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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.
That did it!!! Just making them couple changes to the 2.4 channel fixed the speed differance between the two. Thanks everyone!
Not that I need it now since I have great coverage on 2.4 and my speeds back my external router which is an older frontier (actiontech mi424) still dont work well plugged into the ht2000. Just curious, might want to expand coverage someday and buy a decent router but wouldnt want to do that if the ht2000 dont like things plugged into it.
