posted on Aug, 3 2015 @ 07:13 AM
Not having regular internet service, I tend to
rely on a hotspot from xfinity wireless.
Some days, the reception is great and I have
connectivity all day long. BUT on other days
like today, it is basically hit-or-miss.
I do understand about RF waves, how they travel,
wavelengths, etc. Knowing that there are many things
like large metallic objects probably brick or concrete
also that impede the travel of the minute wavelengths
involved with the wifi connection, plus the fact that
I am probably on the 'fringe' of coverage for that hot-
spot, I am actually amazed that I can even connect at
all sometimes.
But back to my main thought... If I was able to connect
this morning - with decent bandwidth also - why the heck
can't I connect right now while I am typing this gripe?
Is the ISP playing tricks on me? I feel as if it were
playing hide-and-seek with me. LOL
I can't connect to save my frickin' life!
As I watch the "Wireless Connection Status", I can see
that not even 1 single packet is being received.
I had thought that being the weekend, that the ISP could
possibly be performing some type of maintenance, but
I can 'see' the SSID, why doesn't it seem to see me?
Arrrggggghhhh!
Sure, I could move closer to the hotspot, or even
temporarily grab my notebook and go for a bike ride
to find a better reception area. But then I wouldn't
be in the comfort of my humble domicile.
Years back, I had a similar issue. Then, as now, I
didn't have a hard wired Internet connection. What I
did back then was way worse:
My coomputer was connected to my cellphone through
BlueTooth. My cellphone then in turn connected to
the nearest wifi hotspot. (The computer didn't have
wireless capabilities, only blue-tooth was available)
Imagine the nightmare then, of establishing and keeping
a connection 'alive'. And it was dreadfully slow. It
was supposedly a 56kb (yes kb) connection, but the
actual throughput when all was said and done was more like
28 kb, probably less.
Sorry for the rambling, I just had to vent a little.
Oh yeah, I have tried 'repairing' the connection, which
basically involves simply rebooting the wireless net
adapter, also tried rebooting the computer as well.
In some instances (when I was using an older version
of firefox, rebooting actually helped - especially
after firefox would "hang", thereby disallowing any
Intenet activity)
Here I wait, and wait, and ....
Hey I just received a total of exactly one packet.
Yippee!.
:moan:
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The next day:
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Okay, so I wake up and turn on the 'puter, and today, I have
internet. YaY!
Must have been the ISP fooling around.