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There are many factors involved in the speed of Internet connections in our homes. Since the speed supported by our smartphones Ethernet network cards and WiFi, tablets and computers, to the distance from our home to the center in the case of ADSL and the wiring, through the presence of walls worsen the quality of the WiFi signal, and ending in applications that consume bandwidth in the background without us being aware.
If web pages open more slowly than usual, or appear slow downloads, need not be due to a technical problem on your ADSL line fiber or Orange. Check that the devices involved in the connection have no incidents, and support the maximum speed contracted for you. You should also verify that users connected to the router and the number of applications open at once are not exceeding the bandwidth available in each case.
We show other factors that tend to intervene in the speed of your Internet connection, and some tips to get the highest percentage of rated speed hires of your Internet connection.
Hardware
- If you have the router Livebox Next Orange with a connection symmetrical fiber (same speed up and down) of 300 Mb, to try to have the maximum speed contracted by WiFi, you must use the wireless band ac router, along with devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, etc ...) that support WiFi standard ac (5 GHz). Otherwise, and for example, if your mobile phone supports only WiFi n, we have to connect with our Livebox getting a rate considerably lower, since the 2.4 GHz band (WiFi n) is more saturated and offers fewer channels.
- When connecting a computer to your Livebox router via the Ethernet port (otherwise the most reliable method that uses the maximum speed) is recomentable the cable is at least Category 5E (CAT 5E) for the 300 Mb If the symmetrical connection Fiber Orange, although it is advisable to opt for a CAT 6 or CAT 7.
- Verify that the Ethernet card from your computer supports Giga Ethernet, Fast Ethernet because of being "alone" can download up to 100 Mb, so no connection will take advantage of symmetrical 300 Mb Fiber Orange. In this case a Fast Ethernet card will serve amply to an ADSL or fiber 30 Mb.
- In the case of using repeaters to extend the range of your Livebox WiFi router to remote rooms of the house, verify that these are compatible WiFi ac ny, to get more bandwidth available in the case of dual-band routers ac such as Next Orange Livebox.
Software
- Check that your devices (smartphones, computers, tablets, game consoles, etc ...) they are not running applications that consume bandwidth without you being aware, programs such as P2P file sharing, automatic updates of operating systems, antivirus and applications in general, etc ... If so, close all programs that are not in use, for maximum data transmission speed of the application you're actually using at the time, and attempts to schedule any type of renovation Applications morning, when no one in the house is using your Internet connection.
- Keep always updated antivirus if you have a Windows operating system, because some viruses or web pages with malicious content may be using your Internet connection without your knowledge. This point is not as critical in computers with operating systems Mac OS or Linux, less susceptible to infestation in general. This group would also be Android smartphones and tablets, and iOS for iPhone and iPad, but it never hurts to protect yourself with a general anti-malware solution.
- If your Internet connection is via ADSL, try as far as possible not to use more than one simultaneous session via streaming HD video (Youtube, Orange TV, Wuaki, etc ...). For example, if you're watching a movie on a tablet, and your child sees a number from your smartphone, micro or slowdowns due to the large amount of bandwidth they consume HD video may appear, nor "leave room" for another member of your household surf the web smoothly, or play networked with the console. In the case of Orange Fiber 300 Mb, the number of concurrent sessions video on demand can be increased significantly without showing incidents, given the greater volume of data available.
