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What I like about the website is it does not require me to make an account. I just use my facebook connect, and I also get to advertise my website link. But, it’s kind of disapointing the backlinks for members website is “nofollow” instead of “dofollow”
I won’t answer questions which I feel are dumb like “What is my Social insurance number”.
Watch my video on how to use Windows Power Management to make your PC ’s wireless network adapter faster and has extended range by changing the advance power option for your wireless network adapter. It only requires a few click of the mouse to change your adapter to be at Maximum Performance.
Router Tweaks
You can access your routers control panel address by typing it in your web browser. It is 192.168.1.1 for Trendnet routers. The default password is usually admin and user name is admin as well. Unless, you or someone changed it.
If the default username and password is not admin look in your user manual for the answer or phone your routers tech support representative.
If you or someone else changed the password, you can usually reset it to the default password by using a paperclip to hit the reset pin hole button on the back, or side of your router.
You usually can optimize your router for speed and range by enabling “Extended range, changing channels, increasing the power output of your Antenna, and enabling Gaming mode on 802.11g wireless and newer routers.
If you still experience slows speed, you may need to restart your wi-fi router, or prevent wi-fi theft with WPA2 wi-fi password encryption. People will no longer be able to freeload on your wi-fi signal. You can also enable mac filtering, disable SSID broadcast, and limit how many devices can connect to your wi-fi from the control panel.
You should leave the wi-fi routers firewall or DMZ alone since they are fine as is in most cases. Plus, Windows XP and above has a firewall, so if your router firewall fails which is unlikely the Windows firewall should be able to stop an attack from a Worm or hacker.
Positioning your router and other factors which can impact performance
You can also place your router away from things which can block the wireless network signal connection to your computer like metal walls, boxes, bookcases, and other huge objects.
Using 900Mhz and 5 GHz cordless phones instead of 2.4 GHz phones can also improve your wireless network performance.
Not only will you notice a speed and range increase, but your wireless network should be more reliable and experience less drop connections and faster connection speed during PC start-up.
If everything I talk about in the video or wrote here does not work, your router or wireless card may be broken. It is also possible spyware or a virus is using up your bandwidth for sending info to a server. You can also try updating your router firmware and your wi-fi network cards drivers in Windows. But, it can be risky if you do not know what you are doing!
Your last resort is buying a new wi-fi Antenna for your PC or laptop or a better Wi-Fi adapterif you mostly use your schools or apartments free wi-fi signal.
But, It make more sense just to replace the Wireless Routersince every wireless and wired (wi-fi routers also has plugs for your wired Ethernet networking pcs) connected PC can benefit from it and it has improve technology like WPA2, and better range compared to a 802.11B routers. Plus, they are relatively cheap if you buy them off Amazon, and many other online retailers.
Utorrent is my favourite bittorrent client because it is fast, easy to use, and free. It is also highly custumizable with a lot of options. The download speeds are pretty quick for bittorrent files with a lot of peers and seeds.
I use Utorrent mostly to download Linux Distros like Ubuntu which can be 700MB in size or more.
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for your PC or laptop or a better 
if you mostly use your schools or apartments free wi-fi signal.
since every wireless and wired (wi-fi routers also has plugs for your wired Ethernet networking pcs) connected PC can benefit from it and it has improve technology like WPA2, and better range compared to a 802.11B routers. Plus, they are relatively cheap if you buy them off Amazon, and many other online retailers.
