My laptop has wireless capability (factory) now. Will this improve the speed of the wireless data from the router?
1763498
If u already have dual band u dont need this device. If not u can buy this and improve the signal by avoiding interfance.
1763499
To get an accurate answer you'll need to provide specifics regarding your 802.11 factory device. Ultimately, the speed of your communication flow will be limited by your service connection speed.
1520110
By itself, no. It merely boosts signal range. You'll want to get a wifi card or USB wifi stick to plug into a USB port if you don't have built in wireless internet.
1471046
This boosts the wireless signal from your router (cable/DSL). It has nothing to do with which version of Windows you are using.
466678
Absolutely! Do the following:Right click the network adapter icon on your taskbar>go to "network and sharing">change adapter settings>right click on the ACA1>properties>configure>advanced tab>wireless mode>then change to 5Ghz only
2104186
This work in conjunction with the router. This will just extend your routers wireless range.
377345
Yes. But only at 150Mbps, or one quarter the capable throughput of the 802.11N specification. Faster models are available with an advertised speed of 300Mbps. However, they are larger, and more expensive. This is a nice, small, solution for connecting to wifi access points.
1977427
It is better to do that ... I am not sure though why you need it if your laptop built-in wifi is working. If you are gonna use it it is better to stick to using it the time to avoid IP issues.
795266
Yes, the device can do that. You may see a little lag off and on depending on wireless conditions.
42657
If you have a good router, and connect this to extend the range, the speed not as fast as you would have if connected to router itself, but the speed is not slow, I say it's a moderate speed. ... It's a workable speed of connection.
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What if you live in a rural area, and even if you move your laptop or android phone near the router you still only get 1 bar on the phone and 2-5 on the laptop but only 54mbps speed on laptop. How does one boost the signal and the speed? I live in an off-grid rental (solar power, etc.). Not sure what to do, but I need to be able to stream videos and upload/download files FAST for my freelance work. Thanks for any help!
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Yes. Here are the steps in the correct order to do this with the stock firmware. As other have said, internet access may take a while after setup is complete. 1) Plug in the router and turn on the wifi (there is a button on the router for this) 2) Connect to the the network being broadcast from the TP-link router (The password is on the bottom of the router) 3) Open a browser and type 192.168.0.1 into the address bar 4) Click on DHCP and disable it, then click "save" at the bottom 5) If you have more than one of these routers or your main routers IP address is 192.168.0.1, click on Network then LAN and change the IP address of the router to some different IP like 192.168.2 click save, reconnect to the TP-Link network and log back into the router by using the new IP address. 6) Click on Wireless then Security and change the password for the TP-link network to the same password as the network you are trying to extend. Click save, reconnect to the network with the new password and log in to the router again. 7) Click wireless again. 8) Change the SSID to the same SSID as the network you want to extend. 9) Click the Check box next to "enable WDS bridging" 10) Click on "survey" then select the network you want to extend 11) enter the password for that network toward the bottom of the page 12) Click save 13) click OK or agree to the error that will popup about the channel being set to auto. Agreeing to this will let the router set the channel to whatever channel the main router is using. 14) The router should disconnect you and you should reconnect to the network you wanted to extend but with better signal strength. It might take a minute for internet access or you might have to restart your laptop and other devices. This was from memory so it should be close but might not be perfect. The order of the steps does matter and is different than TP-Links FAQ answer.
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The previous answer was perfect. I would only add that, if the available wireless connection uses the 2.4GHz band, the 5GHz band provided by the Belkin device probably would improve the connection quality.
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Yeah, that's kinda what I deduced it to. I ended up buying the 655 last week and it works beautifully. I tested my internet connection speed wired and then wireless on a different floor of my house and the wireless was just as fast! Waaaay better than my old D-link G model.
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Yes plug your router cable to this then everything plugs into this will have the ability. Note: Having this will not change wifi speed.
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I imagine it should be possible, but I have mine hooked up to the router, directly. I have now used this computer for a while and am very happy, I only wish I wouldhave bought the model that has double the ram at more expense. But it is still very fast.
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I think so, it is a router(repeater) with hdd attached, what normal router can do, this device should be able to do as well.
851989
I don't know, I only have the "everyday basic" mbps. On a happy front, I rebooted my modem and randomly started pushing the buttons on the front of the modem and now my wireless is working again. Yea!