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Poor download speed over wifi on phone
- Thread starter robsie
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svim
Extreme Android User
A phone's MAC address is just a device identifier, it doesn't have any direct relation to WiFi bandwidth speeds. Instead, you need to focus on either the coverage range of the router providing the WiFi network you're connecting to, or the bandwidth speed of the ISP's signal of the modem that feeds the router.
-- Is this slow issue with just one WiFi network or all WiFi networks? If just one that's likely to be a problem with the router. If all, that indicates your phone is having a problem.
-- Is this happening with just your home WiFi network, or elsewhere (i.e. workplace) If at home, have you tried just restarting your router?
-- If it is at home, do you rely upon an ISP's combined modem/router unit or do you have your own separate router?
-- Have you done any kind of coverage range testing? If you have good WiFi connectivity standing within a few feet of the router but it becomes more erratic as you move further away, that's a likely occurrence. You might be able to improve WiFi range but relocating/repositioning the router.
-- Is this slow issue with just one WiFi network or all WiFi networks? If just one that's likely to be a problem with the router. If all, that indicates your phone is having a problem.
-- Is this happening with just your home WiFi network, or elsewhere (i.e. workplace) If at home, have you tried just restarting your router?
-- If it is at home, do you rely upon an ISP's combined modem/router unit or do you have your own separate router?
-- Have you done any kind of coverage range testing? If you have good WiFi connectivity standing within a few feet of the router but it becomes more erratic as you move further away, that's a likely occurrence. You might be able to improve WiFi range but relocating/repositioning the router.