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My wifi is kinda bad, and I have to restart my router all the time. For example, my ping to 8.8.8.8 becomes higher than 300 ms sometimes. Also, it never gets higher than 70 Mbps. Help, how can I make wifi faster, even my school wifi is better.



EDIT: I am not connected using Ethernet, because my router is in an awkward position.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, FoxYolk said:

My wifi is kinda bad, and I have to restart my router all the time. For example, my ping to 8.8.8.8 becomes higher than 300 ms sometimes. Also, it never gets higher than 70 Mbps. Help, how can I make wifi faster, even my school wifi is better.



EDIT: I am not connected using Ethernet, because my router is in an awkward position.

 

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What's wrong with that wifi?  7ms is great, 175Mbps is good. 

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What speeds do you get if you do try wired?

im assuming youre on cable internet? you could get an afermarket modem/router thats better

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Just now, Dedayog said:

What's wrong with that wifi?  7ms is great, 175Mbps is good. 

No thats my school wifi rn XD

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1 minute ago, Helpful Tech Witch said:

What speeds do you get if you do try wired?

im assuming youre on cable internet? you could get an afermarket modem/router thats better

I don't know, I should try

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1 minute ago, FoxYolk said:

No thats my school wifi rn XD

You can get faster wifi by paying for it.  What is your ISP plan?  How much are your parents paying for?

 

You can get a power cycler, which I would get.  So it turns your router off and on every night (like at 3am).  used one with Comcast years ago.

 

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1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

You can get faster wifi by paying for it.  What is your ISP plan?  How much are your parents paying for?

 

You can get a power cycler, which I would get.  So it turns your router off and on every night (like at 3am).  used one with Comcast years ago.

 

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If I automatically turn it off at night it helps? Also its at&t

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Just now, FoxYolk said:

If I automatically turn it off at night it helps? Also its at&t

It helps in making sure that the channel keeps refreshed and out of traffic. Routers are programmed to do this automatically within certain time periods, but you can just force it to happen by turning it on and off.

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3 minutes ago, SorryBella said:

It helps in making sure that the channel keeps refreshed and out of traffic. Routers are programmed to do this automatically within certain time periods, but you can just force it to happen by turning it on and off.

oh okay

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11 minutes ago, FoxYolk said:

Also its at&t

U-Verse, 5G, or DSL? What plan?

 

What model router do you have? How far away from it are you? If you connect to it via WiFi just as a test, does your connection improve? WiFi can be a crapshoot.

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23 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

U-Verse, 5G, or DSL? What plan?

 

What model router do you have? How far away from it are you? If you connect to it via WiFi just as a test, does your connection improve? WiFi can be a crapshoot.

About 20 feet? I'm not sure. It might actually be my dad, because he uses a lot of network for work XD

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18 minutes ago, FoxYolk said:

About 20 feet? I'm not sure. It might actually be my dad, because he uses a lot of network for work XD

Okay, that answers one of my questions.

 

Wat kind of service do you have?

What model is your router?

What speed plan do you subscribe to?

 

We can't give you a solid answer without all of this information.

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1 hour ago, FoxYolk said:

If I automatically turn it off at night it helps? Also its at&t

You said you have to reset it sometimes.  I propose resetting it nightly, so it's always fresh 🙂

 

 

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Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

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Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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