Morning all,
I am looking to run a diagnostic tool to determine if my wireless setup is as best as it can be. What tool would allow me to do this?
Thanks,
Steve
@SteveP wrote: Morning all,I am looking to run a diagnostic tool to determine if my wireless setup is as best as it can be. What tool would allow me to do this?Thanks,Steve
I suspect you will get a number of different answers, but here is mine: inSSIDer
Link: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
Here is what it will display:
Note that I covered up the actual name of my network and substituted my forum name. Also, I am currently not on my FiOS connection but on an AT&T DSL connection at our lake house, so you don't see any Actiontec routers, for example. .
Several items I like to check:
1) (Most important!) How many networks are using the same channel. In my case only my network is on Channel 1, but you can see there are several on channel 6, which can lead to conflict and a slowdown. Keep in mind that many of the channels overlap , the best channels to use are 1, 6, and 11, whichever one is the least used in your area.
2) Verify that you are using good encryption (and see who isn't ).
3) The signal strength.
There are some additional graphs available, signal strength over time, etc. Overall this tool at least gives you some good info. And it is free!
Hope this helps.
__________________________________JustinVerizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phoneQIP6416-P1, IMG 1.8, Build 02.54Keller, TX 76248
I am not sure of any automated tools to enhance wifi performance except the verizon speed optimizer.
So use that, and also many wifi performance issues can be fixed by changing the wireless signal. you can do that in the router. open a browser, and go to http://192.168.1.1
user name is admin. and the password is most likely the serial number found on the service tag of your VZ router unless you changed it. Once you login succesfully, go to the top and hit wireless, then on the left basic security. then go to option 3 which is channel 1, 6 and 11 and are the only channels you should try.
So it will likely be set to auto, change it to 11 and put the check for keep settings even after reboot (Directly under the channel) and then hit apply. after you hit apply, test your connection out, if you notice a difference, leave it like that until the problem happens again, and if it happens again, go back into the router, and try channel 6, test it out. and then finally 1 if the first two don't work.
Also take a look at page 2 of Actiontec's Wireless PDF File. It gives you some idea's with regards to position and orientation of where the router sits and how it can best be positioned for maximum coverage.
