Nakoichi [they/them]M to chapotraphouse • 8 months agoI just got a new modem and it quintupled my internet speed and now I feel like I have a super power I don't know what to do with.imagemessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up182
arrow-up182imageI just got a new modem and it quintupled my internet speed and now I feel like I have a super power I don't know what to do with.Nakoichi [they/them]M to chapotraphouse • 8 months agomessage-square22 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarecorgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]Mhexbear5·8 months agoHell yeah you luv 2 c it. For some reason with the same modem, my old laptop would get 20-30MBPS down, but this newer laptop I got over the past summer gets about that speed link
minus-squareedge [he/him]hexbear4·8 months agoLikely your old laptop had older networking hardware than the router or access point. link
minus-squareMindfury [he/him]hexbear1·8 months agobetter ethernet port? or old laptop could only connect to an older, shitter wifi standard? link
minus-squarecorgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]Mhexbear2·8 months agoSame 5ghz network, just a newer laptop (by a few years) link
Hell yeah you luv 2 c it. For some reason with the same modem, my old laptop would get 20-30MBPS down, but this newer laptop I got over the past summer gets about that speed
Likely your old laptop had older networking hardware than the router or access point.
Thats what my thought was
better ethernet port? or old laptop could only connect to an older, shitter wifi standard?
Same 5ghz network, just a newer laptop (by a few years)