Wi-Fi is the major culprit behind slow home Internet — Ispa

[grok]

I ran cable as much as possible too, have cable at each TV and access points are all wired... none of this wifi repeater nonsense

I fully agree, when I had my TV on wifi I was watching Game of Thrones an average of 2ms slower than everybody else in South Africa..

I still prefer wireless tho since before I had fibre Thor used to send those pesky spikes of lightning so frequently I used to buy cheap R399 D-link routers as fuses to pop instead of my expensive router behind it.

 

[Vorastra]

How do you okes run cables? From the ceiling or from the floor?

 

[soulie]

i had months of frustration from my router to my Asus wifi poe .it was fine with on person but 2 or 3 and it just collapsed .i changed my lan cable from the router to Asus with a damn expensive one and voila problem solved.

 

[soulie]

How do you okes run cables? From the ceiling or from the floor?

out through the ceiling and back down in a corner .plak wire with securistik glue ,paint over it and its sort of gone .where you go through the ceiling you use a plastic blank plug .drill a hole in it and slit it so wire goes into hole push through ceiling paint it and sort of gone

 

[Apogee]

While you are at it, use BC cable instead of CCA ones and do the job properly from the start.

The CCA cables are somewhat of a gamble.

https://www.truecable.com/blogs/cable-academy/copper-clad-aluminum-vs-copper-fluke-test

"Basically, CCA cable is good for stringing up your laundry if you aren’t into dryers."

 

[konfab]

We were having absolutely revoltingly slow WiFi on our phones. I lost it on Chrismas day as my WiFi couldn't handle the odious task of streaming Christmas music to my phone when I was cooking the Christmas meal that morning.

Hate-ordered a TP-link deco M4 mesh WiFi system on the day.

Best thing I have bought in a while. I pretty much get my line speed in every room of my house now.

Now as a bonus I also don't need to wrangle with a USB-C ethernet adaptor on my laptop with USB ports looser than a female conservative influencer.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

i had months of frustration from my router to my Asus wifi poe .it was fine with on person but 2 or 3 and it just collapsed .i changed my lan cable from the router to Asus with a damn expensive one and voila problem solved.

Some USB 3 cables seem to be useless and others work fine. Yet to figure out why, and how yo tell which ones to buy.

Cut one that looked and felt good, but was performing poorly. A nice thick plastic covering, with a very thin single wire inside.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

We were having absolutely revoltingly slow WiFi on our phones. I lost it on Chrismas day as my WiFi couldn't handle the odious task of streaming Christmas music to my phone when I was cooking the Christmas meal that morning.

Hate-ordered a TP-link deco M4 mesh WiFi system on the day.

Best thing I have bought in a while. I pretty much get my line speed in every room of my house now.

Now as a bonus I also don't need to wrangle with a USB-C ethernet adaptor on my laptop with USB ports looser than a female conservative influencer.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

While you are at it, use BC cable instead of CCA ones and do the job properly from the start.

The CCA cables are somewhat of a gamble.

https://www.truecable.com/blogs/cable-academy/copper-clad-aluminum-vs-copper-fluke-test

"Basically, CCA cable is good for stringing up your laundry if you aren’t into dryers."

Thinking of getting some of these, TP Link AV1000 ethernet over power adapters ...

But at least with my 5G RAIN router Wi-Fi is very good so far. Holding thumbs, that it lasts.

 

[Apogee]

Wonder when Openserve will start with this?

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/indu...to-launch-range-of-fttr-products-in-2023.html

 

[The Voice]

A major issue is that most people don’t know how to configure their routers. Default 2.4Ghz channels out of the box are 6 and 11 but, guess what, it’s the same for all your neighbours’ routers. You could switch to 5Ghz, but those are probably all overlapping and congested, too.

Copper is king, and Wi-Fi should only be used if absolutely necessary (only used for phones and tablets at home).

 

[Magnum]

Need I say more???

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I have an old laptop, a Lenovo G50-80, it is 8 years old (?) - it still works well, tho a little on the slow side.

So RAIN gives me a ZTE WI-FI router which supports WI-FI 6. The laptop would not connect to the router via Wi-Fi. So 10 days of scouring the internet for a solution, or at least an explanation. I eventually found a deprecated driver on Intels site. ( has an Intel Wi-Fi card )

Lo and Behold - the laptop now connects perfectly to the router, downloads fast enough that the hard drive cannot keep up. Suspect that the WI-FI card in the laptop is running flat out and giving 3x the speed attainable before.

Seriously considering getting a new laptop, have my eye on an MSI Modern 14, i5 device, a bit smaller, 1080P monitor SSD, a 1/3 of the weight of my old battle horse. Only thing a little off-putting is the low number of ports on the device.

 

[rh1]

My desktop PC is connected via ethernet cable directly to the router, still get downtime/slow internet, thanks MTS.

 

[rh1]

I threw away all my network cables, crimping tools and cat5 cables thinking I would never need it. Now my wifi is acting up and I have to go buy a 20 meter cable or get another solution. Ugh.

I been planning to run cat 6 cables to my daughter room and to the kitchen, thereby getting wifi access all over the house. Just dont like going up into the ceiling.

 

[bwana]

I been planning to run cat 6 cables to my daughter room and to the kitchen, thereby getting wifi access all over the house. Just dont like going up into the ceiling.

I want to run some cables too, but not now. Worst time of the year to do it.

 

[skimread]

I been planning to run cat 6 cables to my daughter room and to the kitchen, thereby getting wifi access all over the house. Just dont like going up into the ceiling.

Got fed up and managed to get hold of cat5 cable from someone as interim solution and put the wireless router in my room rather than where they installed it. It does make a difference where previously large downloads bombed out.

I think I will try a power line kit in future to see how that works.

 

[Moosedrool]

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The year to get off your lazy ass and run some cat 6 cables.

 

[soulie]

bad cheap cables and nasty connections are probably the worst for any setup .i for one will never buy an outlet made up cable again .the 5m cable i ended up using cost R1300 but was worth every cent .

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

bad cheap cables and nasty connections are probably the worst for any setup .i for one will never buy an outlet made up cable again .the 5m cable i ended up using cost R1300 but was worth every cent .

I usually make my own cables