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what's a good router?
ours is crazy old and when we got it, it was free....our internet has been pretty slow lately and i think it's due to our router...
so what's a good router? i seriously know NOTHING lol...is there one that's more EF? does that even exist?
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Re: what's a good router?
Linksys.
No electronic is going to be really EF, but you can recycle old ones in a manner that is so. earth911.com is a good resource to find computer recycling centers.
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We have a Dlink, I think.
If you're looking for an EF way to do it, you could check Craigslist.
Jeff says if it's running slow you might be able to tweak it a bit, too. There are several channels that they transmit over, and there are a few very common ones. If everyone and their brother has the same router, they'll all probably transmit on the same channel and bog things down.
Actually, we might have one you can have if you want. I think Jeff upgraded ours to his dream router. I can ask him when he gets home tonight if you want.
Oh, I stand corrected.
It's a Buffalo router. And somehow involves the letter "g," whatever that means.
hahaha
how do we go about trying to tweak it? otherwise if you do have the extra router, we might take it off your hands
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Jeff just got home and says that we don't have an extra one. : (
And I'll let him take over telling you how to tweak it.
From Jeff: Something that would help me: when you double click on the little icon (in XP) or right click the icon, click network/sharing center, click wireless network connection (name) in vista/win7, what "speed" does it say you're connected at?
Also, do you have another computer or an iphone type phone that can connect to the router? If you could transfer files between them and monitor the speed for that, you could figure out whether it's the router that's slowing you down.
Regardless, the first thing you should try on a wireless router is changing the channel that it uses. If someone else nearby started using a router non-stop, then they could be filling the channel and leaving no room for your stuff. Both of the routers probably defaulted to 6, so try 11. There are channels 1-11, but only 1, 6, and 11 don't overlap. 1 is used by cordless phones and microwaves a lot, so 11 is your best bet. Channel changing should be easy; usually it's in the basic settings of the router, close to where you set the password.
Make sense to start?
I have a mac with no windows operating system and for the life of me I can't find where it says what speed it is
I don't have an iphone but i have an ipod touch that i use with the router too...will that work? if so what do i do?
andddd i'll try changing the channel...thanks!!!
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I googled how to find network connection speed on a Mac (I'm so jealousE, but don't tell Jeff because he threatens to beat and divorce me if I say I want one
) and found this:
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It's an old post, but I assume that it's still somewhat close to how you'd find it. An iPod touch should work, too. You're just looking to send data from the phone to the computer using your WiFi connection from your router. So like transferring a couple songs from your phone to your computer or the other way around, without having them connected via a cord.
While you do that, you'd be watching the transfer speed using the network connection speed window on your computer. That should tell you if the router itself is being slow, or if it's something else. (I think - computers are hard to troubleshoot long distance, especially when your DH is engrossed in a video game).
ooooo THANK! it says 54 Mbit/s
andddd i have NO clue how to send a song to my ipod touch wirelessly (is that a word?) so i'll have to have DH do that when he gets home from class
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