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RayinWi
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Jan 23, 2022
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How to tell if my Win 10 laptop is connected to an access point or a router

I have a router that resides two floors away from where my laptop sits. I get pretty iffy wifi \ Internet speeds because of the distance. I ran a cat 6 ethernet cable from the router to a jack whic...
  • plemans's avatar
    Jan 23, 2022

    You could log into the access point and check it. 

    Or you could simply change the access points SSID so you can tell which you're connected to.