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Originally Posted by Cardnim
Glad you got sorted Eyeayen, but Im not sure that would help in Mark's case.
An Ethernet cable doesnt help with the router's wireless strength / reliability.
And as a side note, Im surprised it even helped in your case, as if your computer is hardwired to the router (which I recommend to everyone if you can do it as it gets the best possible speeds) then moving your computer away from electrical things should have had no impact whatsoever.
Computers themselves generate a massive electrostatic field around them (you can hear this if you put unshielded speakers near your computer)... but everything within a computer - AND THE ETHERNET CABLE should be fully shielded?
Maybe Im missing something though (very likely!)  |
Really, oh, I don't know about the techy side of things I just know how to use photoshop and the internet a bit. Changed the room around, Girlfriends computer now moved to different corner as I have bigger desk, she tried wireless and had problems so we got the ethernet cable to as you said hard wire it in, all good, no problems, I was expecting a drop in speed but it's okay, which is nice. Had to move it because of the monitors + printer + scanner on my desk, was having problems, not sure what so looked on BT trouble shooting, said don't have hub near anything electrical. So that's why we moved it, seems to have done the trick too.
So just to clarify a point you made, we moved the hub away from electrical things so it's on it's own in a corner not the computer away from electrical things, hence needing the mega long cables.
What do you mean by the ethernet cable should be shielded ?