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TheWandererX
post Mar 17 2011, 11:03 PM

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QUOTE(lordsapt @ Mar 17 2011, 08:18 PM)
i have a question but not sure if i should ask it here.

im having issues receiving phonecall with my unifi phone. dialing out is not a problem, phone got lotsa static sounds. anyone having this problem? if yes how do u overcome it?
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Sounds like bad line quality - you should ask a technician to check out the box, whatever you call that.
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post Mar 18 2011, 07:08 PM

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Heh. Be thankful la, everytime night comes my D-Link router will PMS and hang or something, haih.
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post Mar 18 2011, 07:32 PM

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QUOTE(XPS @ Mar 18 2011, 07:14 PM)
Have you tried a direct cable to confirm its the router?
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Tried already. The router won't respond to pings intermittently and ping sometimes goes up to 2000-3000ms, then times out, then back to normal, then repeats again.

Could it be because it's turned on 24/7? (the router) but the funny thing is that it only happens at night... which leads me to the question of overcrowding. But if overcrowding is the problem, then the router page should still be accessible, no? hmm.gif this is weird.
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post Mar 19 2011, 12:37 AM

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QUOTE(XPS @ Mar 19 2011, 12:22 AM)
If the direct cable is problematic as described its likely to be over-heating.  Try placing the router away from the modem .. say 20cm or more.  Also check if the router feels warm to touch or hotter.  I had seen wireless routers randomly disconnect and the cause was traced back to over-heating because other equipment were close by.  Check by turning off wireless when you test with direct cable.

Once you find direct cable is ok and the problem arises for wireless only its likely network congestion.  In my area its like around 10 or more wifi running at any one time.  With 2.4Ghz having 3 effective radio channels and it does not help with some D-Link routers using dual-channel for 802.1n (some vendors for example only use one channel for 2.4Ghz to prevent over-crowding) you will see lots of latency and wifi disconnects.  I run both 5Ghz for my gaming systems and 2.4Ghz on other stuff like PS3 and iPhone.  The 2.4Ghz shows plenty of drops even though the signal is quite strong - prove of network congestion.  And this usually also shows a much much lower speedtest probably because of packets retransmits.  Turning on the "network robustness" option on my router helps a bit at the expense of throughput though.
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I have both the router & modem on a cooling pad, both are very cool to the touch.

There's 10 WiFi spots running around my area that inSSIDer can detect right now. Should I just change to 5GHz to ease congestion? But I don't know how, and will there be a performance drop if I use 5GHz? Most of my devices are N-capable except a few so your advice would be appreciated.

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post Mar 19 2011, 03:17 AM

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QUOTE(XPS @ Mar 19 2011, 01:17 AM)
Then I would suggest you try running on cable for a day or so and wifi off to confirm this.

On your question, actual throughput using dual-channel 5Ghz is around 215Mbps on average.  Reckon it should be much better performance than 2.4Ghz with everything considered.  I get around 200ms to 300ms on MMO gaming to North American servers and don't use any tunneling services.  Most of latency issues are traced back to problems on the 2.4Ghz at least in my case which is why I switched to 5Ghz.  By the way, N-capable devices may not necessarily run on dual-bands so you need to check.  If you go the route of 5Ghz the very nice tutorial to convert the DIR615 as a VLAN switch works like a charm.  Invest in a good router with a solid heatsink and you won't need a cooling pad.  My gear runs 24X7 for years now and don't have any fans or pads on the equipment which are housed inside a cabinet  biggrin.gif
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I see... I think I won't be needing that anymore, going to stop gaming when school reopens once again. Gotta concentrate on studies rclxub.gif

Anyway, your advice will be taken. Speaking of which, I have so many useless routers sitting at home doing nothing, even Australian ones laugh.gif

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