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Add extra speed to your network by avoiding the network channels used by your neighbours. A new Wifi Analyzer app on an Android phone will show which is best

I enjoyed your article on the steps users can take to make a home network faster and more reliable. I have an extra piece of advice to offer, which is to find a wireless network channel that is not being used by any of your neighbours' routers. Too many people using the same channel can slow speed down considerably.

Some routers will either display which channels are being used by wireless networks in range and some will even automatically pick a channel based on this analysis.

I found a much better way of checking was to install the Wifi Analyzer app onto my Android phone. This App creates several graphs explaining the different competing wireless networks in the area and their relative signal strengths. Once you know which channels are the most congested you can switch to a quieter one for better networking speeds.

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