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Do a scan of all the wireless channels around you using a tool like...

• WifiInfoView (for Vista, 7, 8) http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html
• WirelessNetView (for XP) http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_view.html
• inSSIDer (the free/office version was great, but harder to find today)

Note that most tools list the wireless signal as RSSI or dBm (a negative number) in which case a lower number (closest to 0) indicates the better signal.

Then set your wireless router (or wireless AP)...

• to use whatever channel is free (and furthest away from any other used channels)
• if there are no free channels then pick the channel that is the weakest around you
• do not let your router use "auto" for the channel
• setting the wireless to 20Mhz bandwidth may yield better results than 20/40Mhz

Many routers have a built-in Channel Scanner (if you have the manual it should have instructions on how-to).

If yours does not, try something like this wi-fi scanner.

Find a channel with less traffic, should at least help with stability (may not necessarily do much for speed). Again, you will need to change it on the router (not in the Scanner).

Hope this helps!

just cause you have good ping does not mean your losing packets over your wireless. Best thing to do if your in a city and still want to use wireless is get a program to scan the area and see what everyone is using for their wireless channel and change yours to one that has the less or none. Like this http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

Check the channels that your normal and guest wireless networks use.

Either inSSIDER or WifiInfoView will give you a better idea of the other wireless networks around you.

Information on overlapping channels

Just download WifiInfoView and run it as Administrator on a computer with a WiFi adapter. It will list all the WiFi networks around you, and show you the channels they are in, so that you can setup yours.

>without knowledge or control of what channels they're using.

Just gonna interject in this argument here and state that you can know what channels are being used.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

Cambia el canal de frecuencia, puedes descargar un programa (recomiendo WifiInfoView) que te permita ver cuales son las frecuencias que estan usando los wifis alrededor y usa una que casi no se este usando. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

You might want to change your wireless channel on your router.

1 . if you have a computer with a wireless card use the program below to find what wireless router are in your area and what channels they are using.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

2 . login to your router and change you wireless channel to one less used. IF you can do 1 you can try changing the channels and just seeing if there is any results good or bad and repeat.

That since your adapter is 2.4 ghz, you set your wifi 2.4 ghz band, set it to a channel that is different from your neighbors, you can use a wifi analyzer app for your phone to find out what neighbors are on or http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html which you can see what channel they use and pick one they are not using. Also on my netgear I can set how fast my 2.4 ghz connection is.

Another thing. Is move the Wifi to a central part of the house if you not getting good reception.

It's going to be hard to figure out if its your ISP or your wireless router that's having the issue if you can't plug directly into the modem or test the wired network. Something you can try is running a wireless analyzer and changing the channel to something that isn't being used.

I normally use my android phone with this app to scan for nearby networks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=de
It has ads, but it does its job. It's android only. And unfortunatly i don't know about a iOS equivalent if you are using an iphone.
Alternatively you could use this windows program on another windows device with enabled wifi:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

Doesn’t seem to be overly laggy but obviously this is just a single measurement. Do you have something like http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html to test whether there’s potential channel interference/overlap?

On a wireless-enabled computer, download Wi-Fi Info View so you can view technical information about all wireless networks near you (including hidden networks).

Yeah I have help people in the same boat as you. The first thing you want to do is scan your area where use your computer to see what other routers are in your area. This is a nice free one.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

Once you can see which channels are in use you can change your router to one used less or not at all.

Wired, or wireless. IF wireless do a scan with software to see what all the wireless channels in use and change yours to one less use or not used at all. Below is the program to can all the wireless routors

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

Did you try to manually see the signal strength ?
This tool shows the RSSI for me, in dBm which you can convert to Watts using a tool.

ok your router might have interference to other wireless routers in your area, http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

That program will tell you what channels everyone is using 1-12. Fine the channel less people are using a switch your routers wireless to that channel.

Changing your network channel to a less used one in your area should help significantly, at least it has worked for me. Here is a link which takes you to a program which shows the channels that local people around you use. Pick the least used one in your area and you should be good to go.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

If your signal strength is good, you could try using WiFi Infoview to check if every network around you is using the same channel for 5ghz. Bit of a long shot since most 5ghz routers scan for nearby networks and pick the best channel. Your router should atleast do this, but quick to check atleast.

Final thing would be looking at the router itself. If you haven't done alot of manual setup on the router, you could try a factory reset of the router. The custom Firmware might have some bugs in it or some of the settings might be wonky. Could also look into using the new firmware version of Asus' default firmware.

I would suggest running something like http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html Sort by Channel and choose one that isn't in use. Of course this doesn't account for devices like Microwaves, DECT phones, just other wireless networks but it can't hurt to start with the ones that aren't in use first.

You could try a tool such as: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html to see all the surrounding wireless networks. Maybe using a different channel would help? Also consider all other devices such as microwaves, cordless phones etc...

Install WiFi Infoview. It's not very userfriendly. It will list every WiFi network within range and list what channel they are using.

The "good" channels are channels 1, 6 and 11. If no one or only 1-2 other networks are using one of those, try that one.

If all channels are about equally used, try getting in between two of the least used good channels.

This can be alot of trial and error.

EDIT: Also, if everyone around you are evenly spread on channels, see if your router has a "detect optimal channel" button in it's settings.

Are you on WiFi? Because that ratio isn't right. Your upload should never be higher than your download. If you are, go change the Channel that your router is on to a less populated one. Use WiFiInfoView to check the channels of networks around you.

Pay for a good router and download this app (android) or windows app and find the least used channel and change your router to use that one.

Ok, so I don't really know anything about the hardware, and that has already been covered by other people in this thread. What I do notice and do not see discussed, is that the word 'Router' and a MAC address in a weird notation is on the sticker on the housing. I personally think the MAC address is an SSID to a WiFi-network to which this thing maybe connects.

If you are really curious, you might want to use software like WifiInfoView to see if you might be able to find the network/access point with the MAC-address on the sticker and investigate from there on.

Do a scan of all the wireless channels around you using a tool like...

• WifiInfoView (for Vista, 7, 8) http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html
• WirelessNetView (for XP) http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_view.html
• inSSIDer (the free/office version was great, but harder to find today)

Note that most tools list the wireless signal as RSSI or dBm (a negative number) in which case a lower number (closest to 0) indicates the better signal.

Then set your wireless router (or wireless AP)...

• to use whatever channel is free (and furthest away from any other used channels)
• if there are no free channels then pick the channel that is the weakest around you
• do not let your router use "auto" for the channel
• setting the wireless to 20Mhz bandwidth may yield better results than 20/40Mhz

Do NOT use the same channel for two wireless devices in your own home, each wireless device must use it's own channel to avoid interference and for roaming to work correctly - the only 3 channels in avoidance of each other are 1, 6, 11

See: http://imgur.com/mZ2s4m8

If you have no option but to use WiFi, an option would be a dual-band (2.4+5 GHz) router with MiMo (multiple-in multiple-out) so it can talk to multiple devices simultaneously. These routers can be pricey, but they're your best bet in terms of gaming performance in a lousy radio frequency environment... Chromecast or not.

Have you tried auditing your wireless environment? There are some helpful programs that will tell you what channel your router is on, average signal-to-noise ratio, other routers in the area and what channel they are on, etc. If you're stuck with a 2.4 GHz-only router and there are lots of other people in the area, find the channel of 1, 6, or 11 that has the least users and pick that one (don't pick anything in between, they overlap). Setting your router to 'auto' in a noisy environment (like an apartment building) can be a catastrophe too as it will change channels all the bloody time and just generate a lot of pauses and disconnects, hence picking one of the three channels and sticking with it.

On Windows, I've found this tool to be immensely helpful: WifiInfoView Virtually every other tool NirSoft makes is super helpful too.