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Hi folks
If using USB->LAN or any other type of Nic and the option is available on your network adapter try setting also to FULL DUPLEX -- default is often Half duplex.
I think also decent routers allow both the 2.4 and 5GHZ to operate concurrently - this should improve throughput as well.
The trouble is modern consumer grade routers are just junk these days with sensible features either disabled or just not there.
You also if you have genuine fibre optic cable (not the sort of "Pseudo cable system" that I think B.T employs in a load of places in UK where there's a bit of copper going to some cable somewhere which will never give 1 or 10 Gbs type speeds although I think there is a program to upgrade those things to proper optic cable) ensure that the WAN port (that's the port on the Router which you need to connect to the cable box - use a decent bit of LAN cable for that) can match the speed that your ISP can supply.
IMO also I don't particularly like Routers with built in Wireless either but it's hard to find decent consumer grade routers that just have the LAN and WAN connections -- but I've found a decent server grade 6-port router works brilliantly with a dedicated Wifi extender connected via LAN cable to one of the router ports. Using a cheap unmanaged switch can also speed up throughput if you have several devices - and unless you have a modern PC with a sensible wifi card using a USB->LAN adapter will also be good on things like laptops which a lot these days don't have LAN NIC's any more.
Cheers
jimbo
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