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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago
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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...
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  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    9 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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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago

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:

maratsade

Whoops... Sorry about that. Wonder what happened.

 

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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago
maratsade wrote:

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. 

Was it with the 5Ghz WiFi you made adjustments, or the 2.4Ghz WiFi?  Either way, I hope it soon gets back to normal for you.    

 

Strange that it would now be doing that, especially since nothing was changed on the computer itself.