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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...
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.
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.
I'll give those settings a try, too, to see if it makes any difference with my Dell laptop.
I went to try my Netgear router to see if that would make any difference, but for the couple of hours I had it connected the overall speed dropped to the 30s, so that blew that experiment. :p
I'll give the HT2000W settings a try later. I can't utilize the 5Ghz band, but perhaps those adjustments will kick the speed back up to where it used to be when utilizing the laptop, or even my notebook, for that matter.
I'm curious to see how/if this worked for you. I tried it and it completely wrecked my Internet access.
GabeU wrote:I'll give those settings a try, too, to see if it makes any difference with my Dell laptop.
I went to try my Netgear router to see if that would make any difference, but for the couple of hours I had it connected the overall speed dropped to the 30s, so that blew that experiment. :p
I'll give the HT2000W settings a try later. I can't utilize the 5Ghz band, but perhaps those adjustments will kick the speed back up to where it used to be when utilizing the laptop, or even my notebook, for that matter.
Changing the settings killed the network and I couldn't access the internet at all. Changing the settings back made my access spotty -- it cuts off every few seconds and has to be reconnected manually. Not sure how to fix it since the settings are back to what they were. Weird.
MarkJFine wrote:Whoops... Sorry about that. Wonder what happened.
