I've got a Trendnet N600 wireless adaptor in my desktop PC. It has never worked correctly. I've been moving my computer to the other room to hard wire into the internet, but I'm sick of that. Basically, when using the wireless, my connection is so insanely unstable it's almost funny. If I'm able to get into a game of counterstrike, my ping will jump wildly, every second, between 40 and 2000+. The connection also drops completely, several times per minute, for milliseconds at a time. The software it came with has a little speed monitoring box on the desktop, and that shows the fluctuations, as well. Constantly climbing as high as 3-4M, then back down to almost nothing, then off completely, then back on to start the climb again.
I've installed the latest drivers, no help. I've reset the router, no help. I've completely removed the wireless adaptor and all of its software, and reinstalled it in a different PCI slot, no help. I've run the Windows network diagnostic (Windows 7, 64-bit) and, interestingly, it did claim to have found a problem, and fixed it. But nothing changed, so I ran it again and it, again, found the problem and claimed to have fixed it. After doing that two more times, I'm convinced that the diagnostic tool doesn't know shit. Either that or the problem is unfixing itself every time it gets fixed.
The wireless router is the one that Comcast leases to you with the service. Nobody else has any problems connecting to this router, with any devices.
Here's a link to the wireless card, in case that'll help.
http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=190_TEW-726EC
I've never heard of the brand, and have suspected since I've had it that it's just some off-brand piece of crap, and that's the whole problem. I wouldn't have bought it. It was a gift. So, is there anything else I can try before calling in some tech support guy to hang out in my house and empty my wallet? Is it possible that this is just a bunk adaptor? If so, I'm not opposed to buying another one, from a better brand, since I didn't pay anything for this one.
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