Your WiFi Bandwidth Allocation
Most modern day Wi-Fi access points and devices allow for the bandwidth to be restricted. This is particularly useful if you have a guest Wi-Fi network or a number of users. This will allow people to view streaming sites like Netflix/Youtube during their lunch break, without slowing your business operation.
If you’ve got a completely unrestricted wifi network you’ll find it might only take one user to slow the internet. It’s good practice to restrict “client bandwidth” on all devices. This means that each device on the Wi-Fi network is allocated a certain amount of bandwidth. Therefore, they can’t eat up the entire allocation for the whole office.
What’s Your DNS?
What exactly is DNS (domain name system)? Well any time you type a website address in your internet browser the browser then needs to go look up the DNS record for this website. Each website has a dedicated IP address the DNS converts website addresses to IP addresses. It’s a bit like looking up someone’s name in the phone book to get their telephone number.
This process can take some time depending on where your DNS is set to. By default most IT companies will set your DNS to the internet service provider’s DNS server.
However there are much faster and more reliable free services such cloudflare & Google DNS to name a couple.
Patch Your Browser
Make sure your internet browser is patched and up to date.
Now we won’t get into a discussion here on which browser is the fastest – this I believe is personal preference but make sure it’s patched and up-to-date whatever browser you have.
Here’s the top 3 browsers (in no particular order)
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
Having a patched and up to date internet browser will not only guarantee your computer is running at full efficiency when browsing the web it will also add further internet security, which is an added bonus. With current cyber security risks it’s worth checking to see if your browser is indeed up-to-date.