Router performance

MooMoo444 · 7 Aug 2014 at 16:16

Noob question potentially, brace yourself!

I got a router with my TalkTalk broadband connection. It seems a bit generic and the options in the settings are very limited. Speed is acceptable, I guess..though I don't really have anything to compare to.

I see you can buy better quality and higher spec routers on the market. Are these likely to give any speed bonus or is it entirely dependant on the line?

I'm currently connecting to the router over WiFi, but it's like 6 foot away from my computer only, so I don't know if that's losing performance or not.

Fill me in!

meandu229 · 7 Aug 2014 at 16:18

Which part of the speed are you not happy with? internet or network?
Do you have fibre?

The line accounts for most of the issues but some chipsets (broadcom) are much much better at longer lines (from the exchange) so you can get much better speeds (think 2mb -> 4mb). Depends on your line quality/distance really though mostly.

And if its internal speed thats slow then that can surely be improved with a nice Wifi ac router with GB ports

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bremen1874 · 7 Aug 2014 at 16:28

MooMoo444 said:
I'm currently connecting to the router over WiFi, but it's like 6 foot away from my computer only, so I don't know if that's losing performance or not.

At that distance why aren't you using an network cable? They aren't expensive.

MooMoo444 · 7 Aug 2014 at 16:49

bremen1874 said:
At that distance why aren't you using an network cable? They aren't expensive.

Room setup really. Opposite ends of room, to use a wire means going in an arc round the room to the computer.

As for performance, I'm not really unhappy with what I have. It's just broadband for the moment but I want to upgrade to Fibre as soon as I can. Just wondered if I could get better performance by upgrading the router, or if that's just horseplay.