Well thanks anyways for the suggestions. Im just gonna find a TP link archer 6E