Extremely slow wifi lately

[Exo_Starzs]

Just to validate it looks like this basically.

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yes that is it, sorry

[Rustys]

Do not worry about it.

That is not a router that is a card that allows you system to use the WIFI signal that a router and or Gateway (AKA Modem) transmits.

Showing that this is installed according to the system that the speccy report came from.

AC 7265 after the router in device manager.

Plus, device manager only shows the hardware installed in the system.

Now outside of distance and barriers (walls and such) there are other things that can affect the WiFI signal.

Other WiFi signals that are stronger and transmitted on the same channel that you are currently using.

Microwaves
Misconfigured Networks
Running WiFi signals on both Router and Modems.

When was the last time the modem and router we rebooted?

Again, no worries about not knowing we all have started somewhere.

I bought powerline adapters but they have not arrived yet and im still unsure whether i have everything i need for them to work in my house.

Like I stated before will help @PeterOz and @Bruce whom I believe have better experience setting more up that I have.

[Exo_Starzs]

i have just asked someone else in the house and apparently we have little google “pods” all through the house that act as routers to extend wifi and such which i have no idea how to reboot, the modem has been rebooted though(the intel AC-7265) recently.

[PeterOz]

(the intel AC-7265) recently.

Ok this is not the modem/router.
You will have a wallsocket that has a cable connecting to a piece of hardware.
This will either be a modem or a modemrouter. It will be a box with blinking lights plugged into mains power.

[Bruce]

stepping back a bit, is this your network, that is, only you have the login password to the modem/router?

and to stop confusion, that little square thing you are calling a router, let’s start calling it your wireless adapter (which lives inside your PC).
that adapter, in turn, talks (wirelessly) to your internet connection, which is either a modem which has inbuilt wireless access, or to a router (for wireless) which then connects to that modem.

so as PeterOz says, there will be a box or two in the house that either physically connects to the outside world or wirelessly connects you to the internet.

have you done speedtest.net yet?

[Bruce]

@Exo Starzs - where we at?

[Rustys]

Abandoned thread closed