WiFi set up w/o Ethernet socket
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Le_Kirk
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Ever since I have been setting up internet on new PC's or laptops or introducing new routers to systems, I have read the instructions (I know) and it states to connect first with an Ethernet cable to the Network Adaptor (non- wireless), set up and then initialise Wi-Fi. This is also required when carrying out Broadband speed tests to remove the Wi-Fi from the equation.
Yesterday, I was trying to carry out broadband speed tests on my daughter's Acer Swift 3 and it does not have an Ethernet port!! It's so thin it barely has room for the USB port! Obviously I could not then prove the fault was with the broadband provider as I could not discount the possibility that the Wi-Fi was the issue. Before going through the laborious process of switching between all 13 channels, I wanted a benchmark against which to compare each channel.
What do folks do in these circumstances?
Yesterday, I was trying to carry out broadband speed tests on my daughter's Acer Swift 3 and it does not have an Ethernet port!! It's so thin it barely has room for the USB port! Obviously I could not then prove the fault was with the broadband provider as I could not discount the possibility that the Wi-Fi was the issue. Before going through the laborious process of switching between all 13 channels, I wanted a benchmark against which to compare each channel.
What do folks do in these circumstances?
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I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
If you'd like to save a few pounds I can recommend a slightly cheaper one from Anker. I have this as well as other Anker products and am very happy with them.
This is the one I was referring to.. (But any one that works will, err, work!).
My writeup at the time may not still apply, of course.
check the connection speed on the router and do the speedtest wirelessly, assuming wireless interference and messing around with channels is starting at the wrong end of the horse