Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I have connected them to our wireless internet without any problems - however the connection is very, very slow. A fraction of the speed that I was getting with my old laptop and PC on XP using exactly the same wireless router.
I still have my old PC upstairs 10 years old!! So I tested with a brand new Netgear router with a big green 'Windows 7 Compatible' sticker on the box. Went through all the setup got connected to the internet and sure enough the speed on the Windows 7 machines was still incredibly slow.
Usually, Internet Explorer isn't that fast, but you could choose a different browser from the list below, in order from the best to the least. If sticking with Internet Explorer, make sure you have updated everything and that you have the newest version— IE9.
If not, change it. Go to the namebench website and choose whichever operating system you have installed, then download and install it. Chose the browser which you use most often and run it. For example, you can use a WiFi signal analyzer to determine a more suitable place for your router, or you can switch to the 5 GHz band for an instant boost in performance, especially if you live in a densely populated urban area.
If you want to boost your WiFi without purchasing a new router, you can start by tweaking your settings. You should also make sure that your router uses the least cluttered channel possible, especially when using only the 2.
Use a WiFi analyzer app to determine the best settings. Yes, WiFi extenders really work, but their effectiveness greatly depends on their placement. The most expensive way how to boost your home WiFi is to buy a new router. Fortunately, there are many far less expensive ways that you should try first, including buying a stronger antenna for your existing router if it has an external one , installing a WiFi repeater, or moving your router to a more suitable location.
You can instantly boost your WiFi signal for free by cutting all out WiFi leeches, which are basically unauthorized users of your internet connection. Yes, WiFi boosters can greatly improve signal coverage by amplifying your existing WiFi signals and rebroadcasting them as a new network, which is why we recommend them to all WiFi users who want to know how to increase WiFi signal strength without buying a new router.
Getting into some detail, not every spot will do for your WiFi router. A router won't do great near metal objects and the appliances that emit electromagnetic waves the strongest ones are from electric stoves, microwave ovens, and dishwashers.
Obstacles made from other materials than metal, can also affect the strength of WiFi signal. You also want to have your router installed on an elevated surface for a better signal broadcast. Keeping your WiFi router up-to-date helps keep hacker attacks away. Malware developers keep coming up with new viruses that can steal bandwidth and spread themselves across the network to other devices.
Getting new security firmware versions on your router consistently will keep your network secure. WiFi repeaters, boosters and extenders help you get your WiFi signal to farther rooms and levels of your home or office space.
Choose what will work best for you according to the size of your space, compatibility with your router and your budget. There are multiple wireless channels a WiFi router can broadcast on, however there are only a few non-overlapping available on 2. Usually when you get a router it broadcasts on default channel 1 or 6. Because many owners leave their routers with the factory settings, those channels get overloaded. Find the least occupied channel in your area with the help of such software as NetSpot and switch your router to it.
Get NetSpot. Menu NetSpot. Jump to Best WiFi Boosters. Best WiFi Extenders. Best WiFi Routers. Best WiFi Mesh Systems. Check out a video guide on how to boost Wi-Fi signal at home—some tips and tricks as well as how to use NetSpot to see surrounding WiFi networks and perform a WiFi site survey.
Cheaper routers may even struggle to cover a relatively small apartment with a strong WiFi signal — let alone an entire house. Obstructions: WiFi signals can be partially absorbed or even completely blocked by various obstacles and objects, including walls, duct work, furniture, home appliances, and even people. Interference: WiFi signals occupy the same radio frequency band of the electromagnetic spectrum actual radios, cell phones, microwave ovens, walkie talkies, baby monitors, and many other devices, all of which can interfere with WiFi signals.
Router capacity: Just like some computers can barely handle casual web browsing and some can render complex 3D objects, not all routers are equally powerful. Video chatting or streaming on multiple devices can bring even a strong WiFi network to a crawl. Your internet service provider: You can easily waste an entire day troubleshooting poor WiFi performance without realizing that your internet service provider is actually to blame.
The measured download and upload speeds should correspond to the speeds advertised by your ISP. Enter the IP address of the router into the web browser. Log in with admin username and password. Select an option called Firmware Update or Router Update. Because there are many different routers, you may need to do some digging and detective work to find the right option.
Wait until your router finds and installs the latest firmware. Never interrupt the update. If it takes a long time and your router appears to be unresponsive, give it a few more minutes before you disconnect the router from power and turn it on again.
A strong password should: Include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, symbols, and numbers. You can find a list of the most common passwords here. Make sure the password is at least 8 characters long. Short passwords can be easily guessed with brute force. With a new channel selected, you need to tell your WiFi router to use it: Log in to your router as admin. Go to Settings and look for Wireless Settings. You should see an option called Channel.
The chances are that it will be set to Auto. Select the desired channel. Save the new settings and wait for your router to restart. And again, refer to your router's user guide for this information. If your wireless connection overall is good, but there are areas in the building where the signal strength is weak — and you can't move the router to a better location — a wireless range expander may be the solution you need. A wireless range expander will receive the wireless signal from the router and re-broadcast it.
The advantage is, the re-broadcast signal will be as strong as the signal going out from the router. So by installing a wireless range expander in an area that has "fair" or "poor" signal strength, you can improve the strength in that area to "excellent". Finally, you can check your internet speed before and after applying any of these fixes to actually determine if they work for you.
There are several free speed tests on the internet. One of The Computer Psychic's favorite can be found at www. You can use the Windows Defrag Tool that can speed up your computer by miles, I recently ran it on my five year old Windows XP Machine and now it flys! I remember reading an article a couple years back where the author had wrapped wire around the connection between the modem and router. I never tried it, don't know if it works. Click here to cancel reply. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail.
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