Wifi on a college campus. How to get faster internet?
When I'm in my dorm I can plug into an ethernet cable but are there ways to get faster internet/faster wifi when just walking around the campus?
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It is literally impossible to attain the maximum throughput on 2.4 GHz because of said interferences while I can on the 5 GHz band and I'm already lucky that there are 5 GHz capable access points in the network infrastructure.
If you have a craptastic wireless adapter, then changing it would have an effect, but that is about it. -
The less people using the Wifi at my campus, the faster the Internet is. Hence why i would avoid the Library, Student Center or Computer Science lab
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Like the others said, you're pretty much limited to the speed of your campus network, no ifs-ands-buts.
Your best (hypothetical) hope is that literally everyone else is disconnected from the network and that you're the only one using it. -
if your connection is too horribly bad ... tether up to a good LTE phone? its a trick my daughter is using at uni.
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>>craptastic wireless adapter
What is this?
Why do I hear about people talking about dual band wifi vs single band all those things if the internet speed is always determined by your location?
Does wifi beat 4g/LTE in speed in most cases?
Laptops with 4g/LTE- so they can go on the internet anywhere theoretically right? But on a college campus it shouldn't matter should it since you would have wifi nearby always? -
as for single band all devices are forced onto a single frequency range, dual band ones can hop between two to try to run the fastest connection they can.
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I had instances where my 5GHz is a smooth sail wherer my neighbor 2.4GHz struggle to load google. It is all about interference, and multiply it by every device around you. (the phones, tablets counts as well)
It is the weakest link that counts.
I guess if you be friend with the admin may helps, special treatment for your mac address.~~ -
Yeah 5GHz would usually be far better than 2.4GHz for one reason only - it's much less popular so interference is not a problem.
The only downside is that 5GHz offers less range opposed to 2.4GHz (or technically speaking is worse at penetrating obstacles this fades faster).
Still it doesn't change anything that my fellow posters had written - which can be summed up with - not much you can do. -
If WiFi connectivity becomes such an issue where using a 3G/4G connection would be faster, that's probably a good indicator that you need something else to do besides surf the 'net wirelessly
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Wifi on a college campus. How to get faster internet?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by kneehowguys, Dec 9, 2013.