High ping and weak signal with CTR-350. (Prob fixed)

taylorson · Last edited by taylorson on Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:09 am; edited 1 time in total

I have my USB 720 connected using an extended usb cable upstairs in my house. Coupled with an external antenna I can get a constant 3 bars of signal, a -79 to -81 dBm, and after multiple trials with speednet it gives me this:

ping: 110 to 130
download: 700 kbps to 900 kbps
upload: 75 kbps to 150 kbps

I bought the CTR350 router because I wanted to leave the Modem upstairs where the good signal is at. I upgraded it to the 2.0.1 so I could connect my uncle's computer though the ethernet port by using the WAN port as a LAN line so he could use the internet. When testing on Speednet everything is roughly the same as without the CTR350 but there is a slight reduction of speed but it's not really that big to worry about.

Now my computer downstairs has a card that can pick up on the wifi signal emitted by the router. My computer is 50 feet away (straight line) downstairs and the signal has to go through about 5 walls. I barely get a 1 bar signal from my computer and sometimes it gets no signal at all. When I am connected I go to speednet and this is what I get:

ping: 185 to 210
download: 500 kbps to 700 kbps
upload: 45 kbps

So here are my questions:
A) Is my high ping and slower down/up caused by such a weak signal reception from my computer? If not what is the source of the high ping?

B) Is there any way that I can boost the wifi signal from the CTR350 or my reception of it from my computer without moving the router or my computer?

Thanks in advance.
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JoeCHecht · EVDO Junkie Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 333

taylorson · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:28 am Post subject:

wow, i actually tried that and everything is cool! Thanks! For people wondering about the subject of my forum I just found out that it was due to weak signal reception after all. I just did a speednet test and I actually got a ping of 119!
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Bigdave · EVDO Addict Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 1069

Amazing how the simplest most obvious things seem to make such a big difference yet totally elude us isn't it? Can't tell you how many times I've needed someone else's eyes to see what I can't see right in front of me. Great catch Joe!