Currently blessed with reasonable internet speeds running between 80-110
MBps download (even across wifi), I have a mix of wired and wireless via
a dual band 4 port router (and a couple hubs). I've found that it helps
to put the 'critical' devices (iOS, Android, laptops) on the 5 GHz band
and the rest on the 2.4 GHz band (including a repeater so I don't have
to run 100' of wiring around the house). The wider channels on 5 GHz
are faster and with fewer devices there, they flow nicely. The other
(more than 20 but not all active at once) devices can slug it out on 2.4
but none seem to complain, even video streaming plays well.
Merry Christmas,
Rick wa6nhc
On 12/9/2016 2:16 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
With so many areas getting faster internet service, it's common to find old
wireless routers that don't keep up. That's not a problem if one understands
what is happening.
Here, my workstation is direct wired to the router, but we run wireless to
connect to portable devices in the house. I just peeked at the download
rates and see that I have 66 mb/s at the direct-wired machine but 25 mb/s on
my iPhone even though nothing else is using part of the bandwidth.
73, Ron AC7AC
-----Original Message-----
If you want to test your house performance, take a laptop and plug right
into the modem with a cable (no wifi). Get an idea of the performance.
If the rest of your house network doesn't perform as well, then you have a
problem.
Mike va3mw
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