Has Anyone Else Noticed the Wii U Network Card Kinda Sucks?

[Jamisonia]

Admittedly my router is further away from my devices than I would prefer, but I have to deal with a roommate who insist his PS3s are wired into the internet in their bedroom for CoD.

My Wii and PS3 in the living room have never had issues with drop outs, however; my Wii U is dropping the signal all the time. I had to literally move the router on top of the Wii U to get it to download the firmware update. A friend of mine said he was having similar issues with the Wii U.

Anyone had problems with the Wii U dropping signals or having a hard time maintaining them at similar distances to other devices that have no issues?

Bonus question: Is using the USB Lan Adapter actually a benefit over using the N wireless capability of the Wii U?

[isiolia]

Bonus question: Is using the USB Lan Adapter actually a benefit over using the N wireless capability of the Wii U?

In theory, 802.11n has greater maximum throughput than USB 2.0, but it is wireless. The LAN adapter should be far more consistent.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I was having problems yesterday until later in the evening, when it seemed to work just fine. I'm thinking it was only minorly due to the wireless components they use.

[Octopod]

I've only had one instance so far where I got dropped from a multiplayer Sonic race due to a lost connection. Annoying.

[k.vlaros]

More likely, Nintendo's servers are being hammered and your initial network traffic was impacted as a result.

I'm personally skeptical that a USB adapter would lower latency than a 802.11n connection. With that said, try going in to your Wifi router and choosing another channel for the radio.

[Octopod]

I've been dropped a few times now while playing Sonic mid online race. It is pretty annoying.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Yeah, I have a USB network adapter in the mail. Hopefully that will solve my WiiU network woes. It's already getting annoying dragging the console off of the shelf when I want to play online.

[Jamisonia]

More likely, Nintendo's servers are being hammered and your initial network traffic was impacted as a result.

I'm personally skeptical that a USB adapter would lower latency than a 802.11n connection. With that said, try going in to your Wifi router and choosing another channel for the radio.

I think this may be accurate. I noticed it was doing a lot better yesterday. I went ahead and bought a new router anyway, since I've been wanting to upgrade to a simultaneous dual band router. That made it work awesome. Strong signal, fast internet. Unfortunately though the Wii U has a 802.11n network card, it does not operate in the 5Ghz band. The Wii U cannot even see the 5 Ghz network. I really wish they had included 5Ghz support, since far less devices operate in this spectrum, making wireless extremely reliable. I also wish the 3DS could do 802.11n.

For the record I purchased the Netgear N900, which came highly rated by critics like PC Mag. It is a very full featured router, and I've only begun to scratch the service with its features.

Does anybody know if these nicer routers still slow all devices to G speeds, when a G device connects to the same network? That was the primary issue with my older router. It was N, but its like you couldn't use N.

[Jamisonia]

Actually reading a little bit about the Wii U's wireless capability, apparently the card does support the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz band, however; the 5 Ghz band is used exclusively for the wireless connection between the console and controller. The 2.4 Ghz band is intended exclusively for Wi-Fi connection.