to improve home wireless network speed16WAYS

1Find the Perfect Spot for Your

RouterFor best Wi-Fi coverage, the wireless router needs to be placed in the center of the house.

2Find the Right Wireless Channel

Either change your router’s channel or place your router at a safe distance from your neighbor’s in order to avoid channel conflict.

3Get 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.

4Thwart 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.

5Control Bandwidth-Hogging Applications

Using QOS (or Quality of Service) one can prioritize tasks, enabling seamless

bandwidth sharing for everyone, improving home

wireless network speed.

6Increase 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.

7Boost Your Router’s 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.

8Turn 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.

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9Set 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.

10Update Your Firmware

Updating a router’s firmware on a regular basis will ensure optimal functionality and avoid intermittent

wireless connection problems.

11Don’t Rely on Obsolete Hardware

If you bought a router three years ago, chances

are that it will be obsolete soon and all the tweaking

won’t 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.

12Replace Your Router’s Antenna

Use directional antennas, also called ‘high-gain’ antennas. These allow directional broadcast of signals.

13Set 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.

14Add Access Points

The access points are similar to a router. They are used to convert a

wired network into a wireless network.

15Advanced 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. > 50 and < 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 ProtocolRTS 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 ThresholdPackets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. However, setting smaller packets than default will improve reliability in busy environments.

16Unplug 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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