Login Server, Wireless

[Caseus]

I have played EQ for 6 hours straight on wireless without a single hiccup.

As with most things, just because it's the prevailing opinion doesn't mean it's that way for everyone.

Wireless stability counts on many things.

How far away are you? whats your walls made of, whats your floor / ceilings made of, do you have wireless phones/cellphones / PDA's. etc etc etc

When I was in Texas I lived in Texas I was 2 blocks away from an Amy communications post that made it so even cell phones and cordless phones didnt work when they keyed up. Now I'm in PA and live in a house with the original log walls / floor, so i haven't been able to get one working.


Anything can interfere with the signal, including a neighbors CB.


If you got the $ you can set up a blue tooth or wifi connection from your house, but I would rather take a little time to run a wire and forget about it.

[Subjagator]

The wireless router is on my desk in the same room about 10m away from my bed with nothing in the way. It just plain refuses to work. I can connect to pretty much everything else including my other computers on the lan and transfer stuff at speeds much faster than any internet connection and it seems stable enough then. I could understand if it didnt work sometimes or if it was slow or laggy but I just cant connect to the login server. There is nothing in the area that could be interfering with it, nothing that I know of anyway. I have bluetooth so maybe I will look into that but the wire is probably easier.

[paaco]

Like they said wireless can work fine depending on your setup and situation. I actually ran an eqemu server from a wireless connection on my spare box for a while and noone had any problems ever connecting or being dropped. A lot of people actually told me they had a better connection and ping on my server than almost any other. If the router and PC that are connecting are relatively close and there isn't any other electrical equipment nearby you will probably be fine. My connection said my signal was 93 though. So I would say if you can get a good signal you will be ok probably. A few things that will mess a wireless connection up that I can think of off hand are:

Microwave
Air Conditioning
Refrigerator
Television
Really almost anything that draws a decent amount of Electricity.

If your router and PC are not close to any of these things and there are not a ton of others in your neighborhood on Wireless you will most likely be fine. If there are a few others in your neighborhood on wireless go through the different channels and see which gives you a better signal and use it.

[Subjagator]

Well, there is a fridge in the room and there is a lot of electric equipment around the wireless router.

even having the computer near the wireless outer can mess it up, because of the power supply, sitting a cell phone down next to it can screw it up etc..


And this thread is exactly why I refuse to go wireless.

[techguy84]

I have a wireless setup in my house. The router is located downstairs next to my main computer.

The Setup
Upstairs I have another desktop, and my laptop. Both are on 802.11 g connections. There is roughly 150ft distance between me and the router, 4 walls and 1 floor. The walls are not drywall, but more of the felt type plaster walls, old house I know. The router is next to a DSL modem, a computer with a 500w PSU, a 19in CRT, a television that is on most of the time. Directly on the oppoisite side of the wall. no more than 5 feet from the equipment is a large freezer and a microwave.

So as you can see I dont have the most ideal setup for a wireless network, but for the 5 months that I have had it, I have not lost a connection on any game. I play EQ2 for hours most of the time and have never once had a DC. Same goes for EQ, but I cant say that I share the same amount of play time on the Emu as I do for EQ2 Live.

I use belkin componets because I have never had a issue with them. Linksys gave me problems awhile back with a B setup. Personally, I wouldnt mind having a nice Cisco router..... a one can dream right. /sigh