Ok cool guys.
Well I moved the wifi adapter away from the heat. I set the settings in device manager to not power off for power saving, it was actually on which was odd because I remember previously turning it off.
I went in the router and set static IP address for all wireless devices and pcs. If I set static for everything could/should I disable DHCP all together?
The channel width is at a set 20mhz. Does bumping it to dynamic 20/40 increase performance? just curious.
I think we are on the right path
And you guys are also right the DHCP was set to renew every 1440 minutes.
You probably don't want to disable DHCP completely, because as you bring new devices (say a new smartphone or tablet), you'll also need to manually allocate an ip address). The solution that I use is to use a router feature to assign a fixed IP address to some specific devices, then set a fixed IP address only for that 'problem' device (such as the miner that needs to run 24/7). Increasing the bandwidth is probably unnecessary for your bitcoin operation which is a low data rate affair (but if you need higher data rates for other services that could help). You also need to be aware of the wifi use by your neighbors (there is a free application called 'inSSIDer' which conveniently shows you which wifi channels are occupied and their levels). Sometimes you might need to shift your channel to avoid interference. This is something that you may want to monitor and update periodically. If your devices support this, move to a 5GHz wifi, or dual-band, as 2.4GHz is fairly congested.
Cheers