5 essential tools for your Wi-Fi network

- Wifi is great... when it works. Now that's usually not the case, but if that wireless internet fails once, it is usually at times when you 't loudest need. We discuss here are five tools that can help you if wifi is not working well.

You have a fortune invested in good equipment, but to somehow keeps you connected falter? It may be that it has nothing to do with your own equipment / connection, but with those of the routers around you disrupt your connection. Namely routers use this same Wi-Fi channel as you, then things can go quite disturbing.

The free program called Vistumbler can help you by scanning for wireless routers in your area and to not give up the channels used by routers that are in the closest vicinity. So you can easily avoid busy channels.

 Vistumbler helps you find crowded WiFi channels.

A similar program is inSSIDer. Also with it you can see in an instant what channels are full and which have much free space. It is somewhat more graphic and easier to use.

inSSIDer shows the network channels in a chart, including the strength of the wireless access point. From this you can deduce or wireless networks in each other's way. This may even be the case where there are used different channel numbers. For example, it is possible that the network of your neighbor on channel 8 overlaps your network to channel 6.

inSSIDer allows you to graphically see which channel you can best use.

This is not a program that you need to install, but one that you can use online. Because when you feel that you are not nearly get the speed that your ISP promised you, you can check using this test or so. Visit the page and click on Measure your download speed. You will then see in an instant what speed you actually get. Most ISPs also own such a test, but this test is independent and therefore better.

 Make sure that the promised speed is also achieved real.

Another one, but then again bit more graphic (and usually once accurate) speed test. just. Again, this is just a website, you do not need to download any porgramma.

Speed ​​Test. just do not be once download a data package, but measures speed over a longer period. Thus, you are less prone to periodic differences. One-hand graph shows during testing to see how stable your connection, and you can instantly share your results on social media.

Speed ​​Test. just slightly more comprehensive, more precise and more convenient to use.

Sometimes you get it but not to each other for more than one device to connect to a wireless network when you do need it. In that case, it may be helpful to share your wireless network, so that other devices that can benefit from. Sharing a wireless network in Windows is not as easy as it should, and it's good to know that there are programs that do it for you.

A good and free program is MyPublicWiFi. The program is very simple, after installation simply uncheck automatic hotspot configuration and click Start Hotspot. The existing connection is now shared and you can use multiple devices with WiFi.

 You not share the connection? Use MyPublicWiFi.