Wifi doesn't connect if I'm upstairs

I'm finding that Wifi connects when I'm in the living room, where the internet router etc is. But if I try to connect upstairs it is a no go. Booting in Windows 7 (dual boot :D ) I find that Wifi connects. I find this very confusing and have it since the install. Please help!

Kind regards.

#sudo lshw -c network
*-network description: Wireless interface product: PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 serial: 00:21:5d:1a:63:58 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.35-26-generic firmware=8.24.2.12 ip=10.0.0.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg resources: irq:49 memory:de200000-de201fff

Hope it helps!

Hello guys, just tried to connect internet upstairs and to my surprise it does connect. Don't know exactly why. Only thing I've done recently is input the codes said bij Oli and Installed Jupiter and laptop-mode-tools. I really don't know if this can effect my internet but it's the only thing I can think of. Thanks for all the help, really appreciate it :)

PS If someone thinks it might be helpful for others I would like to help find a 'real' solution to this problem. Just post down what I need to post here and I will try my best to help.

/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:50:4E:B8 Channel:1 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"Ziggo927471" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000011fd34ba82b Extra: Last beacon: 83630ms ago IE: Unknown: 000B5A6967676F393237343731 IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C IE: Unknown: 030101 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 2F0100 IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: 32040C121860 IE: Unknown: 2D1A7E181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D1601051300000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD7C0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010A2B0FCE4210B6411BC4C06A6F7EC31D21021000D4E4554474541522C20496E632E10230009574E5233353030763210240009574E523335303076321042000230311054000800060050F204000110110009574E52333530307632100800020084 IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0050000 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C337E181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3401051300000000000000000000000000000000000000

Using grep "Cell doesn't bring up anything

Protocol:"; /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 Protocol:: Bestand of map bestaat niet wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"Ziggo927471" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: C0:3F:0E:50:4E:B8 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=67/70 Signal level=-43 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

grep "Sensitivity" -B2 Also doesn't bring anything up

Found one curious thing: It does connect upstairs but only close to my door. Everywhere else in my room is a no go, while windows does connect.

1 Answer

You can generally see more of your neighbor's routers from upstairs. You might need to select a more disused channel.