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garybarlowsbeard

Ok, will get stats from wife's phone tonight. I'm gonna try another wi-fi channel FWIW (seeing as I now know how to do it!)

GunJack

garybarlowsbeard wrote: »

Ok, will get stats from wife's phone tonight. I'm gonna try another wi-fi channel FWIW (seeing as I now know how to do it!)

don't just change channels willy-nilly, its a pointless exercise.... just use the least-interfered one

debitcardmayhem

Are you using wireless N on your router/laptop?

GunJack

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Are you using wireless N on your router/laptop?

he's got a n-capable card, but don't know if his router is n-capable....

garybarlowsbeard

I'm not cvhanging willy nilly, I'm seeing if any are better. Back to 11 anyway, which seems best and think was oriignal.

No idea what N means.

grumpycrab

garybarlowsbeard wrote: »

No idea what N means.

If the router is an ancient Plusnet Thomson - you only have b/g; if its a Technicolor you will have b/g/n. What router do you have?

garybarlowsbeard

Technicolour. How do I check if I'm on N or will I auto be on N?

kwikbreaks

He confirmed earlier than its the technicolour which is single band n capable.

The actual channel used won't alter the signal strength to any degree - the point in picking a clear channel is to avoid sharing the potential bandwidth with other APs.

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Default should be b/g/n. Inssider should confirm or you can check the router settings through the interface.

debitcardmayhem

Yes but difference is

Wireless G vs Wireless N Comparison

Max Throughput: 54 Mbps vs 600-900 Mbps (Wireless-AC 1200-3200)
Wireless Range (Radius): 75 ft vs up to 200-500 ft
Wireless Channel Width: 20 MHz vs 40 MHz (20/40/80 MHz for Wireless-AC)

garybarlowsbeard

So next step is check on Android? But (to someone who knows nothing) I dont understand why there is a relcutance to view this as a hardware issue with the laptop itself?