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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

Laptop and now reduced speed while using the 2.4Ghz WiFi band... (nothing major)

Something interesting I noticed.  With my Dell laptop, which can only utilize the 2.4Ghz band, the speeds were the same as my desktop.  Since the software upgrade to the modem, the speeds on my lapto...
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  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    8 years ago

    russyoung2676

    If it's intended to work this way, I'm not sure it's an issue to fix.

    If you're looking for the maximum speed possible, open the wifi settings and go to Advanced->WIRELESS.
    1. See if you can use 5GHz, set the Wireless Mode to 11a/n/ac and set the Bandwidth to 20/40/80MHz.2. If you have to use 2.4GHz, set the Wireless Mode to 11n-only and the Bandwidth to 20/40MHz. I don't recommend the 11b/g/n setting because I know the "b" part confuses some boxes like the XBox 360.

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
8 years ago

maratsade

 

From what I've read I believe so, but it all depends on the extender.  Plus, I imagine that while utilizing an extender with the 5Ghz band it would still be short in range, like the source 5Ghz signal.  

 

Edit:  BirdDog posted while I was typing.  I defer to him.