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I would appreciate some help to make sure that I have the proper security settings on my router
Hello,
I currently have the NETGEAR AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router, when I originally bought it I set it up according to the instructions but now I'm wondering if I set it up properly. Course my most concern is my wireless security, currently on my 2.5 GHz and my 5 GHz my security options are set to WPA2-PSK [AES], I'm wondering if that is the most secure setting?
I originally set up this router in the basement of my home in my office and currently I've got one dead spot area in the house or I should say weak spot. I downloaded an app to my iPhone and walked around the house to see the signal and there's one area of the house that it drops dramatically. I also have a Netgear Wi-Fi extender, my plan is to move my router from the corner room and by basement to the very middle of the basement and then put the extender on this first level between the router and the weak spot. I'm sure I will have other questions I will surely have questions about the extender but I'm not sure this is the right form for that question so at this point I will just leave it at this point and hopefully get an answer to my security options question. The rest of the information was just so that you know what application I'm using my router in.
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Yes, WPA2-PSK [AES] is the most secure setting.
Something isn't right I have poor wireless when I am standing right by the router, this is a bit of a different question but still about Genie.
My 2.4 GHz and my 5 GHz say they are configured and they are active. I just wonder if I have my settings correct? Would somebody be able tell me what the settings for each section should be on my wireless for my 2.4 GHz and my 5 GHz, I can understand why I'm getting poor wireless signals when I'm standing right by the router. I downloaded a app on my iPhone where I can walk around my house and see the different strengths of the signal and the further away I get from the modem the stronger he gets. When I login to the 5 GHz network my speeds are between 60 and 80 and my cable modem plan is 100 so I would think I would be closer to 80 all the time especially when I'm in the same room as the router.
I hope you don't mind me asking a little bit of a different question, but it is still about the settings in Genie
What makes you think the signal gets stronger as you move farther away? Wi-Fi signal strength is often expressed in a unit called the dBm. For Wi-Fi signals, the value is always a negative number, so a larger value represent a weaker signal. For example, -70 dBm is weaker than -50 dBm.
Wi-Fi speeds will depend on many factors:
- Signal strength
- Congestion caused by nearby Wi-Fi networks operating on the same channel
- Interference caused by nearby Wi-Fi networks operating on nearby channels
- Interference caused by non-Wi-Fi devices, like microwave ovens, cordless telephones, baby monitors, Bluetooth devices, wireless speakers, etc.
- The Wi-Fi protocol supported by the device (802.11n, 802.11ac, etc.)
- The number of antennas in the device
Beyond that, speeds can also be affected by non-Wi-Fi factors:
- A bad connection to the Internet
- Congestion in the Internet
- Congestion on your Internet link caused by your other devices
- High CPU loads on the device and/or router
That's a long-winded way of saying that without more information, it's really impossible to say why you are getting 60 to 80 Mbps on your 100 Mbps plan. You should check whether a wired device can achieve speeds closer to 100 Mbps. If it doesn't, then chances are the problem is with the modem, your Internet connection or the Internet itself.
eaglepi wrote:Hello,
I currently have the NETGEAR AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router
It probably doesn't matter, but AC1750 is not a router model. It is a wifi speed thing. Netgear makes several routers with that spec, including various versions of the R6400 and R6300.
if my router isn't a router why does it say it's a router and why does it work like a router??
The description is,
NETGEAR AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router (R6400)
eaglepi wrote:if my router isn't a router ...
No one said that. What I said was that "AC1750 is not a router model".
As you say, the description is:
NETGEAR AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router (R6400)
The important bit is R6400. The AC1750 thing is misleading.
This is the first time that you have mentioned R6400. You may have said that when you posted your first message, but the bulletin board did not pass on this information.
Now we know what you are talking about.
