16 Way To Improve Home Wireless Network Speed

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to improve home wireless network speed
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1 Find the Perfect Spot for Your Router
For best Wi-Fi coverage, the wireless router
needs to be placed in the center of the house.
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2 Find the Right Wireless Channel
Either change your routers channel or place your
router at a safe distance from your neighbors in
order to avoid channel conflict.
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3 Get Rid of Interference from Other Appliances
Appliances, such as cordless phones, microwave
ovens and even mobile phones, can cause
interference in the signal of your router. Better
keep these devices away.
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4 Thwart Wi-Fi Thieves with Better Security
Use better security measures, such as open source
firmware. A good well-known open source firmware
is DD-WRT.
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5 Control Bandwidth-Hogging Applications
Using QOS (or Quality of Service) one can
prioritize tasks, enabling seamless bandwidth
sharing for everyone, improving home wireless
network speed.
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6 Increase Your Wi-Fi Range with DIY Tricks
Use the old beer can trick Just cut both sides
of the can and place it behind the Wi-Fi wireless
router to extend its range.
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7 Boost Your Routers Signal with a Bit of Hacking
DDWRT firmware can increase the transmission
boost. You can increase the range by up to 70mW.
Any further increase to be done at your own risk.
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8 Turn an Old Router Into a Wi-Fi Repeater
Install DDWRT custom firmware on an old router.
Visit the admin section on http//192.168.1.1 and
select Repeater from the list. Change the
Wireless Network Name (SSID) to the exact same
SSID as your primary router. After the page
reloads, enter a different SSID, such as Router
Repeater, and click save. Now visit the Wireless
Security page. You will see two interfaces the
hardware interface and the virtual one you just
created. In the physical section, fill out the
exact same settings as your primary router. Use
the same security method, the same password all
of it! Do the exact same thing for the virtual
interface. Enable the Setup tab up top and basic
setup sub-tab if not selected by default. Scroll
down to the Network Setup section. Change your
local IP address to something other than the
local IP address of your primary router. Visit
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9 Set Your Router to Reboot on a Schedule
 The DDWRT firmware can be used to set a timer on
the router for an automatically scheduled reboot.
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10 Update Your Firmware
Updating a routers firmware on a regular basis
will ensure optimal functionality and avoid
intermittent wireless connection problems. 
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11 Dont Rely on Obsolete Hardware
If you bought a router three years ago, chances
are that it will be obsolete soon and all the
tweaking wont push it far. For example, 802.11n
provides a speed of 300Mbps while 802.11ac, which
is a newer version, provides a speed of up to
1GBPS.
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12 Replace Your Routers Antenna
Use directional antennas, also called high-gain
antennas. These allow directional broadcast of
signals.
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13 Set Up A Wireless Range Extender
Wireless Range Extender should be placed closer
to a wireless router so it can pick up strong
signals 80 percent is a good rule of thumb.
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14 Add Access Points
The access points are similar to a router. They
are used to convert a wired network into a
wireless network. 
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15 Advanced Tweaks

• Implement these instructions at your own risk.
• Beacon Interval (milliseconds)
• Wi-Fi Routers use beacon signals to keep the
  network synchronized to 100ms. Setting a lower
  interval (i.e. gt 50 and lt 100) can boost signal
  strength and duration but it will definitely
  impact the battery life. Similarly, increasing it
  to more than 100ms will shorten the signal
  connection duration but also save power.
• RTS Threshold Protocol
• RTS Threshold protocol helps clear the channel
  before data is sent. A lower RTS threshold will
  reduce collisions in a busy Wi-Fi environment.
  However, setting it too low will make the network
  performance suffer.
• Fragmentation Threshold
• Packets larger than the size programmed in this
  field will be fragmented. However, setting
  smaller packets than default will improve
  reliability in busy environments.

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16 Unplug and Replug
Sometimes, due to bad data packets or due to the
lack of channel frequency, the router stops
transmitting signals. Re-plugging the system, in
this case, restarts the router and removes these
hindrances for smooth data flow.
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