5 Simple Router Settings For FASTER WiFi In 2023! 

You do, I believe that when he referred to them as having the same name, he meant they were combined.

Ideally, the 2 mesh nodes should be at opposite ends of the house but still able to communicate effectively. If you have ethernet cable run already or if you can run some, put them further away from each other and connect them with a cable, this gives them a guaranteed high speed connection and good coverage of the house, so long as they're not too far apart and the middle is in a dead zone. Also consider any high WiFi traffic rooms and consider placing one closer to that room. If you're using wireless backhaul, ie not connecting them via a cable, then put the first one where it needs to be, usually near the ISPs connection inside the house, and then run a speed test with a device plugged into it with a cable, this will give you your max attainable speed. Next, walk around and plug the second mesh node into several places around the house and run a speed test with a device plugged into the second node, this will test the wireless link between the primary and secondary nodes. Choose a spot with a strong link and then walk around with your phone doing further speed tests everywhere you want WiFi and check that you're getting acceptable speeds relative to your max attainable speed.

yeah theres no way around this issue besides wired connections

Try going into router settings and enable Radio setting which activates WiFi

@@D2D_URBEX it’s not seeing the internet to even then share it via the wifi and wifi is enabled anyways

@@justingreen86 is operation mode switched to router mode

I have a Virgin Media Router with cable to my Asus to make it work (depends on router if it needs this so you don't need to do this) then cable to laptop. Configure the router by going to setup page 192.x.x or whatever it is to set up

@@D2D_URBEX yeah that’s only way I can get it to work connect sky one to the tp link one then the tp link one outputs WiFi.

It may but it's worth a try to see because it's easy enough to change back. I always have it switched off and never have a problem gaming on PC or PS.

It also affects PS Remote Play. You should use port forwarding as an alternative, but be careful.

True if sharing network with unknown people. False if using in trusted home environment - then it's no problem and gives benefit. 2 sided thing.

Causes issues if it's off when trying to voice chat while gaming

I think he's actually referring to the separate mesh nodes and their 'separate radios'

Changing the router password does not make your wifi faster. It is however strongly advised for security, so it is great that he put it as a tip in this video because most people leave it default. The DNS setting being clickbait on other channels is sometimes true. Because some channels say that it will increase the raw speed of your connection. That is false. But by using a better DNS like CloudFlare, it can give you better latency for the DNS requests. And because of the better latency, it will feel like you are browsing faster. So the perceived speed is higher. In conclusion: changing your DNS, will make your browsing experience better if the DNS your provider offers isn't that great.

No your WiFi shouldn't be affected. It should only affect your internet browsing experience as a whole on the device you're using

It definitely won't disconnect your devices but be aware that your devices don't have to use the DNS you set in your router DHCP settings either. It's worth customising but, for example, Google devices like Chromecast will still use Google DNS.

Wifi extenders are bad in general. Consider using hard wired access points and disabling your Vodafone wifi.

James I have Vodafone home fibre in the UK also. I opted for the Pro package to get the Wifi mesh etc. I binnned the lot, bought a Mikrotik hap ac2, and used my Unifi WiFi (2x Ac Pro and 1x U6-Lite). Generally on ethernet I get top line speed available via VF FIbre, on Wifi I get ~600mbps on the U6-Lite, and slightly less on the AC Pro APs. I love my setup ;-)

bridge it.

I really think you're better off not separating them unless you have to. When they're together, your router steers your devices to the most advantageous band, once separated it can't do that anymore. The only problems I've heard of by combining the bands is done older devices having trouble connecting but they're fine once connected and there's ways of getting them connected.

@@futurecactus In my experience the band steering rarely works well because it is mostly up to the client itself to choose which band it will connect to. I've also noticed that they will remain sticky to the 2.4GHz band and refuse to go back to the 5GHz sometimes. In reality, the 5Ghz band will be the better option in 99% of the cases. So if range isn't an issue, you should always connect to the 5GHz signal. That's why seperated is better imo

@@futurecactus Thank you

if router sounds like router, I get that route sounds like route, but does "sound" sound like soond"?

In Australia it’s Rooter on you sir.

It won't increase your internet speed. But it can improve the latency for DNS requests, which in return makes your browsing experience feel smoother. But the raw speed of your connection stays the same

Basically what he said...

@@davecullen86 Not really. He wasn’t being specific. Not all “speed” is the same, as I clarified

That's how you say it in the English language. The Americans changed it to rowter because it sounds less rude.