5 Router Settings You Should Change Now!

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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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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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 !!!!! :) :) :)

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.

About WPS, there are some printers and other devices without a keyboard that uses WPS (most can be configured by connecting via USB to a computer, but it's usually a pain), but since WPS is used ONLY on the FIRST connection, you can activate the WPS, connect your device, then disable WPS. This way, WPS is only active WHEN you need, not IF you need. It is a little less convenient, but much safer.

11:58 Yes, I use WPS. It often makes it much easier to restore lost or interrupted connections. It's only insecure if one lets it be. Setting 7: Not really a setting but something to do, and that is to make sure that when setting the new admin credentials, THAT YOU DON'T FORGET THEM LATER. Been there, and DAMN DOES IT SUCK.

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

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@ThioJoe Thanks for this video as I have been having issues with my Oppo mobile phone 5GHz Wi-Fi speeds being very slow (getting ~60Mbps). After looking at the frequency band chart you provided in this video, I noticed I was using Channel 116 (Doppler radar band). I did a quick check on the Wi-Fi analyzer and found Channel 100 was not being used. Once I set it to Channel 100@80MHz, I did another speed check and the download jumped from 65Mbps to 420Mbps. So thank you again, as I was about to send my phone off to the manufacturer for investigation.

Splitting the bands to allow you to manually choose which band, 2.4GHz or 5GHz, to connect to is another good setting to change.

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If you have a lot of smart home devices connected to your house, along with computers used for business, banking, etc, it might be a smart move to add an old router to your main router to just use to connect your smart home devices, there are a million diff smart home devices you can buy & connect, made by a million diff companies. Most smart home devices only need is able to connect to the internet, so make sure the older router you're using only had internet access to your homes network, no reason a smart home device, or anything connected to the old router should be able to reach the PC you do your banking on. If someone is able to hack your smart device, it would have your wifi password stored on it, might as well make sure it isn't handing your banking data over to a stranger. Yes make sure your old & new routers do not have the same wifi password.