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Yeah, I just ordered a new router since apparently my old one is actually for a much smaller abode. Constant stops and drop out and notices that there is a poor internet signal, blah, blah, blah. The new one is enroute and supposedly gives 2,500 sq/ft coverage. We shall see.
Our old router was a little black plastic cased thing that looked like a toy but I could get a signal in my shop 250 foot away. They upgraded everyone’s router a couple of years ago with a big fancy looking thing with three antennas. Now I can’t get a signal in my shop.
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What a tech dope!
“If you can directly plug your device to your router with a cable, such as an ethernet cable for a laptop, youâll improve your signal strength. Also avoid plugging your router into the wall via an extension cable as this will weaken its functionality.”
Using a cat 5 or 6 cable from the router to your laptop will definitely increase signal strength but that’s not wifi.”
Using a cat 5 or 6 extension from the wall outlet to your router infinitesimally reduces signal strength and adds infinitesimal noise
I’ve experienced the ‘microwave problem’. While working at home I noticed that my wifi connection would drop when my wife would heat something up. The exact moment I heard the stop ‘ding’ from the microwave the connection resumed...like clockwork.
The guy at the store gave me a strange stare when I asked if they had any ‘wifi safe microwaves’ - he’d never heard of it.
I needed to add a Laserjet 4100 using ethernet so I bought a WiFi Extender. Router is on 2nd floor, Extender on 1st floor. Ethernet runs from the Extender to the printer.
Unplug, count to 10; replug.
Test with: www. speedtest.org
I’m at 674.23 download, and 17.59 upload.
This guy is completely off-base on this quote.
When you directly plug in your device, via cable, you reduce its use of Wi-Fi to âZERO.â Turn off that device's Wi-Fi and stop having it clutter any airwave.
Also, take just a 20 Mhz swath of the low 2.4 Ghz bands and max out your 5 Ghz use. There is way too much neighborhood congestion with 2.4 Ghz and that interferes greatly with in-house use. The 5 Ghz frequencies barely make it out of the house walls, so it is much less likely to be compromised by a close neighbor's use.
How come people can do so much with smart phones far, far away from any routers?
If you have connection problems don’t forget to change the router’s channel. Manufacture’s site should have instructions for that. When you install one they’re all set to the same default channel. Only good if yours is the only router around. They will recommend a few other channels. I don’t use any of those but one they didn’t list. Haven’t had problems in over a decade.
A Faraday cage is actually something that totally blocks the signals. That sort of thing doesn’t give you a boost.
Hah. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I was with AT&T. Tech support was some high school kid in Manila running down a checksheet. Nothing - nada, zero, zilch - ever got done. Before I gave them the heave-ho I was getting 20Kbps on an average day. Yes, that's a K, not an M or a G. I have the screen shots to prove it.
Never had a problem with the signal. I did have to replace the old router because the cat kept going down to the basement and chewing up the three antennas, got one that is enclosed in plastic with no external antennas.
The best one out there is Amplifi Alien.
You need more range, just buy another one.
Just don’t get the kit (which includes two) as you never add another.
Takes 5 min to get up and running.
Around the sheep household, to up our exposure the highest damaging EMF frequencies and exposure levels possible, we leave the door open on the microwave when making instant oatmeal. It’s what’s for breakfast =o)
“SETTLE FOR SD”
Done reading there.
I’ve been struggling to get my Linksys Velop network working reliably, so eyeballed this to see what I might have missed. Where a home network should be approaching/exceeding 50Mbps, “hey, just settle for SD data rates” doesn’t exist in a palatable paradigm.