5 Router Settings You Should Change Now!

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0:00 - Intro
2:13 - Accessing the Config Menu
3:46 - Setting #1
4:35 - Setting #2
7:04 - Setting #3
9:02 - Setting #4
11:30 - Setting #5
12:51 - Bonus Setting

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Good video. As a networking (including WiFi) expert, I can say you addressed the essentials pretty effectively, in a way I think most people can use, whether or not they really grasp the underlying issues.

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[quinton]

Some clarification on channel width: on 11ac, the CTS (clear to send) is sent for the primary channel (the selected channel, such as 36 or 149), and then, if clear, also on the adjacent 40 MHz channel. If the other adjacent 40 MHz channel is also unused, then it also sends the CTS on those two also, giving you a total of 80 MHz of use. If any of them are used, then that packet is downsized to 40 or 20 MHz as appropriate.

So really, the better thing to do is find the least-used channel, and set it to that. Leaving 80 MHz will only use the extra bandwidth when other users nearby aren't using it. 11ac was designed to play nice with its neighbors.

The old advice of avoiding overlapping channels was taken from 2.4 GHz where the used bandwidth spans multiple selectable channels. This isn't the case in 5 GHz, so there's no worry of actual interference. Co-channel interference isn't a big issue unless the spectrum is very congested.

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[ktheveg]

This came out just on time! I got my new router yesterday

[JojOatXGME]

2:41 – You can find the IP address of your router by typing "ipconfig" into a cmd window and search for a “gateway”. There should usually be only one gateway, and this gateway is almost certainly the IP address of your router.

[Observe]

Thanks for going into so much detail. The Google and Cloudflare DNS context was SUPER valuable and helped a lot.

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[hs]

Please do make more like this. Thank you Thio

[vcv]

Thanks for the tips. Just speaking for myself I also use MAC filtering to restrict the devices that may attach my personal network.

[freddy]

Thank you ThioJoe!! I changed my config from 20 to 40mhz. I did a speedtest before and after and the results were: Before - Ping / 20ms / Down speed 15Mbps || After : Ping 11ms / Down speed 98 Mbps Thank you :) :) :)

[milowadlin]

For a while there, devices without keyboards and screens always wanted you to press the WPS button to get set up. I haven't run into that in years, and I think that temporary WiFi channel many devices use during setup from an app on your phone are in lieu of using the WPS button.

[mondoduke]

Helpful! Thanks for the time stamps for us nerds :)