How fast and slow is WiFi speed?

Slow network speed has become the topic of the highest frequency of customer complaints received by every broadband operator. At present, the WiFi speed used by most consumers is generally only about 50% of the bandwidth limit of their routers.

WiFi speed is related to these factors

WiFi signal congestion. When users access the network through WiFi, they use a fixed frequency wireless band just like listening to radio stations. Therefore, how many similar signal transmission and receiving devices around the user's area will have a great impact on the experience of WiFi.

If you live in a central apartment building in the city center, and there are hundreds of wireless networks in this apartment building, this is almost the worst WiFi usage environment. Even if the WiFi signal bar on your mobile phone is full, the actual WiFi signal may be very slow, and including mobile phones, cordless phones, microwave ovens, Bluetooth devices, and even wireless baby monitoring devices, may affect the WiFi signal quality.

The device cannot send and receive data at the same time. Because WiFi signals cannot send and receive data at the same time, this causes more data delays in the network access method than in other methods. Moreover, many people using the same WiFi channel at the same time will greatly affect the WiFi signal strength.

In addition, if you are in an area with abundant network signals, your router will continue to find the best network channel, which will also cause network delays, and this is not a problem that broadband operators can solve.

Born defects. No matter how much the WiFi technology will improve in the future, the wireless connection method will be difficult to exceed the existing wired Internet access mode. WiFi will not completely replace the wired Internet connection, it is just a more convenient networking solution.

Work in the background. If the WiFi speed has not been improved after excluding all the above factors, you may wish to check whether your software is automatically synchronizing data and photos, because this will greatly affect the user's WiFi speed. Moreover, since most of these applications work silently in the background, many users simply cannot remember their existence.

Router location. The placement of the wireless router has a great influence on the signal strength. For example, if you place the router next to a concrete wall, its signal strength will be greatly reduced. If possible, the optimal placement of the router is naturally on the ceiling in the middle of the house. Of course, many consumers do not have such conditions.

Differences in connected devices. If your iPhone 4 WiFi connection speed is not as fast as iPhone X, do n’t be surprised, because WiFi connection speed is also very much related to the information processing speed of the connected device.

Make wifi signal stronger

Upgrade your router equipment to a dual-band router that can support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. However, it should be pointed out that the 5GHz frequency signal is less capable of passing through the wall than 2.4GHz, and many older devices do not support this WiFi frequency. Use the channel viewer to check the WiFi channel usage in your area, and then select a smoother channel usage. If you have an idle wireless router on hand, you may wish to strengthen the indoor WiFi signal strength through wireless signal relay or amplification. If your router has different power supply options such as high-power and low-power options, usually low-power uses will have better WiFi signal strength.