Optimizing your Wi-Fi Network as Fast As Possible

[@justatiger6268]

I just fixed my Wi-Fi networking problems by tearing down a couple of walls in my house. Solved!

[@panhasak966]

lol

[@PetroniusProwler]

😂 I just got the most expensive tp link router and now Im catching 5g all the way to the back of my garden and to the opposite side of the street 😁

[@user-eq5nq9pj1v]

2:30, that hand scared the shit out of me :D

[@kxightable]

Omg. I never noticed that until this comment. XD

[@trumpbinsalman6827]

Lol

[@heart0fthedrag0n]

2:31 Dat hand.

[@JohnMorrisonCanFly]

flick of da wrist 😂😂

[@davidhodgin8900]

I like how you ask for us to dislike videos if we dislike them. That's much better than only asking for likes

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

Funny story, I named my WIFI network FBI VAN 2... then I found out a few months ago someone labeled their network KGB VAN 7. My question is, how do I tell this nerd I have a crush on them.

[@ZukaroTravon]

First see if they're using WEP encryption. If they are, use aircrack-ng to get on their network and then redirect their traffic to a page telling them you have a crush on them. :P If it's WPA, you have to bruteforce/dictionary attack it. Also, you may have trouble redirecting their traffic if they're not using the default password on the router. :P But again, bruteforce/dictionary attacks work for that. Although you could also do a MITM attack and get on one of their accounts which doesn't use SSL encryption on every page and possibly leave a message there (I'm pretty sure Facebook doesn't automatically use SSL once you've logged in, in which case you can steal those cookies, put them in your browser, and log in as that person :P). Or you could just use a packet sniffer to see which sites their going too and maybe find something that identifies them in such a way that you can send them a message telling them whatever you wanna tell them. Alternatively you could just use something which shows you the signal strength and then walk around until you get to the highest signal strength location. Then start knocking on doors. :P Or you could just put the message as your network SSID. :P And hope that they see it.

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

Zukaro Travon Wouldn't that come across as a little desperate?

[@ZukaroTravon]

Brick Tamland Probably (or just plain creepy, as well as illegal). :P But you asked.

[@radonstudio]

Zukaro Travon Aircrack -ng works with wpa and wpa2 too ;)

[@ZukaroTravon]

Radon - House Music It only does bruteforce and dictionary attacks against WPA though. :p (from what I remember anyways)

[@PetroniusProwler]

I love these old videos, cuz they cover the absolute fundamentals straight one after another

[@anupam7721]

same

[@jackkraken3888]

I miss this guy, I don't know why his bigger brother took over the show.

[@besweeeet2]

I switched a few weeks ago from a single-band 2.4GHz NETGEAR WNR3500L to a NETGEAR AC1450. Was hesitant to use the 5GHz band due to its weaker signal strength and building penetration, but the noticeably higher connection rates and speeds are worth it.

[@ManIkWeet]

Next one should be monitors: 8/10bit panel, resolution, refresh rates, cable connections, input lag, blur, etc. etc.

[@kikamonju]

pro tip: to update your wireless drivers, first try going to the windows device manager -> network adapter -> right click -> update drivers -> automatically from the internet It's a great way to check without actually doing much of anything. The two catches are that the drivers may not actually be the latest versions, since the manufacturer has to submit them, or they may even just not be available on the database that is searched.

[@MrViral20]

1:32 batman?.....I bet the password for it is robin

[@KabooM1067]

+MrViral20 I'm betting on "parents".

[@mahamib]

+prepareuranus Batman may cry everytime he types the password

[@IMe7x]

+MrViral20 Joker !!

[@velveteenv76]

WayneTech

[@Namejjvkkr]

An omnidirectional antenna does not at all have a sphere coverage shape, but more of the shape of a balloon that's squeezed in the middle, or a mushroom. Upgrading to "a more sensitive antenna" will not extend the coverage in all directions, as that's just physically impossible. It will rather squeeze the balloon even more, increasing the coverage "around" the antenna, while making it worse in places like other floors in a house.

[@thebossunleashed]

CPU Cache as fast as possible.

[@tpcs8667]

Simple.. intel NEVER puts enough cache on a cpu. per wendell from tek syndicate. The end :P Sincerely, though. I agree. That should be a next tech quickie episode

[@rasperjilius8675]

Tourettes Guy though

[@kotsunia]

Data goes in and data goes out

[@shadow7037932]

Speaking of firmware, setting up dd-wrt on your router can help a ton. You can play around with things like overclocking the MCU on the router, increase transmission power, etc.

[@highvis_supply]

My whole house is concrete. For good WiFi signal I need a damn router in every room

[@SamoScopom]

at least you are wise, and don't build from that sh*t american build from and than they are surprised that their roofs flew away

[@highvis_supply]

swiss buildings ftw, just not very wireless friendly

[@SamoScopom]

I think we can say it about all European buildings. (Slovakia)

[@SamoScopom]

***** what about speeds and strength of the signal. are they good?

[@SamoScopom]

even though I have 2 ethernet holes in every room, sometimes I need wifi. But I think that I've just stupid router, cause my friend has one that can go all the way from his basement to second floor and many times I can hear a wifi router in a quiet room beeping (I'm the only one in my house who can hear it)

[@StalePhish]

I switched my router off channel 6 while watching the Wifi Analyzer app to channel 9. It was really neat seeing both my SSID and my two Chromecasts switch over. I'm in a suburb with the houses decently spaces apart but there are still nearly a dozen networks showing up!

[@cjschmitt4882]

Why does your plugged WiFi Analyzer need to access our photos and media??

[@jordandecoste]

Another great contribution! Nice to hear you're a fellow Canadian, too. If you could, please create a quickie on Linux for newbies. I'm thinking of a mini-PC to drive a new TV and I'd rather not buy an OS or be restricted to cheaper mini-PCs that come preloaded. Thanks!

[@skifree0]

my solution, wire the house with ethernet, and set up 4 routers (3 of them are access points)

[@the_real_hislordship]

Yup, got 4 here. Big house.

[@Jayrod64]

Usually when you get a new router,if it's 802.11 AC or 802.11 N,I recommend setting it in mixed mode.This way if you have devices that only support the older B and G standards,they will still work.When I got my first Wireless N Router just recently(after my WRT54GS died),my iPhone was Wireless N,while my 3DS was only Wirelesss G.By putting the router in mixed mode,I was still able to get WiFi on my 3DS,with a bit better performance in some cases.

[@dgurevich1]

question: I have an extra wireless router. can I configure it as a repeater? My main router is a netgear, and the spare one is an older D-link.

[@m-copyright]

You forgot one of the oldest ones and the probably the best out there. A aluminum foil on routers antenna. Not only that it extends the range but it also boosts the signal.

[@Sh4rkill3r]

excellent video until hotspot ad

[@Snicker433]

Ok, that fine, don't accept your work pay.

[@danielzondervan4803]

Well at least he doesn't do it random in the video, so you click it away and forget that after it he's about to give more info..

[@Sh4rkill3r]

I dont care if some are ok or not. I said what he said in "if you disliked the video blablabla". I want tech videos not hotspot ads in all the videos he made. plus if a want a vpn for privacy I dont going to use a US based company ;)

[@frollard]

Sh4rkill3r Good, you dislike it. Now go away and don't come back. You're wasting youtube's bandwidth and that is costing linus money indirectly, which means he needs to embed more ads.

[@thenerdycanadian7172]

i don't mind the ad personally, other than ive have extremely bad experience with the VPN i connected to when using the US option, especially when i ended up connecting to a London, UK ISP *facepalm*

[@someitguy2175]

I know this is an old video, but I have to point out that what he calls a repeater is actually called an access point. But Linus is absolutely correct that you should ONLY get a repeater as a last resort. I have had lots of issues with those as well.

[@datechnod00d]

I also kind of hate Wireless connections. I use it for my laptop, my Wiik, and my PeasantStation4 though, but I'll be switching to wired connections very soon though. I use wired connections for my PC and my PeasantStation3 though.

[@AugustiniandeJuanPierre]

PeasentStation? lol are you not a fan of sony or something?

[@datechnod00d]

Augustinian de Juan Pierre It was sarcasm. Since this is a channel focused around PC hardware, I thought it would be funny to poke at the PC Master Race. I actually think Sony's products are rather decent, but PCs just outshine PlayStations nowadays. PlayStations are still fun nonetheless.

[@AugustiniandeJuanPierre]

DaTechnoDood LevelX lol good one. It made me laugh because I thought you owned several playstations, yet hated them. I was like "why would you buy things you hate?"

[@bryan_fm]

I've watched three of these now, love 'em. Your transitions to the sponsor ad are amazing. :)

[@MegaMech]

Wi-FI(comma) works fine for me as long as the router is setup correctly. I would say I live in a decently big house. (compared to the rest of the world(comma) compared to everyone else in Canada it's normal)) I think it's less work to just wire ethernet cables to the needed rooms. I don't use my cellphone for anything other then apps and youtube. Wifi is fine for that.

[@GlycerinZ]

you can just type a comma instead of writing it in parenthesis lol wtf!

[@IsaacJDean]

(comma) (comma) (comma) (comma) (comma) (chameleon)

[@MegaMech]

I spilled milk on my keyboard. I think the contacts for my comma key have milk between them or have rusted. I had the comma key working but it stopped working again.

[@GlycerinZ]

haha well that makes sense. I'd blast it with water and let it dry for a couple days.

[@MegaMech]

Glycerin It was a jerk to get apart in the first place. I might never put it together again if I leave it to long. So I practically put it back together after using paper towel on it. This coulda turned out a lot worse...

[@informativecontent4778]

instead of purchasing a repeater you can configure your additional/old modem as extender/repeater without need of wire

[@XboxSkateVids]

you should do one of these about macros on PC! no matter how much research i do, i'm still always confused with them. like keyboard and mouse macros

[@smacked_off]

Well, there's not exactly much to explain.

[@XboxSkateVids]

Edward Smakov I just don't understand them, and also things that can be done with them.

[@smacked_off]

XboxSkateVids It's just a way to bind a key to a certain function, like changing a key in-game. Some keyboards have a row of macro buttons, usually to one side, that don't do anything unless you bind them to something, usually with software.

[@Mournful3ch0]

XboxSkateVids Let's say my keyboard has 2 macro buttons, Macro 1 and Macro 2. I can open my keyboard's software and set a key combination for either one. For example, I set Macro 1 to say '[enter key]Move up, team![enter key]. Now, if I press that button in a game with the chat bound to the enter key, that message will be automatically typed and submitted for me. Press Macro 1. In game, this will happen. Mournful3ch0: Move up, team! Now, Macro 2 is bound to '[enter key]Fall back, team![enter key]' In game, Macro 2 will activate this. Mournful3ch0: Fall back, team! It just makes life easier. As many gaming keyboards have 6-8 of these, it can be quite handy, especially if they can be configured to what game is being played so you have 6-8 commands per game.

[@18aidanme]

Mournful3ch0 That would seem kinda useful in a game like minecraft, though I would just use skype to speak to my friends.

[@alexatkin]

Omindirectional antenna will only transmit spherical if they are zero gain, which I have never actually seen. The greater the gain, the wider the coverage but the less it transmits up and down, far from spherical. There are also no guarantees it will actually improve anything as while it might actually transmit the signal further, its not necessarily going to be proportionately more sensitive at reception so might no be able to receive the signal sent back from your wireless device. Another thing, the greater the gain on your antenna, the more interference your WiFi AP will see. Your AP will not transmit the same time as anything else on the same channel is. In an area with a lot of weak networks in range being actively used, you will actually get an improvement from using a LOWER gain antenna as it will no longer see these networks and so not be waiting for them to stop transmitting all the time.

[@veazix]

Omni-directional antenni are don't have a spherical network shape, more like a toroid shape.

[@veazix]

I should have said disk shape.

[@frollard]

+1 etc...For the ranges inside houses it's roughly approximated with a sphere, but the points along the antennae's axis will have crap signal.

[@simondelaere]

veazix or doughnut

[@veazix]

simon delaere The hell is a doughnut?

[@simondelaere]

veazix a toroid shaped pastry .

[@EVMYT]

We live in a 3 storey house and the phone line comes in on the bottom floor but the lounge is at the top. The best solution I've found is to connect the router downstairs into a Devolo 1200+ power line network. This also has the ability to transmit 5ghz AC. We have speeds over 30Meg from this solution so the performance is great. You also have the option for direct Ethernet from the power line adaptors to extend the network via external routers. I these power line adaptors are very overlooked and would have solved the issues in Singapore too.

[@Trevorious2010]

Pro tip: Name your WiFi Network "FBI Surveillance Van #4" to freak out your neighbours!!

[@wolftrades8255]

Party Van

[@JDM509ESR]

I Already Did That😂

[@schnitzel438]

Mine's called "Not Your WiFi" lol

[@SitNSpinRecords]

Trevor Daniels even better.. Stingray tower2..

[@flameshana9]

GENIUS

[@conorduffield6051]

Great video, I know that you've previously covered this but redoing the differences between Ethernet, Power-line and Wifi would be great as the technology has progressed since.

[@TheCarWashChannel]

How many KZbin channels does Linus have?

[@s0nicpr0s]

I had noticed it before on a couple videos, but I love the use of ASL that just crops up from time to time. I think I've seen mostly numbers in these videos, but I do appreciate seeing it all the same. Makes me wonder how many people think Linus is just expelling nervous energy at times, like when signing 11 or 'i'. :)

[@LinusTechTips]

Adam Zastresek lol it's just a habit.

[@GlycerinZ]

1/4 of the video is an ad...

[@droctogonapus1223]

So?

[@MacPanama]

I always watch Linus' sponsor message they are so funny the dollar shave club is the best one

[@Mase.0]

Adblock ftw

[@touchdown2018]

Reckless Gaming! lol adblock? the ad is IN the video.

[@Omnighpotent]

touchdown2018 I think that he is aware of that.

[@JORGE4757S]

awesome just like my networking class, once you get to know what the specs in your network hardware you get to have the best experience for what fits better on your local network

[@Beef1188]

My cousin and I are 1km apart and we're thinking about connecting via directional wi-fi. were are in a suburban location with mostly only trees in the way but we will be able to manage that just by installing our stuff on the roofs of our buildings. My question is how would such a solution work ping and packet loss wise compared to 4G wireless internet?

[@JusttAlf]

For a KM I think you are better off with 4G, unless you get some huge ass antennas

[@Beef1188]

NightFury173 Its what I was thinking, but he keeps pushing me for it.

[@changen4125]

thats not going to work. Wifi does not have that type of range

[@Beef1188]

changen pan Wow, really, just wow... miss caveman!

[@amratsingh5206]

changen pan Yes it does. Directional wi-fi has far more range then the normal wifi in your house.

[@Vaios1981]

Always good to see videos like this.Refreshing tech info and terminology is appreciated. Thanks

[@smartydix]

Where's the aluminum foil !?

[@mygooseshrine]

Radiophobe

[@Monody512]

I'm stuck with ~2.8Mbps DSL on lines older then the dirt they're shallowly buried in, since this area is monopolized by Frontier Communications. So… yeah. Fun fun.

[@Booba-Fett]

Every related video is in russian.... dafuq.

[@siyosoiyo]

It's because your history mines are all in spanish. Trust me google tries to make you watch videos from your video history from KZbin D:

[@phantomfusion]

Hey Linus, you do a great job but the 802.11AC and 5Ghz got clusted together like 5Ghz is exclusive to the 802.11AC range when in fact it is available in the 802.11N and the dual band 802.11N routers are much cheaper. Other than that, great points all around :-)!

[@RoyalRainbows]

i only get 20mbps because i live in the woods and that's all that is out there

[@rikzel]

I live in the Netherlands, and thanks to the many people that live here, the many Networks that exist in the neighbourhood, we'd be happy if we got 20 Mbps. I also can't run wired, because our house is based on wifi standards, no lines for ethernet going upstairs, and my parents don't like it if I make one _._

[@Traindriver321]

Awww, poor you, I live in the 3rd "most important" city in my country and I have like, bloody 4mb/s and thats if I get lucky, its usually 2-3mb/s :P The fastest is just 20mb/s

[@rikzel]

White Dragon okay that's pretty bad. But what do you pay for? We pay for 100 MB/s monthly, but we get like 15... What do you pay for? :$

[@Traindriver321]

they *claim* its 4GB/s (LOL!) and we pay 8,000 Drams, thats like 20 bucks. (1Dollar = 400Drams) Wut bout you?

[@rikzel]

White Dragon lol that's really upsetting... We pay like $90 but that's with television included I believe

[@PepeSi1via]

Thanks for the tip - Channel 1 wasn't being used by anyone...saw a bump of about 15 mbps by simply changing that.

[@LCDqBqA]

Cat6 > Wireless

[@yumri4]

ONLY IF you have an ethernet network as converting infriband to ethernet or optical to ethernet loses some of the speed gains you get from being wired in.

[@PFAlt]

Also: ONLY IF you only use desktops and a laptop on a desk as it is pointless to use it on a laptop your constantly moving or a phone. Also, in some cases such as my house (and most people with a family), you'll likely have a house >10yrs and won't have a ethernet output in every room and have 2 floors and don't want cables all over the place.

[@masterharshalshah]

Add points like what encryption should be chosen, because that really makes change in the users experience.

[@adamgbk1]

Great Britain, terrible internet.

[@JayzBeerz]

+LordNightshade82 LMAO! Move bro.

[@adamgbk1]

sure cause living somewhere else is easy peasy

[@337N39n3]

Idk about you guys but I sure as hell have been scouring for a good VPN and this ad was my savior.

[@gervanks]

you lost me at hello........

[@quality6779]

Just don't get a repeater. It basically halves your speed.

[@GamingAligator]

Boy: I'm gonna change my WiFi name to "hack if you can" the next day the boy saw his WiFi name as "challenge accepted" 😈👿😲😲😱👻

[@JohnIbizu]

Or just daisy chain routers. No need to complicate matters. Strong/good routers often times cost more than twice the normal routers people would usually buy. You don't need to think about signal strength or anything. Just place them wherever you need good coverage. Like one downstairs and one upstairs.I have three cheap dlink routers that only cost me around $50. Another advantage is you only need to add more than get stuck with one expensive one that does not get you good coverage.

[@tander101]

I hate 30Fps KZbin videos... KZbin, MAKE IT 60FPS ALREADY!

[@yumri4]

they have just it takes around twice as long to render a edited 60hz video of the same length and special effects as a 30hz video is all. So 60hz is not really catching on to well with any non-gaming channel as really what will you gain from haveing it in 60hz? you can ussualy only get 60hz or 2160p / 4k UHD. i will prefer the 2160p over 60hz for most things besides gaming footage and game reveiws that show in game features as games should run at or even above 60hz while 30hz is fine for videos on youtube which are not of gameplay.

[@scinorandex]

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[@sylentlight6771]

Had to like it, aside from you doing a great job with these I can honestly say you are the FIRST person I've ever seen on youtube say "dislike if you dislike it"... BRAVO GOOD SIR!!!

[@ikarsmelnalknis5250]

ethernet for life :D

[@ikarsmelnalknis5250]

my ips just upgraded from 1 mb/s to 7 for free :D

[@JustaGlytch]

I dislike the way he talks and gestures, but I can't deny his useful information and I definitely appreciate it.

[@dg-hughes]

Other things to do is boost the transmit power level, adjust the MTU size to as big as possible (test with ping), increase the beacon interval so to AP and your device synchronize more often.

[@35wes]

Love these types of videos, simple and straight to the point, hopefully you could do one on rooting and jailbreaking :)

[@rogerweatherford346]

Forgot to mention that coverage @ 5MHz is 25% of 2.4MHz. Otherwise good knowledge,

[@Teraclips]

i got tired of going cheap and bought an ASUS RT-AC66U, it is all good now. i might switch it again for the AC87U though just waiting for release

[@TheCyberman1]

Im a PC Techo and even I was surprised to find out how much loss of signal you get when you have your router next to mirrors, so theres my lil tip :)

[@Jaymac720]

“Pleased as punch” Silly little lines like that just crack me up for some reason

[@Fozgorb]

I added an airport express wireless sending unit plugged in the wireless router wow,I'm sixty feet away or more, perfect reception throughout the two storey house plus my studio in the backyard.I tried a powerpoint device but the studio is on a seperate circuit.Thanks for the help on BO2.

[@ValdisVitols]

Hello, thank you for the nice video. I got some more configuration tips for 2.4GHz WIFI access points 1) disable WMM 2) Disable full 802a/b/g/n support , just leave 802.11g or just 802.11n enabled (not supporting the whole array of standards) Just my 5 cents. Maybe helps for somebody.

[@danielmerkley4543]

Long time view of LTT channels. I appreciate the ASL use of numbers when discussing 2.4 channels. Not deaf but I appreciate the inclusivity.

[@funnypranker34]

I moved my router from under the table to an open table and less connection drops on my iphone 5 on the 5 ghz

[@noob1138]

Another tip for Wi-Fi routers/AP: Disable the "auto" mode (making the device switch Wi-Fi channels automatically). On several routers it's enabled by default.

[@Tatertot01]

Good video. Thanks for the tip about updating our wifi adapter's driver from the chipset manufacturer. My adapter's brand website hasn't had a driver update in like 3 years but the chipset's website has recent updates. After upgrading the driver my network meter shows a stronger signal.

[@EricSiegfriedt]

I got a commercial with Linus in it before I even got to the video .-. This guy it taking over the world

[@Metal-Possum]

Coverage area of a standard omidirectional antenna is actually doughnut shaped, not spherical. Directly above or below the antenna has terrible reception.

[@remixgod6869]

Just ordered my intel laptop wifi card upgrade. Thanks! I can't wait :)

[@MatthewWright001]

You should totally do a port forwarding episode! Can you port forward through connected routers?

[@Jerbod2]

Clear video and great topic. Good job guys, could you talk about why some phones can't connect to each other via bluetooth and stuff, and what would be a better option?

[@zaboomafia]

Thanks Linus. I just moved from channel 6 to channel 10 in my router settings and there is far better connectivity. whoot!

[@terryrodbourn2793]

You should talked about the difference between dual band routers and single band routers,

[@roenne]

He did...

[@jackwickham2]

My ISP provided me with a dual band router (basically for free) when I signed up. As the only person in the house with a 5GHz capable device (nexus 5), I'm enjoying it :D.

[@h0len]

Linus, though the american standard of 1-6-11 is good for places with no more than 3 networks. The european standard has almost no interferance, yet the ability to have 4 wifi networks in the same space, over the channels 1-5-9 and 13. In most cases (unless there aren't many houses near you) this will help, as you can divide the networks up a little more. Though this will only help in suburban to rural areas, and metros will still have the issue of overlapping channels

[@JustToo3pic]

Just got Powerline adapters yesterday, totally worth it!! Much more stable and faster. Make sure not to get TP-Link though, their to cheap and crappy. Used to have their wifi adapter. I got NETGEAR from the US :)

[@davidemvelez]

Omnidirectional antennas radiate power uniformly in just one plane!!! The radiation pattern is a "donut" not a sphere. The is no signal directly above and below the antena. Google omnidirectional antenna

[@IconicCypher]

I'd love to hear Linus's opinion on the potential health effects of wifi...

[@pebblecups]

It is interesting. My Galaxy Nexus can only connect to the 5ghz band when in the same room as the router but 2.4ghz works almost all over the house. My Surface on the other hand can use the 5ghz band anywhere even outside (120yo house made of stone and brick) and 2.4 even further away.

[@relinquis]

Wireless extenders can seriously slow down your LAN, even though they "may" give you coverage where you didn't have before. Not ideal if you use your local network for streaming films and such. I'm going to try the powerline next option as i can't wire the far areas in my house.

[@TheFlyerDragon]

Next tech quickie explain the different Wi-Fi protocols and types! I didn't understand much when you talked about dual band N and so on :)

[@PicoMaster55]

Ever wonder why your internet isn't ACTUALLY what SpeedTest.net says it is. Well this is why, you are reading the mb/s wrong mb with a little "b" means MegaBITs whereas mB/s is MegaBytes the more popular Byte used in your computer to tell you how big files are. So SpeedTest.net says my internet is 12.3mb/s (MegaBits) download but it actually is 1.5mB/s (MegaBytes). Internet providers want you to think that your internet is faster than it actually is. So Google Fiber isn't 1GigaByte download speed, it actually is 128 MegaBytes download and upload speed.

[@tpcs8667]

Yeap. there are at least a TOTAL of over 14 different variables that influence the speed of web surfing. I had to explain this to EVERY single comcast customer call I received at internet support in madison mississhitty back in the day. There were amazed as to WHy the " new account" set up rep DIDN'T bother to explain any of it as they though upgrading from economy class 1mbps to what WAS decent 8mpbs with power boost at the time.was the big dog for residential..as to WHY their internet speed DID NOT go 8 times faster in web surfing and downloading files.

[@techquickie]

here ya go: Bits vs Bytes as Fast As Possible

[@vwestlife]

Telecommunications data transfer speeds have always been stated in bits per second (or kilobits/sec, megabits/sec, etc.). The reason is that back in the olden days (1960s-1980s), not all connections used 8 bits per character; some computers used 7 bits, and teletypes used only 5 bits per character. So, Internet providers are not trying to make their service sound faster than it really is by using bits instead of bytes; they're just following established nomenclature.

[@pht8835]

thank you for this.

[@Catcrumbs]

+Ace Pancake mB/s and mb/s mean millibyte per second and millibit per second respectively.

[@B1SCUTL0VER]

The automatic captions on this video actually work.

[@baxcawl]

From several astute comments I've seen, people seem to be talking about the Omni antennas actually having a Cardioid or Sub Cardioid pattern, the mushroom or heart shape. Either way. its still a pretty round pattern and acts like a sphere unless you're below it.

[@funnypranker34]

I did a repeater trick once and it helped with a weaker router. P.S. You can mod a satellite dish for better wifi

[@Klefth]

How to setup a network could be a pretty useful episode.

[@kenzoloh4439]

linus, can u do a video on QoS? many people do not realize this built in feature in most router which can be extremely beneficial at some times

[@VikingDudee]

I have a Netgear 2.4 and 5ghz 300mbps repeater that's been working great, It hooks up to 4 different PC's laptops in my home and 1 being hooked up wired from it and no issues what so ever. Power Adapters I had some crazy issues with it which rendered it almost useless.

[@Azayaa42]

I actually don't mind the adds in the end. They aren't long and it's mostly neat stuff.

[@gameman404]

External headphone amp/dac as fast as possible could be useful and nice.

[@awesomelf8230]

I actually looked into Faster WiFi solutions and changing my channel made it feel like it’s brand new

[@Robotkiller14]

But how do you change the channel

[@temidayoabayomi-zannu8164]

Hi Linux, love all your videos. I have a tp link router in the living room and i use a tp link WiFi extender in my room. I use an Ethernet cable to connect the extender to my laptop and play games online like gta 5 online and it seems to work great so i wanted to ask, does using an Ethernet cable on the extender boost the signal output?

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

+Temidayo Abayomi-Zannu I take it the router and hotspot are connected wirelessly? No physical cable between them. As a general rule, you are always bottlenecked at your slowest point. If your Wifi card is an old A or B and Your router is an newer N or AC then plugging it in would be faster.

[@plmwd]

if you want something that will just work, Apples routers once set up, you don't have to worry about having to reset it. It just works

[@PlazmaCatcherYiffMaster]

Ugh, my school decided to use ONLY the 5ghz band. It doesn't really effect me, as I have an iPhone 5, but everyone with iPhone 4's can't connect. Super annoying.

[@TylerDarlington]

Should probably mention something about upgrading your cable modem to one that has docsis 3.0, or waiting for one that has docsis 3.1 so you can even get somewhere close to the potential of 802.11ac.

[@jasondoss8501]

Linus, after installing a wireless repeater I came to discover that my repeater was using the same channel as my Access Point, and could not change the repeater's channel setting. I know that this will cause interference, as i now have 2 SSIDs on one channel, and I don't really see the purpose of having a repeater instead of a second AP given that I need to extend my network's range. Am I able to change the channel setting when my repeater is connected via Ethernet? Should I be concerned with the interference between my WAP and my Extender?