If you feel your office Wi-Fi, or wireless, is slow, do something about it! Well, if you’re not a computer wireless specialist, you may be lacking the necessary IT skills. Either tell the person in cube 6 to stop streaming music or you can enhance your office network.
- First, you need to map out your Internet and wireless equipment. Does your company have an all-in-one modem and wireless router or is it a separate modem that is connected to a wireless router? Some bigger network offices have a T1 or big-pipe Internet line coming from the basement that is received from the wall, then connected to a wireless access point or wireless router.
- Once you’ve figured out how the architecture works, you should get all your Internet modem and router info. Call TimeWarner, Verizon, or whoever hosts your modem and get any pertinent info, such as: static or dynamic IP address info, DHCP, username and password. Then, grab your wireless router info. Ask your IT tech guy what the info is if you don’t know. If nobody knows, you’re better off resetting it to start fresh.
- What is the age of your wireless router? If over 2-3 years old, buy a new one.
- If you have dead spots, check online to see if your wireless router is compatible with wireless access points (WAPs) and buy 1-2 to spread the throughput of the wireless signal to cover these hard-to-reach spots.
- If all else fails, buy a new wireless router. I’m fond of the Airport Extremes with Airport Expresses to carry through the signal in big spaces.
- If that still doesn’t work, call your Internet Service Provider to increase your Internet speed. Your wireless speed will only be as fast as what you pay for.
