Make Your WiFi Faster!

[chepulis]

I'm the kind of guy to be spending his new years eve watching detailed WIFI tutorials. Thanks!

[mrmonkey]

Again I have to give Quinn and his team props for doing their research and presenting it in an easy to consume way for non-networking folks.
As a network engineer, it's refreshing to see a tech YouTuber focused on a multitude of tech going into just a little more detail when it comes to networking.
Also thank you greatly for preceding on how to properly run speed test and cover how bandwidth is shared from the uplink from the provider to the wireless. Back when I started in the NOC, 90%+ of the support calls were related to it.
As always, great video and if you decide to do more in-depth network videos, I'd be glad to provide some insight from the ISP perspective

[TerryGilsenan]

21:50, Channel 5 will be overlapped by BOTH channel 6 and channel 1. On 2.4Ghz, the only non-overlapping channels are 1, 6 and 11. you had 7 networks using channel 1, and they could potentially ALL interfere with channel 5.

[patelpatel]

It is always amazing to see you covering the basics in all your videos. I am power user and Network Security Architect, it is so inspiring for me to see the way you put any complex topic together and make it much easier to understand.

Man trust me, it is tough to explain things easily when you know the actual level of complexity/science behind the circus.

[DRFeeny]

This was such an incredibly well done video. Quinn you continue to excel at communicating complex topics in a simple, easy to understand way.

[TechWithBrett]

Very detailed info and I loved the graphics, great work!

[willschwamy]

I actually install high speed data for a local cable company and this video covers alot of what we are taught and what we're supposed to educate customers on if they have any issues. I will definitely see if any of my customers want to learn more I can send them this video!

[merrymello]

Another cool idea that I use for my Eero wired backhaul: Moca Adapters.

I don't have cable TV, so my coaxial jacks are being used for gigabit ethernet throughout my house 😎

Highly recommended!

[smakusdod]

Great video to send anybody who isnt that techie, but wants to know more. Thank you Snazzy you are the only guy that explains things this thoroughly, yet simply.

[UMG-Melons]

I love your videos so keep making them. My local ISP got a government grant of $619, 500 to go along with their $1, 150, 500 investment to upgrade 1, 650 houses in my area with gigabit FTTP and It's absolutely incredible having 1000 mbps down and 1000 mbps up after having DSL with speeds like 9.95 mbps down and .80 mbps up which I don't miss at all lol.

[giornikitop]

nice. one thing about wifi 2.4ghz, everyone should be using channels 1, 6, 11 and the rare available 14, because the rest of the channels are overlapping, so choosing one of the 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 etc will introduce more interference than before (because channels 2, 3, 4, 5 are overlapping with ch. 1, 6 and with eachother).

[mikeward]

A good middle-ground is to combine Ethernet backhaul mesh networks with powerline adapters to give them a faster wired backhaul without running cat6 everywhere. Sadly results will vary depending on the quality of the power wiring of your home.

[j]

You definitely do not want to be using channels other than 1, 6, or 11, even if one of those appears to be non-congested by itself. Co-channel interference is a much better choice than dealing with adjacent-channel interference. Selecting 40mhz bands make this even worse on 2.4ghz.

I would post a correction on this because the omission of this information could lead to a lot of people picking say channel 3 for instance because it appears non-congested and wondering why their wifi connection is terrible.

[mcltechy]

Never ever pick channels other than 1, 6, or 11 on the 2.4ghz band. This is a huge problem that not only hurts you but everyone around you. If you pick channel 5 then not only are you still incurring interference from people on channel 1 but also people on channel 6.

[husbeard]

I set up a TP-Link Deco mesh network at my in-laws 2 years ago, and it's been rock solid. It's even dual natting, and I have no issues getting access to internal items remotely.

[AlainKapture]

Hey great video but you did some shortcuts.
First, even if we have 13 channels available in 2, 4 GHz spectrum, only 3 are “overlapping-free”. So channel 1, 6 and 11 are the only 3 you can use without interfering with each other. So by using channel 5 you have to consider the interference of channel 6 and even some from channel 1. In the 5GHz spectrum every channel are overlapping free.
Like you said, setting the transmit power to the maximum possible is mostly a bad Idea. First you need to know that the communication have to be done in both direction, so if you set your Wifi Access Point to 23dBM but your device can only send up to 13dBm, you will may be see all Wifi bars on your smartphone because it receive the power but like I said, he need to reach back the AP. And it have 10dB less power (almost 10 times less). If you ever had experience at some point having a good connection on your laptop but not on your smartphone it is probably due to that. The laptop usually have more power. The other problem is with higher transmit power you have a fake because not useful bigger wifi cell around your AP, letting think your device everything is fine and not try to find another antenna. That behavior is called Sticky client and it’s one of the biggest problem when using multiple APs.
Another thing you didn’t mention, mega wifi is really more advanced then the standard repeater. With a repeater, you will only have accès to a split of the bandwith to retransmit it. So if on your ISP router you have 9 clients and your repeater, the repeater will only have 1/10 of the total bandwith to share with the clients connected to it. Mesh Wifi on the other side use a specific connection instead of just retransmit the Wifi it received and so allow a higher bandwidth because it this connection is not shared with other devices. The most advanced Mesh solution even allow to use all APs in the neighborhood to get the maximum throughput possible.

[RasmusSommerNielsen]

One the 2.4ghz you really should stick to channels 1, 6, 11, you can look up overlapping channels and co-channeling to see why.

[christophermiller]

I watched this video in 240p to get in the mindset of someone who really needs this video.

[ChristopherBletzinger]

Big classic CNET vibes from this one! Really well done I hope this helps the people who need it

[goyadressunofficial]

The performance of wireless adapters in your network can't be underestimated as a factor in your satisfaction with Wi-Fi. Even something as simple as drivers can make a huge difference.