my bedroom is a wifi deadzone...

[posepsi]

my desktop cannot pick up any wifi signals at all in my bedroom but it can in any other room of the house

other devices work just fine in my bedroom

i cannot figure this out

please help

 

[Quixotic]

Your parents have put a radio signal blocker in your room.

 

[posepsi]

i doubt that

 

[Quixotic]

How do you orient your desktop in your room relative to your router? Is it underneath something and covered? Your desk might be in a position that it's not letting the signals bounce off the wall or something.

 

[Gangleider]

It might also be the way your house was constructed. If all else fails, you can set up a secondary router as an access point(basically a second wi-fi network that repeats the signal from the first router) and place it somewhere between your room and your router.

 

[posepsi]

the tower sits upon my desk, completely unobstructed. i have moved it around to try and get a better signal- different angles, heights, and positions have no noticeable effect

i dont think it is something to do with the router itself. as i said my cellphone, kindle, laptop, and other devices get perfect signals from multiple sources whereas

it only happens to this one device

 

[Gangleider]

you may just have a fucking shit network card built into your pc

 

[posepsi]

that may be so... but doesn't explain why it works fine in one room and not in another.

i could understand if it was picking up weak signals in the living room and none in my bedroom, but it gets great signals- even from the neighbors which is much further than the distance between my bedroom and the router.

and sometimes it does pick up signals, if i give it the network information directly rather than trying to make it find it by itself. but in that situation it will connect, say the signal is 'excellent' but then repeatedly pick it up and drop it off

halp

 

[Quixotic]

If getting it into your room is a necessity and have a newer house you can also try investing in one of these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181158). It sounds to me like you have a crap network card though i.e. your router might be N compatible and your network card is only G. It would explain why your other products are fine in your room besides your desktop.

 

[posepsi]

that would explain it having no signal but why would it be fine in one room and not another

 

[Quixotic]

that would explain it having no signal but why would it be fine in one room and not another

The other room is just within range for the G adapter card.

 

[posepsi]

it can still pick up the network in the other room and claims it has a 'very good' signal but cannot finalize the connection

 

[Varen]

it can still pick up the network in the other room and claims it has a 'very good' signal but cannot finalize the connection

Even a broken plug can sometimes emit a frequency that blocks out radio signals.
Time ago, a street in italy would set off every alarm of every car that would park in it. It was found out that an old lady's house was the source of the signal, and specificly, a multi-plug adapter.
So yeah, check for anything that could emit a signal in your room, and shut it off.