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Check your incoming Internet before fooling with your network.
There are simple steps you can take to speed up your Wi-Fi network.
To get the most from your network, you'll need to fine-tune its settings.
Even with a Netgear Orbi 970 mesh Wi-Fi network, backed by a 2Gbps AT&T fiber-optic Internet connection, I sometimes have Wi-Fi slowdowns. That's because my home has two buildings. One's primarily an office, while the other is where I lay my head. The former is a new 1,000-square-foot building, while the latter is a 3,000-square-foot historic building with all the thick walls that come with older homes. It's not easy to cover all that space, even with top-of-the-range network gear.
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Last week, things started to go wrong -- the way they always do -- so I spent the weekend rebuilding and improving my network. Here's what I did. You probably don't face the kind of trouble I did, but these tips will help anyone get faster, more reliable Wi-Fi.
1. How fast is your Internet?
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