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[@chepulis]

I'm the kind of guy to be spending his new years eve watching detailed WIFI tutorials. Thanks!

[@Happy_Snapper]

Haha same here

[@snazzy]

My man! 😂

[@timgatehouse5488]

That’s snazzy!!! I was New Year’s Day after the kids woke me up way too early😂

[@jayhollowayii2]

Same lol 😝

[@MrBalty7]

Retweet 😂

[@mrmonkey10210]

Again I have to give Quinn and his team props for doing their research and presenting it in an easy to consume way for non-networking folks. As a network engineer, it's refreshing to see a tech KZbinr focused on a multitude of tech going into just a little more detail when it comes to networking. Also thank you greatly for preceding on how to properly run speed test and cover how bandwidth is shared from the uplink from the provider to the wireless. Back when I started in the NOC, 90%+ of the support calls were related to it. As always, great video and if you decide to do more in-depth network videos, I'd be glad to provide some insight from the ISP perspective

[@mushi_k]

Agreed, too many channels skim the wifi details and just promote a new expensive router as the magic bullet

[@blackblaud]

@mrmonkeyman As a network engineer, one should explain to Quinn that Router and Switch are 2 things, and that Modem is not assigned an IP as Modem is a Physical Layer Device and it's only used to Modulate/Demodulate signal. Still a good video, it's just that those things need more attention as they can create a lot of confusion when not explained properly.

[@mrmonkey10210]

@@blackblaud He briefly explained it and it was good enough. You cannot go into the differences in much detail without explaining the concepts of L2/L3 which would put it out of the scope of this video. Yes a modem is L1, hence the name, switch is L2 and router is L3 but it's not as simple as "a modem cannot be assigned an IP". You cannot have a pure modem without a bridge/switch else mod/dem traffic has no forwarding logic. Then you have the trickle down of switchchip advancements to consumer/prosumer products from vendors such as Broadcom, Tomahawk, Trio, which can do L2/L3/L4 in hardware blurring the line even further. So now modern modems can mod-dem, use routed interfaces, basic stateful firewall and NAT and switch all on a single chipset. Hence why most consumer modems require disabling features in order to be a basic bridge. All because these switchchip features now exist in the lowest entry chips. This is why his overview is fine for the scope of this video and targeted audience else most the video would resemble an entry intro to networking series

[@skvedo]

And than he nukes everything with channel 5.

[@hariranormal5584]

@@mrmonkey10210 Customers directly reach the NOC? that's an odd one.

[@TerryGilsenan]

21:50, Channel 5 will be overlapped by BOTH channel 6 and channel 1. On 2.4Ghz, the only non-overlapping channels are 1,6 and 11. you had 7 networks using channel 1, and they could potentially ALL interfere with channel 5.

[@avieshek]

Tell us more senpai.

[@ted_maul]

This is correct. I think the US has a slightly different layout but in the EU, only channels 1, 6 and 11 are non contiguous on the 2.4GHz band.

[@JPStewart]

Came to say exactly this. Choosing anything except 1, 6, and 11 in 2.4ghz range just ruins wifi for everyone on either the upper or lower half of the spectrum.

[@25566]

this is so basic and yet he didn't know it..

[@zorro315754442]

There are a number of reasons why the IEEE 802.11 channels 1, 6 and 11 in the 2.4 GHz band should be used in everyday life: - As in Europe, the U.S. FCC allows the use of channels 1 through 13. However, the US FCC imposes stringent requirements on sideband emissions at the upper end of the 2.4 GHz spectrum, which many Wi-Fi device manufacturers are unwilling to add to the product price due to the cost of filters needed to comply with the requirements. Ergo, Wi-Fi devices in the U.S. are limited to channels 1 through 11 in the 2.4 GHz band. - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) no longer does frequency hopping (FH) for "advertising" and "discovery" services. Instead, BLE devices do this only on three fixed channels in the 2.4 GHz band. This means a device has to scan fewer channels and can find services faster. The BLE channels were chosen precisely to be between Wi-Fi channels 1, 6 and 11. If you deviate from the 1, 6, 11 scheme in an IEEE 802.11 network (which would be possible in Europe with 1, 5, 9 and 13), you shoot yourself in the foot because BLE devices are still much more widespread than Wi-Fi. So there will inevitably be interference. - Since IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi has switched to OFDM in the 2.4 GHz band. There, the effective bandwidth is around 16.6 MHz. Then the IEEE 802.11 frequencies 1, 5, 9 and 13 (in the IEEE 802.11 standard counting is done in 5 MHz steps) would be non-overlapping. But as long as a Wi-Fi AP still supports IEEE 802.11b, which uses DSSS, you are at 22 MHz wide channels. Then you only get good channel separation with 1, 6 and 11. Overall, it was very unfortunate that neither IEEE 802.11 nor Wi-Fi Alliance ever recommended that 2.4 GHz channels be factory limited to 1, 6 and 11 in Wi-Fi products. The fact that the average consumer does not know that "four adjacent" IEEE 802.11 channel numbers always overlap cannot be blamed on him.

[@patelpatel5829]

It is always amazing to see you covering the basics in all your videos. I am power user and Network Security Architect, it is so inspiring for me to see the way you put any complex topic together and make it much easier to understand. Man trust me, it is tough to explain things easily when you know the actual level of complexity/science behind the circus.

[@firstnamesurname4025]

I disagree. He uses a lot of lingo not understandable by amateurs/home users. To people who understand it, things he says are too basic. Also, he seems unaware of things like DFS channels with their possible downsides, channel width (20 vs 40 vs 80MHz) and channel overlap. I think this video was a mistake on his part; he should stick to things he understands.

[@patelpatel5829]

Umm.. yea right. I meant if someone is little nerdy and try to figure out house wifi he can do it real good with this… You might be expert in telecomm/radio. But trust me even most enterprise engineers (unless wireless engineer) don’t understand the adjacent-channel issues, coverage patterns and forget about RF spectrum in detail..

[@TechWithBrett]

Very detailed info and I loved the graphics, great work!

[@DRFeeny]

This was such an incredibly well done video. Quinn you continue to excel at communicating complex topics in a simple, easy to understand way.

[@smakusdod]

Great video to send anybody who isnt that techie, but wants to know more. Thank you Snazzy you are the only guy that explains things this thoroughly, yet simply.

[@willschwamy]

I actually install high speed data for a local cable company and this video covers alot of what we are taught and what we're supposed to educate customers on if they have any issues. I will definitely see if any of my customers want to learn more I can send them this video!

[@TheCoDDmast3r]

I love your videos so keep making them. My local ISP got a government grant of $619,500 to go along with their $1,150,500 investment to upgrade 1,650 houses in my area with gigabit FTTP and It's absolutely incredible having 1000 mbps down and 1000 mbps up after having DSL with speeds like 9.95 mbps down and .80 mbps up which I don't miss at all lol.

[@albion_i]

Not to be rude but how much does it cost for u? And did the bill go up after the upgrade?

[@TheCoDDmast3r]

@@albion_i It started out at $79.95 and went up to $89.95 after a year plus I rent a $10.00 router from them for a monthly total of $99.95. The 1 Gbps symmetrical fiber package is definitely worth every penny. I doubt GoNetspeed is in your area.

[@gillsgills]

Thanks for always going deeper than everyone else on tech topics, it's super informative. Would love to hear your thoughts on *wired* mesh points vs. a router + wired access points like Ubiquiti's stuff.

[@2ofusriding]

Such an underrated channel! Thank you Quinn for the quality content!

[@MusaAljohani]

Man I really love your channel, even though most of the information in this video already known for me...but realy enjoyed how you summarized the information and simplified it.

[@j1960]

You definitely do not want to be using channels other than 1, 6, or 11, even if one of those appears to be non-congested by itself. Co-channel interference is a much better choice than dealing with adjacent-channel interference. Selecting 40mhz bands make this even worse on 2.4ghz. I would post a correction on this because the omission of this information could lead to a lot of people picking say channel 3 for instance because it appears non-congested and wondering why their wifi connection is terrible.

[@max-is-loud]

Came here looking for a comment on this. It’s a pretty egregious oversight in an otherwise excellent video on the topic.

[@miguelangeloconceicao738]

This is very true - you should post a correction Wi-Fi APs shouldn’t even allow 2.4 GHz channels other than 1,6,11 but unfortunately they do - if you are on channel 6 and one of your neighbors would just happen to choose Channel 5 he will screw up your Wi-Fi and his as it will be causing adjacent-channel interference which is 100x worse than co-channel interference. If you both use channel 6 that’s not a big deal as CSMA will take care of the airtime

[@ggsgonzales]

Yes to all this. I cringed when he clicked on channel 5! 😁

[@zorro315754442]

There are a number of reasons why the IEEE 802.11 channels 1, 6 and 11 in the 2.4 GHz band should be used in everyday life: - As in Europe, the U.S. FCC allows the use of channels 1 through 13. However, the US FCC imposes stringent requirements on sideband emissions at the upper end of the 2.4 GHz spectrum, which many Wi-Fi device manufacturers are unwilling to add to the product price due to the cost of filters needed to comply with the requirements. Ergo, Wi-Fi devices in the U.S. are limited to channels 1 through 11 in the 2.4 GHz band. - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) no longer does frequency hopping (FH) for "advertising" and "discovery" services. Instead, BLE devices do this only on three fixed channels in the 2.4 GHz band. This means a device has to scan fewer channels and can find services faster. The BLE channels were chosen precisely to be between Wi-Fi channels 1, 6 and 11. If you deviate from the 1, 6, 11 scheme in an IEEE 802.11 network (which would be possible in Europe with 1, 5, 9 and 13), you shoot yourself in the foot because BLE devices are still much more widespread than Wi-Fi. So there will inevitably be interference. - Since IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi has switched to OFDM in the 2.4 GHz band. There, the effective bandwidth is around 16.6 MHz. Then the IEEE 802.11 frequencies 1, 5, 9 and 13 (in the IEEE 802.11 standard counting is done in 5 MHz steps) would be non-overlapping. But as long as a Wi-Fi AP still supports IEEE 802.11b, which uses DSSS, you are at 22 MHz wide channels. Then you only get good channel separation with 1, 6 and 11. Overall, it was very unfortunate that neither IEEE 802.11 nor Wi-Fi Alliance ever recommended that 2.4 GHz channels be factory limited to 1, 6 and 11 in Wi-Fi products. The fact that the average consumer does not know that "four adjacent" IEEE 802.11 channel numbers always overlap cannot be blamed on him.

[@dacripe]

Exactly! His router was choosing Ch 1 because nothing else was using it. He seemed to be worried about all those greyed out routers using the same channel, but they were all further away than anything else on Ch 6 and 11. His router was working as expected.

[@ZacharyColes]

Love all the deep dives and explanations you do in every video

[@jaysondilao2129]

Great video to start the year! Thanks Quinn hopefully this fixes some issues with my internet! Totally focused while watching this! Happy new year Snazzy guys!

[@mcltechy]

Never ever pick channels other than 1, 6, or 11 on the 2.4ghz band. This is a huge problem that not only hurts you but everyone around you. If you pick channel 5 then not only are you still incurring interference from people on channel 1 but also people on channel 6.

[@Mako-hq6zc]

Top notch tutorial, well done. Love Snazzy Labs. One thought worth mentioning is the monthly rental fee many ISPs charge for the modem/router/access point which can be avoided by using your own equipment.

[@merrymello9856]

Another cool idea that I use for my Eero wired backhaul: Moca Adapters. I don't have cable TV, so my coaxial jacks are being used for gigabit ethernet throughout my house 😎 Highly recommended!

[@darkgilson]

That is very cool and I didn’t know about that, I only knew about the CPL - giving Ethernet over power line. I’ll definitely have a look !

[@ChristopherBletzinger]

Big classic CNET vibes from this one! Really well done I hope this helps the people who need it

[@Standoffmuffin]

Networking videos are so underrated love this.

[@giornikitop5373]

nice. one thing about wifi 2.4ghz, everyone should be using channels 1,6,11 and the rare available 14, because the rest of the channels are overlapping, so choosing one of the 2,3,4,5,7,8 etc will introduce more interference than before (because channels 2,3,4,5 are overlapping with ch. 1,6 and with eachother).

[@husbeard]

Exactly this! I've talked my neighbors into using the correct channels before, and to not use 40Mhz band vs 20Mhz. Haha

[@TerryGilsenan]

Exactly.

[@BixbyConsequence]

So why do these channels even exist?

[@HexPortal]

Rare available 14? That's only possible in Japan and at 802.11b speeds. Don't use it, stick to 1, 6 and 11.

[@dgpsf]

@@BixbyConsequence a very good question. It could just be that when the spec was being drafted maybe they thought it was likely some weird industrial use case would be common where they were using random parts of the band already, so being able to fine tune what frequency your one Wi-Fi network on the block used would be desirable. Hopefully they did that silliness not realizing they would be presented in UIs for barely literate consumers as though they were independent “channels.”

[@bronxboy99]

I always enjoy your videos! Well researched and edited. Keep being awesome!

[@6sense187]

I changed the channels for 2.4 and 5 to ones that were not being used around me and so far so good. Thank you

[@LifeWithScott]

I'm a huge fan of the lighting in this one Ben. Killed it.

[@Cecil9383]

Congrats on 1mil subs. Great video and content

[@munkykng416]

Remember to upgrade your own equipment if you've been on the same ISP for a while. I upgraded from 100 down to 500 but my old modem I got over 10 years was docsis 3 and capped around 300 but realistically was around 150. Upgraded to 500 down and so I also got a docsis 3.1 modem and getting close 490 on a good day and average between 350-400 down over wifi.

[@BabiesKillYou]

Thanks! This was the perfect guide for trying to mitigate our speeds and connections in my apartment's densely populated wifi signal area. Those Ubiquity things are rad!

[@woodmanvictory]

I love these videos on network stuff. Great job

[@ZaneCarney]

God, I love your videos man. I’m the techiest person of all my friends and family but I’ve been going nuts buying different mesh networks and 802.11ac routers the past 7 years because my house is a long shotgun in some ways with a professional recording/streaming studio in the back. I learned SO much from this video and am really excited about seeing how the transmission power trick helps things out. Thanks again :)

[@mikeward1701]

A good middle-ground is to combine Ethernet backhaul mesh networks with powerline adapters to give them a faster wired backhaul without running cat6 everywhere. Sadly results will vary depending on the quality of the power wiring of your home.

[@Jst4vdeos]

People always forget about powerline

[@phobos258]

Where was this video when the pandemic started and I was trouble shooting everybody's home network for them? Lol This was a great explanation. Thank you so much Snazzy Labs!

[@nulledape]

Where was this video when I was a teenager trying setup up Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS? This man just blessed y'all.

[@marashah.ibrahim]

Yay..... My new year's gift is here.... A snazzy video

[@BobbyStef]

thanks for putting out these videos it helps to explain to folks who dont understand

[@AlainKapture]

Hey great video but you did some shortcuts. First, even if we have 13 channels available in 2,4 GHz spectrum, only 3 are “overlapping-free”. So channel 1, 6 and 11 are the only 3 you can use without interfering with each other. So by using channel 5 you have to consider the interference of channel 6 and even some from channel 1. In the 5GHz spectrum every channel are overlapping free. Like you said, setting the transmit power to the maximum possible is mostly a bad Idea. First you need to know that the communication have to be done in both direction, so if you set your Wifi Access Point to 23dBM but your device can only send up to 13dBm, you will may be see all Wifi bars on your smartphone because it receive the power but like I said, he need to reach back the AP. And it have 10dB less power (almost 10 times less). If you ever had experience at some point having a good connection on your laptop but not on your smartphone it is probably due to that. The laptop usually have more power. The other problem is with higher transmit power you have a fake because not useful bigger wifi cell around your AP, letting think your device everything is fine and not try to find another antenna. That behavior is called Sticky client and it’s one of the biggest problem when using multiple APs. Another thing you didn’t mention, mega wifi is really more advanced then the standard repeater. With a repeater, you will only have accès to a split of the bandwith to retransmit it. So if on your ISP router you have 9 clients and your repeater, the repeater will only have 1/10 of the total bandwith to share with the clients connected to it. Mesh Wifi on the other side use a specific connection instead of just retransmit the Wifi it received and so allow a higher bandwidth because it this connection is not shared with other devices. The most advanced Mesh solution even allow to use all APs in the neighborhood to get the maximum throughput possible.

[@seandooley4881]

Great video and enough information to not be overwhelming to someone just being introduced. I deployed a UniFi system in my home with a UDM Pro and cameras. It has been a great home system so far. I just had to spend a few nights in the attic running cable.

[@jholmes3329]

I tried to like the video multiple times… very well done

[@grafikpanda]

SUPPPER HELPFUL MAN! Thank you. I have two internet providers in my apartment (I do this if one goes down). I can see what channels everyone in my area is on.

[@jeffreygross5706]

This was a great video. I rarely comment or like anything on KZbin, but I had performance issues like what you described and the tips you gave are how I fixed my home network. I just wish this video existed 6 months earlier because it would have resulted in a lot less trial and error and expense from me trying to fix things.

[@shlokrathod1157]

Happy new year guys

[@husbeard]

I set up a TP-Link Deco mesh network at my in-laws 2 years ago, and it's been rock solid. It's even dual natting, and I have no issues getting access to internal items remotely.

[@tcntad87]

Dual NAT isnt practice within IT and can cause problems down the line (pun)

[@husbeard]

@@tcntad87 obviously.. but there's no gaming or anything like that going on. Just web surfing and Netflix. Haha

[@matthewolde585]

This has been super helpful for me. Great research and presentation.Thanks!

[@mrwriter86]

Another excellent video Quinn, top quality all round.

[@christophermiller3031]

I watched this video in 240p to get in the mindset of someone who really needs this video.

[@contournut5726]

Great advice. Going to a multiple AP high density wifi solution really is pretty dang nice. I went from being happy when I get over 100Mb to being sad when I get less than 300Mb. Another thing I've found is that if you get equipment that will let you use DFS channels, and ideally will tell you when it has to power down for RADAR, the DFS part of the spectrum is a ghost town.

[@AmmarRaadAly]

no, this is actually the first video i click I missed your videos, man

[@vladislavkaras491]

It was really awesome, informative and helpful video, even for non-tech guys! Keep it up and thanks for the video!

[@MiguelAPerez]

This was so helpful. Thanks, Quinn!

[@JeffreyGVny]

Love the detailed explanation. I’ll be downloading netspot tomorrow!

[@Paul_Crosbie]

As always just excellent Snazzy Man 😃

[@RasmusSommerNielsen]

One the 2.4ghz you really should stick to channels 1,6,11, you can look up overlapping channels and co-channeling to see why.

[@zorro315754442]

There are a number of reasons why the IEEE 802.11 channels 1, 6 and 11 in the 2.4 GHz band should be used in everyday life: - As in Europe, the U.S. FCC allows the use of channels 1 through 13. However, the US FCC imposes stringent requirements on sideband emissions at the upper end of the 2.4 GHz spectrum, which many Wi-Fi device manufacturers are unwilling to add to the product price due to the cost of filters needed to comply with the requirements. Ergo, Wi-Fi devices in the U.S. are limited to channels 1 through 11 in the 2.4 GHz band. - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) no longer does frequency hopping (FH) for "advertising" and "discovery" services. Instead, BLE devices do this only on three fixed channels in the 2.4 GHz band. This means a device has to scan fewer channels and can find services faster. The BLE channels were chosen precisely to be between Wi-Fi channels 1, 6 and 11. If you deviate from the 1, 6, 11 scheme in an IEEE 802.11 network (which would be possible in Europe with 1, 5, 9 and 13), you shoot yourself in the foot because BLE devices are still much more widespread than Wi-Fi. So there will inevitably be interference. - Since IEEE 802.11g, Wi-Fi has switched to OFDM in the 2.4 GHz band. There, the effective bandwidth is around 16.6 MHz. Then the IEEE 802.11 frequencies 1, 5, 9 and 13 (in the IEEE 802.11 standard counting is done in 5 MHz steps) would be non-overlapping. But as long as a Wi-Fi AP still supports IEEE 802.11b, which uses DSSS, you are at 22 MHz wide channels. Then you only get good channel separation with 1, 6 and 11. Overall, it was very unfortunate that neither IEEE 802.11 nor Wi-Fi Alliance ever recommended that 2.4 GHz channels be factory limited to 1, 6 and 11 in Wi-Fi products. The fact that the average consumer does not know that "four adjacent" IEEE 802.11 channel numbers always overlap cannot be blamed on him.

[@aliazimi91]

this video was absolute fire.. thanks a lot my dude!

[@amateurwizard]

Happy new year everyone! 👍🥳

[@henriqueodi]

you're a legend Quinn

[@tigeroats913]

Thanks for making this video snazzy:)

[@MichaelRGlatfelterJr]

Thank you very much for such a great explanation of Wi-Fi. I have a 3 piece TP-Link Deco M9plus with ethernet backhaul. It works very well. I have a couple of devices that are Wi-Fi 6, so I installed a Wi-Fi 6 access point, but I didn't notice a difference in speed even though I saw the Wi-Fi 6 logo appeared on the phone. So I returned the access point.

[@MrB8boy]

Eero Pro 6 has wired backhaul also and works very well. I have 2 wired and 1 wireless and I get a pretty good 600-800 MB of my 1GB on wireless. Great Video!

[@trevorkinzer7918]

Great video. Easy to understand, informative and very useful. I downloaded that app and it's the best one I've used for that function. (I've tried a lot of them.) Good work.

[@jun_suzuki42]

Surprising after going thru this video, I made some tweaks on my router and guess what, I got good WiFi speed again! This is a very good New Year gift!

[@Thehighschoolscientistforever]

I actually knew almost all of that I was waiting to hear something that was going to blow my mind... But for most this is be all and end all solution... Really educational amazing videos

[@itquankazi]

Damn this is well researched and very informative! That's why I watch Quinn's videos.

[@phanitejakantamneni9146]

Also DFS channels if the transmitting device supports it, makes a world of a difference in congested areas. Overall a great explainer, thanks!

[@Dexter-gy6yx]

I Absolutely love this video and want for more people to watch this. I work for a Larg ISP in Canada as a field tech.(installation & repair)for DSL/Fibre/& wirless home internet. We get lots of calls for slow speeds Of course lots of factors can be come into play. Most of the calls I do ls customer education about most of what you talked about. It surprises me how many people just expect everything work without knowing how it works.

[@cliffgeo]

Thanks for this highly informative video! As a high school student it helps me a lot, Quinn.

[@avaviel]

I really love most of your content! And even more than that, this is a problem I need to solve. But honestly... I got so bored learning about packets! I plan to come back and watch again later. Eventually.

[@13StJimmy]

Actually since I’ve been subscribed to Snazzy labs for years when I opened up the KZbin app it was on the front of my Home Screen and it WAS the first video I clicked on 😝

[@j1nMatt]

Great video.None one the networking experts on YT don’t usually explain these details

[@iu1191]

THisis one of thge most important and helpful videos of its type. THanks so much for doing this. I have a little bit of a complex situation and this really helped. Iahve moved to WIFI6 and have already felt the benefits. I get 54MBps from my provider and even with over 20 devices on the network and 2 floors away from my router on the 5ghz network I get 52MBps at my PC by applying some of the tips here. Really helpful. Thakns again.

[@goyadressunofficial]

The performance of wireless adapters in your network can't be underestimated as a factor in your satisfaction with Wi-Fi. Even something as simple as drivers can make a huge difference.

Was looking for this comment. Clients also affect speed and signal strength. Also the number of streams matter too. (2x2 vs 4x4 for example)

[@Karim-sj9wv]

woa this actually helped a lot! we live in a 2 floor house and wifi reception is terrible upstairs, also, our company's router broke so they gave us another one thats actually worse and much older and we had no idea what to do.. we'll definitely consider getting a new router and using the old one as the modem and forget aobut all that

[@cablecartman]

Amazing review, as always.

[@deandunmire7597]

Hot dang I felt like I just attended a college course on wifi haha. Nice vid!

[@MomirPeh]

Pretty good video, as usual. Although, I'm a bit surprised you didn't cover the channel width (20/40/80 MHz) setting at all. That one will directly influence the speed.

[@Michaelcyr5]

What do you recommend for 2.4 and 5 GHz width? I live in an apartment with a bunch of interference and I'm trying to optimize

[@MomirPeh]

@@Michaelcyr5 Hi Michael. If your place if full of interference then having the channels narrower should help a bit, although with the bandwidth reduced. Try to experiment starting from 20MHz width and try to increase it and test.

[@tramcrazy]

It's really interesting to see the difference between countries. Here in the UK, there is only one company that does cable internet, Virgin Media. Almost everyone else is on DSL, which here is regarded as the norm. People are slowly being upgraded to fibre though.

[@christopheb2774]

Same here, in Belgium they're rolling out fibre now but only a city at a time. From the planning of Proximus I recall they plan to have 70% of Belgium on Fibre by 2027-ish.

[@MikeBoardley]

I have Google mesh and it's been great for me and my family. Our entire house and separate garage get coverage from 3 mesh points.

[@GreeNova]

I have that same advent calendar! Had it since I was a kid :)

[@nelizmastr]

DSL might have a bad name in the States, but bonded vectored DSL can do speeds of over 200 megabits per second within the neighborhood of 60-80 megabits up. Not just living in the 90's :)

[@matt2m]

My set up is baller as hell for a home. 1000 down /1000 up fiber to the house, wired ethernet to every room with every room having a hard wired access point. 900mbs over the air anywhere in my home.

[@mineman78]

I work for an ISP and I wish every single one of our customers would watch this Video. I sent it off to one of our trainers to take a look at and see what he thinks to maybe incorporate it into our training program to help some of our less techy call center people understand how the internet works and how WIFI works.

[@wiicow]

A really good tutorial. My network is very complicated and in the end going back to a single point had better performance.

[@MarlboroAddicted]

I've spread over 150mt of cat7 ethernet cable over my house and use a bunch of tplink deco mesh as access point because they can support also like an access point Nice video!

[@DougHewsonYT]

A masterclass in Wi-Fi and home internet!

[@Lukepuke311]

Sometimes it sucks because there is a grid outage which can last for months so you’re better off switching isp

[@brandonfoss9445]

My mom has the same advent calendar as you! Never thought I would see another one

[@markconger8049]

Great video! I think most people can grasp it. A tip I’d add is to not connect every device on WiFi if it can be connected by ethernet cable. Printers, desktops, and even laptops when at a work desk can be removed from WiFi altogether. Laptop doesn’t have an ethernet port? Get a USB to ethernet adapter.

[@arranmc182]

FYI in the UK lots of places still use Rj11 for VDSL (FTTC) Broadband that can offer customers speeds of around 70 to 80mbps was designed so they could bring fibre to a box on the road then hook up your existing copper line to it as in the UK especially Cable aka Coaxial wasnt rolled out in that many places, like in the city I live we have no Cable Coaxial even available, so unless you can get fibre your stuck with ADSL/VDSL over RJ11.

[@alaingraham]

We use telephone lines here in the uk, but we usually include an adapter with our modem-routers.

[@mkedrones]

Also made by Ubiquiti is the AMPLIFI Alien which is expensive, but it’s by far the best wifi router I’ve ever owned. Great range and fast speeds.

[@bkuethen]

Totally grew up with that mouse calendar

[@javierareste]

I love your videos. From Spain.

[@markboyts]

Great video. I’m wondering how much your DNS settings also come into play.

[@stralog]

Disabling TKIP also works great for low end routers

[@kevin5073]

This was really helpful.

[@adrianteri]

It would have been key to point out that there are only 3 non-overlapping {1,6&11 for 22 Mhz channels} channels in 2.4 GHz. If your neighbours don't care and set it to automatic then this advise goes out the window. This is currently not a problem in 5Ghz as the channels are already spaced ...there are 25 non-overlapping 20Mhz channels or 12 40 Mhz channels. If your tinkering you ought to come across this advise.... Also you lose close to 50% of bandwidth due to overheads in WI-FI. So those advised speeds on your router cut them in half ...

[@TurskoVideos]

The cheaper mesh networks can also be directly wired instead of connecting wirelessly. It just depends on which nodes you buy.

[@bwhite220]

Was going to say the same thing. I have Deco x20’s hard wired throughout the home and they work REALLY well!

[@danielnaron]

21:35 Because of “Carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance” (CSMA/CA), Wi-Fi routers will automatically select channels 1,6 or 11 to coordinate who’s yielding and who’s using the same channel at which times. Using channels that aren’t the same with neighboring Wi-Fi will not coordinate and while having them overlap with each other will end in more noise and interference (like what you did here by choosing channel 5) It’s still better to set your channel and channel width to auto. But if you’re still having problems, then choose either 1,6, or 11 (whichever has the least amount networks using them) as it’s better to avoid overlapping at all times

[@michaelthompson9798]

One thing I’ve found useful for dead zone area of my house is by using power line internet (my home has had major new electrical upgrade) and running a connection between my Wifi 6 (non-E) router (I have FTTC) and the room in question and setup a second Wifi 6 router with its own credentials and its gives great speeds for my man cave setup for my Smart TV, PS4, HTPC setup and a few smart devices and tablets etc which was lucky to a get 1-2Mbps now get almost my maximum ISP rated speeds 🥰🥳🎉👍 for the whole house.

[@lenn55]

Glad I still use an Apple AirPort Extreme. I even have an extra one in case this ones dies and a could AP Expresses.

[@riccardoenrike19]

Thanks 👍

[@JoshGrisdale]

Great video! Thank you! My router offers the option to combine the SSIDs of 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Currently I have them as separate SSIDs, do you have a recommendation?