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now my relationship with wi-fi or wireless networking technology is rocky

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at the best of times because it's slower than wired and often flaky as balls but

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the alternative is plugging Ethernet

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cables into phones so yeah since we're stuck with it i figured i'd give you

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guys some quick tips on making the experience as painless as possible

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though we'll start with the stuff that costs nothing number one position your

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access point usually built into your router correctly the coverage area is

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sphere shaped so center your access

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point within your intended coverage area as best as you can avoid putting it

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directly on the floor on a thick wall or next to a large object nearby dense

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materials like stone metal and concrete will reduce your wireless signal

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strength number two check for software and firmware updates for routers go to

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the website of the brand on the box but for many adapters instead of going to

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d-link's website you can actually find newer drivers on the wireless chipset

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manufacturer's website directly examples of chipset makers include broadcom and

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raylink number three choose the right channel for your access point to run on

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using a free tool like wi-fi analyzer for Android gives you a visual

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representation of the other wireless networks in your area on the 2.4

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gigahertz band there are only three usable non-overlapping channels 1 6 and

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11 and in a perfect world you would want to pick whichever of these is open

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unfortunately in apartment buildings and even dense suburban areas this is

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unlikely to happen and even with a tool like this there will be some trial and

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error because things like cordless phones security cameras and baby

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monitors are examples of products that might not even show up on a wi-fi

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network map but can cause serious interference so play around with a

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little bit to see how you get the best results number four and this is where we

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start getting into tips that cost money is to grab a more sensitive antenna if

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your access point has external antenna support they come in two main flavors

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omnidirectional antennas will keep the spherical network shape but make it

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bigger while directional ones can be great if you have a long thin coverage

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area that you're trying to reach just make sure you aim it properly number

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five is to get a repeater repeaters can be configured with the same ssid or

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network name and password so you can roam between them pretty much without

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noticing as long as you're not doing something like streaming a skype call

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that's likely to get disconnected as you move over a boundary i don't recommend

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repeaters that connect to both your device and your access point wirelessly

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i haven't had great experiences with those so make sure you get one that

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either connects through powerline or Ethernet finally if all of that stuff

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didn't cut it it might be time for an upgrade an 802.11 ac access point can

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deliver real-world throughput over megabit with a strong client and even a

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dual band n1 gives you access to the much wider range of 5 gigahertz channel

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that also generally suffer from less random interference both of these things

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are very good things what's great too is that you don't need to upgrade all of

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your stuff immediately legacy devices that can't be upgraded such as phones or

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tablets can connect to the 2.4 gigahertz network on your new access point and

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newer or upgraded devices can connect to the entirely separate five gigahertz

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network to enjoy a totally different wi-fi experience i just moved my

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notebook to ac wireless with a cheap Intel mini pci express card from amazon

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real world bandwidth is about twice as good as my old card so i'm pleased as

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punch with the snappier file transfer speeds and more reliable movie streaming

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experience speaking of better streaming experience

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hotspot shield hotspot shield vpn is easy to set up inexpensive and with

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their elite service you can access all kinds of streaming services that

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otherwise wouldn't be available to you us netflix will work anywhere in the

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world which i guess is less of a big deal for me because canada has netflix

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too but i was in a real bind when hulu reached out to me about doing a sponsor

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spot on my other channel and i had never even used the service before since it's

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not available to me fortunately for me my other sponsor hotspot shield this one

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saved my bacon and i was able to use hulu to do my sponsored spot so i was

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able to like try it out and actually like make sure it's great before i go talking about how great it is the point

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here though is not necessarily access to hulu specifically but more privacy and

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more freedom in general when you're browsing the web since a vpn on top of

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hiding your region from the websites that you're visiting also makes it more

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difficult for them to find your ip and any information about you that they can

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track down with that so try hotspot shield today we recommend picking up an

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elite trial rather than the ad supported free one it really is a much better

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