Wireless network slow
On 2/9/2016 at 1:29 PM, Razor512 said:For reflectors , they can be done client side or router side (recommended). If you are not the only one using the WiFi in the house, then I do not recommend doing that to the router.
Other than that, getting a higher PHY rate on the 2.4GHz band will also help you greatly.
For your current WiFi antenna for your PC, are they dipole antennas, or are they flat PCB trace antennas?
If they are flat, are both horizontally polarized or vertically polarized?
(If you have one of those 2 in one panel antennas where 1 antenna is horizontally polarized and another is vertically polarized, then it may be worth also re-positioning the antennas for the router so that 1is horizontal.
If you have a second router that is at least N900 and supports a wireless bridge mode, you could also use that to make a wireless bridge.
Unlike many WiFi client devices where their transmit power will be in the 100mw range, a wireless bridge between 2 routers can essentially have both sides of the bridge transmitting at close to 1000mw
An example of how well this works, is about 2 blocks down, is a diner style place that has "free" wifi, I have a line of sight and thus my client devices can see their AP but none of them can connect to them, but if I set my netgear R7000 as a wireless bridge to it, it can connect with no problem (though it is not useful without getting a temporary captive portal password from them ).
When there is ample transmit power for both the client and and AP, for get a much stronger connection. Routers also have better transceivers (better receiver sensitivity).
I ended up wiring my PC. Got a 150ft cat6 patch cable and just ran it down the stairs and under the door ways. Much better now, I get the 100 down no problem.
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