#...is a wifi router a device? idk

[seven-thewanderer]

I robotified my wifi router out of spite

This is W.R., the robot version of my router

and W.R. without the jester outfit:

probably gonna give 'em they/them & it/it pronouns

(also their hat has white bells at the end)

[quaranmine]

being driven mad by wifi again which is upsetting since i thought i solved all my problems when i got rid of the old computer. my new one hasn't had a single network issue since i got it, so i was fully convinced the issues just lay in a bad wifi card/generally bad laptop build for the other one.

today though, my personal laptop can't connect to the normal 5G network i use at all unless i stand next to my door (closer to the router.) Even the 2.4G network is unusably slow (0.04 mbps.....). So the whole laptop is basically unusable for what I normally do.

It's like the wifi range dropped overnight? I cannot emphasize enough that I was using it just fine at like 10 pm last night only for it to not work at all at 8 am the next morning. There's been no problems at all for MONTHS until today. But AGAIN I am still able to use it on my work laptop. At least I can work but it's so baffling and frustrating that I've spent 2 years intermittently fighting to have my personal devices connect when the work one is always fine lol. Maybe it has something to do with all the security stuff installed on it, idk.

I forgot the network, logged back in again, reset my network adapters, checked for new drivers, etc. Asked my uncle to try resetting the router but you see I Do Not Control The Router since it is not mine lol. He swears there was no changes to it since yesterday. No I do not have ethernet as an option. Yes I own range extenders from my old laptop being messed up but those have never worked before so idk why they'd work now

[weird-dere]

Girl idk what's happening with my account it's not letting me enter to my messages

and i was trying to fix it but

I think tumblr just fucking erased them....

Wtf 😭

Maybe try checking these? Idk if they’ll help or not.

If not maybe try turning the wifi setting on your device off then back on? If that doesn’t work just restart your whole device? And if not that maybe try resetting your router?

[eladrins]

in a shocking twist it seems to be my PC that's suddenly started killing my internet?? like if I disconnect the PC from everything and reboot it works perfectly for WiFi and all other devices.. need to try a new router, and if that doesn't help a new ethernet cable,

and if that doesn't help I'm Fucked cause idk shit about computers

[tuxedo-rabbit]

Me: Spends a day researching what the best router for our family would be given how many devices we have, finds out what the max speed our internet provider has for our area, and finds a deal for it that would cost less money than what we currently have

My dad, the only one who can actually change shit about our internet: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ idk man....I think I’m gonna just.....stick with our shitty stuff.....why don’t you buy a wifi extender instead??

[finnoxgygenthief-blog]

Pt. 6 • random questions

601) What is your one major weakness? Trust 602) What's been the best decision you've made in your life so far? Getting rid of certain shit 603) What's been the worst decision you've made in your life so far? Even starting that whole shit 604) What words do you always struggle to spell correctly? Oxygen, dyslexia because I am in fact dyslexic 605) On a scale of 1-10 how happy would you say you are? Is this even a question for me? 606) On a scale of 1-10 how smart would you say you are? -273 (Kelvin's absolute freezing point because I see no brain activity here) 607) On a scale of 1-10 how funny would you say you are? 10 I'm fucking hilarious 608) On a scale of 1-10 how devious would you say you are? 9. 3/4 haha 609) On a scale of 1-10 how awesome would you say you are? Pft a solid 2 610) On a scale of 1-10 how devilsh would you say you are? 666 611) On a scale of 1-10 how nice/caring would you say you are? I'm caring but I'm blunt so I can come off as harsh so I'm going with 5 612) On a scale of 1-10 how bitchy would you say you are? 10 613) On a scale of 1-10 how polite would you say you are? 5 614) On a scale of 1-10 how attractive would you say you are? 6 615) If you could be any famous person who would you be and why? Christian Bale, because Batman and playing a magician in a movie where David Bowie stars as Nikola Tesla, yeah you get it 616) What's your favourite animal beginning with the letter A? Alligator 617) What's your favourite item of clothing beginning with the letter B? Beanies 618) What's your favourite expletive beginning with the letter C? Cunt 619) What's your favourite boys name beginning with the letter D? Damian ha 620) What's your favourite girls name beginning with the letter E? Eliza because of my grandma 621) What's your favourite book beginning with the letter F? Forrest Gump 622) What's your favourite bodypart beginning with the letter G? G-spot 😎 Idk 623) What's your favourite musical instrument beginning with the letter H? Harp? Idfk 624) What's your favourite song beginning with the letter I? I Wanna Be Your Dog by the Stooges 625) What's your favourite actress beginning with the letter J? Jennifer Lawrence 626) What's your favourite actor beginning with the letter K? Keanu Reeves 627) What's your favourite film beginning with the letter L? Lolita or Labyrinth 628) What's your favourite tv show beginning with the letter M? M*A*S*H* 629) Whats your favourite game beginning with the letter N? Nokia's snake lol idfk anymore 630) What's your favourite non alcoholic drink beginning with the letter O? Oreo milkshake 631) What's your favourite food beginning with the letter P? Pasta 632) What's your favourite band beginning with the letter Q? Queen lol 633) What's your favourite author beginning with the letter R? Nancy Taylor Rosenberg 634) What's your favourite sport beginning with the letter S? Soccer 635) What's your favourite job beginning with the letter T? Toilet cleaner idfk these questions are giving me a headache 636) What's your favourite mythical creature beginning with the letter U? I can't spell it Urma- something this mesopotamian lion-human hybrid cool af 637) What's your favourite alcoholic drink beginning with the letter V? I don't drink alcoholic beverages. 638) What's your favourite cartoon character beginning with the letter W? Don't watch cartoons 639) What's your favourite word beginning with the letter X? Xenophilia 640) What's your favourite city beginning with the letter Y? York? Idfk 641) What's your favourite country beginning with the letter Z? I'mma go with (New) Zealand lol 642) Do you get seasick? No 643) If you discovered a new species of dinosaur what would you call it? Last intelligent species 644) Do you own a paddling pool? No 645) What do you consider is the most important piece of furniture in a house? The little inflatable palm tree 646) What do you consider is the most important appliance in a house? WiFi router 647) If you could have any celebrity's hair whose would it be? Idfk Jared Leto 648) Which Celebrity do you find the most annoying? Kardashians/Jenners 649) What potential talents do you think you might have if you worked at them? Social skills 650) Who was better, Flipper, Lassie or Skippy? Flipper 651) If you could be trained up in any profession of your choice by top professionals what profession would you choose? Astronaut lol 652) If someone else's child was being an annoying little runt would you go tell them off or do something about it? Tell the parent off 653) Do you believe in karma? I do 654) Do you believe in revenge? Yes 655) Do you believe in fairies? No 656) Do you believe in a god? Idk 657) Do you believe there used to be dragons? Sure 658) Who would you want to be with on a desert island? Jade 659) What's the worst show on television? Keeping up with the kardashians I hope that shit is over though 660) Who's your favourite god from ancient history? I can't spell the fucking name but Cutuhlu 661) What one device would you want to see added to a mobile phone? Sunlight power generator 662) Where do you see yourself in 1 months time? Idk 663) Where do you see yourself in 1 years time? Away 664) Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? Dead idk 665) What was the best thing about your old school? Honestly, it was terrible and the only thing I miss was seeing the look on the old hag of a principal's face when I entered her office after doing shit 666) What was the worst thing about your old school? ..also the same as above 667) If you could change your name to anything what would your new name be? David 668) Do you watch too much tv? Not really 669) Have you ever planted a tree? Yes 670) Whats the heaviest thing you can lift? Don't think I've tried my luck that far 671) What was the last present you received? A gift card to a record store 672) Are your ears lobed or attached? Something in between 673) How often do you wash your ears? Whenever I shower 674) Could you go out with someone who had a child from a previous relationship? No 675) What was your first alcoholic drink? None 676) What was your first job? Something like blockbuster? Yeah I worked at that place smfh 677) What was your first car? (or what would you like it to be?) A wreck of an audi 678) What was your first mobile phone? I had the original nokia bruh 679) What is your first proper memory? Parents fighting 680) Who was your first teacher? Good old cougar Mrs Briggs 😂 681) Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? From Ireland to London 682) Who was your first best friend? Probably Mike 683) What was your first detention for? I was like 8 and I hit a boy for demanding a kiss from this girl 684) What's your strongest voluntary muscle? Not even going there 685) Who was your first kiss? Ashley, we were like 12 686) What was the first film you remember seeing at the cinema? Simpsons Movie 687) What thing that you've made are you most proud of? Lot of charity 688) Could you ever be someones bodyguard? Dk 689) Michelangelo's David... Masterpiece or filth? Eh 690) Do you like other people buying you clothes? No 691) Have you ever brought a present for someone that they hated/disliked? Yes 692) What nicknames do you have/have had? Don't really have one, pretty lame 693) Did you have any pretend or imaginary friends? Yes 694) Have you ever seen a therapist/shrink? Yes 695) Have you ever carved a pumpkin? No 696) Would you say you are a good or bad influence to others? Bad 697) Do you prefer giving or recieving gifts/help etc? Giving 698) If you were a member of the spice girls, what would your spice handle be? What 699) If you were to become a famous singer, what would your debut album be called? "Needles & Threads" or "Judas' Kiss" 700) If you could join any music group which would you want to join? Nine Inch Nails cause damn

[quaranmine]

Do you know the write speed of your work laptops hard drive? Because that could be part of the reason it's slower than your personal.

So I can look at write speed in task manager and it fluctuates all the time, but they look like they're fluctuating within the same range. Like it goes 0 kb/s > 70-80 kb/s > 120 - 135 kb/s > 200/300/400 kb/s > 1.4 mb/s and then repeats. Actually my personal laptop seems to hit 600-700 kb/s more often than the work laptop. You may be able to tell from this answer that this means nothing to me cause idk what write speed means LOL

Let me just list my specs lmao

Personal Laptop

Dell Inspiron 14 5410 (i'm never buying dell again i have had nothing but bad experiences in the last 3 years with multiple laptops lol)

Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz 3.00 GHz

Installed RAM: 16 GB

OS: Windows 11 Home (had the issue on Win 10 as well, clean installs were performed, did not fix)

Network Adapter: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz

Wifi protocol: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)

Link speed: 58/30 Mbps

Network band and network channel: 5 GHz / 44

Work Laptop

Dell Latitude 5320 (dont let this post fool you this laptop sucks too, i know like a dozen people at work including myself who had to have our "brand new" laptops replaced within a year)

Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00 GHz 1.80 GHz

Installed RAM: 16 GB

OS: Windows 11 Enterprise

Network Adapter: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz

Wifi protocol: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)

Link speed: 1560/1560 mbps (this is the only major difference I can see between the two of them? why is it so much higher?)

Network band and network channel: 5 GHz / 44

It also has a much higher signlat strength in general when I look at it.

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help a girlie out i did environmental science not IT and i've been barely able to play games or be in discord calls for like two years now and it's painful 😭😭😭😭

A note: I do not have an ethernet connection and currently no way to put one in. I understand that wireless connections are inherently slower but it should be THIS slow if our internet package has up to 300 mbps (iirc)? I am in a room far from the router, but as aforementioned, it's pretty slow even by the router and I would assume all devices would struggle if it was Only the distance that was the problem. I had multiple Dell support people stumped with this laptop before and the wifi card was replaced once already.

[quaranmine]

why is my computer suddenly doing the Thing again. the thing it did last year that nearly drove me over the edge. the thing were it gets 1 mbps download while my work computer gets 40 mbps in the exact same spot.