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MitchF150
Jun 18, 2017Explorer III
The best you will be able to do is 'boost' your WiFi signal to the main source and your internet speed is then dependent on the source internet speed.
For example, I have Xfinity cable internet in my house. It's the 100 mbps package.. I get pretty much that speed on my desktop that's connected with a cat 5e cable to my WiFi firewall that's connected directly to the cable modem.
On my laptop, and the desktop computer I have setup for Amazon Prime in my TV room, that's connected via WiFi, it only gets a fraction of that speed...
It's about 50' away with a couple of walls inbetween .. My computers say I'm connected to WiFi at 130mbps, but when I do speed tests on the WiFi computers, I'm lucky to get around 20 mbps speed rate. On the desktop that's connected directly to the firewall, it's over 95 mbps.
Anyway, I'm working on hard wiring my Amazon Prime computer in the TV room, but to be honest, I can still stream full HD video on the WiFi setup... So, it's not been on the top of my project list... :)
But, if you have a lousy WiFi connection, your speed will reduce accordingly..
Good luck!
Mitch
On Edit, I know that if I'm streaming on the Amazon Prime computer, using WiFi, and I'm on the laptop, say on a remote desktop connection to work, my laptop connection is a lot slower than normal..
I've even noticed if the microware oven is running, my WiFi connection goes down...
Just saying that WiFi is not the same as being hard wired to your modem..
Mitch
For example, I have Xfinity cable internet in my house. It's the 100 mbps package.. I get pretty much that speed on my desktop that's connected with a cat 5e cable to my WiFi firewall that's connected directly to the cable modem.
On my laptop, and the desktop computer I have setup for Amazon Prime in my TV room, that's connected via WiFi, it only gets a fraction of that speed...
It's about 50' away with a couple of walls inbetween .. My computers say I'm connected to WiFi at 130mbps, but when I do speed tests on the WiFi computers, I'm lucky to get around 20 mbps speed rate. On the desktop that's connected directly to the firewall, it's over 95 mbps.
Anyway, I'm working on hard wiring my Amazon Prime computer in the TV room, but to be honest, I can still stream full HD video on the WiFi setup... So, it's not been on the top of my project list... :)
But, if you have a lousy WiFi connection, your speed will reduce accordingly..
Good luck!
Mitch
On Edit, I know that if I'm streaming on the Amazon Prime computer, using WiFi, and I'm on the laptop, say on a remote desktop connection to work, my laptop connection is a lot slower than normal..
I've even noticed if the microware oven is running, my WiFi connection goes down...
Just saying that WiFi is not the same as being hard wired to your modem..
Mitch
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