Home Office Internet Tutorial for ECC Faculty
Claudio Vilchis | Paul Yoder | Pete Marcoux
Recommended bandwidth for meetings and webinar panelists*:
*kbps= kilobyte per second; mbps= Megabyte per second
1 Mega byte is 1000 kilobytes
Recommended bandwidth for webinar attendees:
Modem versus Router
Your modem is a box that connects your home network to the wider Internet.
A router is a box that lets all of your wired and wireless devices use that Internet connection at once and also allows them to talk to one another without having to do so over the Internet.
From: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/modem-vs-router/
Tips on Internet Speed
Devices to Help Improve Speed
Wifi Repeaters effectively contains two wireless routers, similar to the wireless router you already have in your home or office. One of these wireless routers picks up the existing WiFi network. It then transfers the signal to the other wireless router, which transmits the boosted signal.
Examples of Wifi Repeaters on Amazon
Power line adapters basically turn the electrical wiring of a home into network cables for a computer network. You need at least two power line adapters to form the first power line connection. The first adapter is connected to the router and the second to the Ethernet-ready device at the far end.
Examples of Powerline Adapters on Amazon
Unpaid Endorsement from Pete Marcoux
I purchased these PowerLine adapters. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7YQO9G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Before I hooked them up, my download speed through WIFI was 69.8 mbps and upload a paltry 1.63 mbps.
Using the adapters, my download speed was a blazing 159.6 and upload 22.2 (which is important for Zoom). They recommend both outlets are on the same circuit- mine aren’t. If they were, I’d imagine the speeds would be even faster.
Everyone’s home wiring is different, so there is no guarantee you’ll get similar results.
Security Tips from Paul Yoder