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How to Increase Routeur Wifi R6020 signals?
What are effective methods to significantly enhance the Wi-Fi signal strength of the Routeur Wifi R6020 router? I'm looking for practical solutions to improve coverage and reliability thr...
elizabethturner wrote:
What are effective methods to significantly enhance the Wi-Fi signal strength of the Routeur Wifi R6020 router?
Wifi signals are mostly down to international standards and national laws.
If you want something more capable, then the first move might be to ditch your old and bottom of the range R6020. Released in 2017, it is several generations behind the latest. It also slow LAN ports.
According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet, anything faster than 100 Mbps is a waste of your money.
It also slows down whatever is going on in your local network. Newer devices support at least 1000BASE-TX. Some are even faster.