Huawei HG659 setup help

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marmel

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#151755 4-Sep-2014 09:44

I've recently changed from Snap to Vodafone.

Speeds to the modem are almost identical after the swap, I get about 30mbps down when using my laptop attached to the modem with a network cable.

Wifi though is less than half of that. I realise there will always be some drop off but with my last modem I was still getting close to 30 down running speedtests on wireless devices.

I am assuming I am getting some interference with this modem, nothing else has been changed.

Any suggestions on how to improve the wifi speeds?

Thanks.

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#1121612 4-Sep-2014 09:44

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#1121627 4-Sep-2014 09:48

Just to clarify, I was using a Fritz!box with Snap, now using the Huawei supplied by Vodafone.

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#1121696 4-Sep-2014 11:20

marmel: Just to clarify, I was using a Fritz!box with Snap, now using the Huawei supplied by Vodafone.

The fritzbox is a vastly superior device, why not just use it with the Vodafone DSL?

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#1121699 4-Sep-2014 11:24

My tests concluded my HG659 performed better than my 7390 on WiFi.
Pleas enote my environment is most likely different so results maybe different. Make sure its on the right channel ETC. use a WiFi analyzer. Split the 2.4 and 5Ghz SSID's.