[Swansea Hackspace] Slow wifi how to investigate.

Alan Cox alan at etchedpixels.co.uk
Wed Jun 27 18:54:16 BST 2018


> ** if all wifi slow then firmware/driver issue on computer
> ** if farther away wifi slower than near then signal strength issue with computer or router. Conduct further tests to determine which.

Or there's lots of wifi around its all on the same channel - which is
depressingly common because lots of kit doesn't randomly pick a channel
when set up and nobody changes the defaults.

For wifi strength there are a bunch of handy phone apps that will show
you the wifi in near real time.

Alan




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