10 best multiplayer games on android

Uncountable no of game are available on Android platform both free and paid.It’s not surprising that multiplayer games are the most popular among them.
Clash of Clans

One of the oldest and popular games for Android, Clash of Clans is the spiritual successor to RTS games like Age of Empires and Empire Earth. If you have loads of patience (or a lot of money to blow), then Clash of Clans will let you build a civilization from scratch and battle against other players. Quiz Up

Fan of trivia or general knowledge games? Then Quiz Up is the game for you with hundreds of questions spread across topics as varied as geography to gaming. This free game lets you challenge your friends or battle it out against people online.
Asphalt 8: Airborne

The latest Asphalt racing game has great graphics and gameplay. It also has a solid multiplayer suite and lets you race against eight other gamers in real-time multiplayer races. If you want to challenge your friends, then the game also has an asynchronous multiplayer element that lets you test yourself against your friends’ cars and track times.
Dungeon Hunter 4

One of the best looking games for Android, Dungeon Hunter 4 sees Gameloft taking a page out of Diablo’s playbook. The game also has a popular multiplayer component that includes co-op arenas, PvP modes and team based deathmatches.
Order & Chaos Online

If you live and breath MMORPGs, then Order and Chaos Online is for you. One of the most popular MMORPGs on Android, Order & Chaos Online offers a familiar fantasy universe, classes and RPG elements. Of course, the game requires a moderately powerful phone to run.
Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Gameloft’s take on the Modern Warfare series also emulates the AAA series’ bombastic action set pieces and over the top story. Modern Combat 5: Blackout also has a fun multiplayer suite that includes class-based squad multiplayer battles and CoD style skill unlocks.
Real Racing 3

Okay, so Real Racing 3 does not have a real time multiplayer component like Asphalt 8 but it does have solid asynchronous multiplayer that lets you beat your friends’ times and move up the leaderboard. Apart from that, Real Racing 3 probably has the best controls and graphics out of any racing game on Android.
Real Boxing

Real Boxing is a very good looking game that puts you in the sweaty boots of a boxing amateur as you try to climb the ranks of the professional circuit. Real Boxing’s multiplayer includes real-time bouts, weekly tournaments and the ability to challenge your friends.
Respawnables

Respawnables may not be the most innovative or unique game, but it brings a lot of Team Fortress 2’s style and gameplay to the small screen. The big difference is that Respawnables is a third-person shooter but the rest of the game, with its class-based squad battles and deathmatches, should sound familiar.
Blitz Brigade

Another Team Fortress 2 knock-off, Blitz Brigade comes from Gameloft’s stables and is a class-based squad multiplayer FPS. However unlike Respawnables and Team Fortress 2, Blitz Brigade has vehicles, like the Battlefield series. In Blitz Brigade you can take part in multiplayer battles with up to 12 players and choose from five different classes.

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Access PC with Your Android Mobile or Iphone

Need to transfer files from your computer to your mobile device through a  USB cable ? Worried of low storage space in your mobile device? Ever thought of accessing your computer from your android mobile or an Iphone? How easy would it be to access PC data without really sitting infront of it with a keyboard and mouse. The happy news is “YES YOU CAN DO IT”, All you need is the Polkast app, which you could download for free and have access to the data on your computer.

POLKAST

Polkast is a cloud service through which you can create your own personal cloud with this app. Any file on the pc can be now accessed from your mobile phones itself, irrespective of the fact wherever you are.To make the polkast app work you need to install the server app on your computer and the client app on your mobile device such as phone or tab. Both the server and client versions of polkast are available as a free download from the Polkast website. http://www.polkast.com

STEPS TO FOLLOW 

1. Go to the Polkast website, http://www.polkast.com , and click on the DESKTOP option.
2. This directs to the download page. First, download the server version ie, the computer app version of the Polkast.
3. Click on the download option for windows. As soon as the download is complete, you will see the Polkast app active on your computer screen. Install the Polkast server app on your system and register an account for yourself.
4. After the registration process is completed it directs you to Polkast working screen. Click on get started now option.
5. Select the set of folders you want to have access to via Polkast app.
6. Polkast adds the selected files and documents to the library.
7. Now you need to download the client-server on your phone. Once downloaded, visit the app store on your phone.
8. When you start Polkast on your mobile phone or tablet, it asks you to login to your polkast account.
9. 
10. The moment you log in, Polkast will automatically connect to your own personal cloud.
11. Connection once successful, the app dashboard will be displayed on the screen, this allows you to remotely access,browse,search and also download files from your computer.

That’s it, This is yet another simple and easy trick which you can do to access your files on your computer through your android mobile or Iphone. So what are you waiting for copy the url and start downloading the Polkast app. The complete solution for your low storage in your mobile device.

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Save Google Maps for Offline Use

Google Maps are by far the best in class when it comes to navigation. Google Maps are no doubt very helpful to most of the people. Google maps provides the users with the most accurate results.You can navigate places, Search and find places.It also helps you in reaching a particular place according to the users mode of transport be it walking ,driving or public transports system. Google Maps also shows the estimated time required to reach the destination .Google’s new street view helps users to see the 3D view of some places.  But these all require internet. You needed to be connected to the Internet to access all these features. But what if you are running short on your data and internet connection? Ever  thought of using Google maps offline? Think its imposible? Well here’s a simple trick which you can do to actually save your maps for offline use.

Saving Google Map By Finding Area Using Search Bar

1. First tap the search bar and then search for a place.
2. Now you will see the place name at bottom, tap the bar at the bottom.
3. Click on the More Option Button ( 3 Dotted button) on top right.(See the picture)
4. It will ask you to Pan and Zoom to adjust  after doing that tap Save option available at the bottom and give a name to your offline map.

Saving Google Map By Finding Area Manually

1. First move the map to the location you want to save for offline use.
2. Then tap on Search bar available at the top.
3. Don’t write anything, just scroll to the bottom and you will find Save map to use offline.
4. It will ask you to Pan and Zoom to adjust. After doing that, tap Save available at the bottom and give a name to your offline map.

How To Access Saved Google Maps offline

To access the saved maps, first open Google Maps, then sweep the menu bar from the left.Now tap onYour Place. If you are using your data connection, you need to scroll down to the bottom to find View all and manage.Otherwise without the data connection, it will be available at the top. Here you will find your saved maps.
Note:

• Area must not be too large.
• The saved areas in offline Google Maps are automatically cleared after 30 days.
• Location services will be very slow due to no data connection while using offline Google Map.
• Since you don’t have a data connection, you won’t be able to perform step-by-step navigation in offline Google Map.

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Top 5 NAVIGATOR APPS for Android

Mapquest

Mapquest stands tall on our list. It’s quite a different navigator app. You can speak to your Android device for searching places and destinations. With this hands free input, you can focus on your driving. It even provides walking directions, so when you park downtown and still need to know where to go, MapQuest will continue to guide you on foot.  The map itself is highly precise, and you don’t have to worry about getting lost. Information regarding road incidents and traffic flow is updated every 5 minutes. This app can also provide updated gas prices.

Google maps

Google Maps is perhaps the most recognizable and popular Android GPS Navigation App, as shown by its half a billion users worldwide. It is also considered the standard in the field of mobile navigation apps. Even Apple recommended it as an alternative to its own mapping system. Users will surely enjoy its user-friendly interface. Plus it can be switched to different views, from satellite to the ordinary map view. It is not confusing to use unlike other navigation apps.

 Maverick: GPS Navigation

Maverick: GPS Navigation is a detailed and easy to use navigation app. You can use this app offline, which is great if you hike to places where Internet connection is poor or non-existent. The map is accurate and automatically caches for offline use, which is really handy. It offers similar features like others but what’s good about Maverick is that you can navigate it easily. Your tracks can be recorded in just a single tap.

NavFree

NavFree is a completely free GPS but it does have some premium features like celebrity voices, safety camera, live parking information and more.  These features can be worth the money depending on your daily use-case scenarios, and because of this ability it has a slight similarity over Google Maps for some things. Not only that but NavFree is based on OSM map data, which is user submitted and corrected, so if you find a mistake or something that’s just plain not on the map you can add it for all to see.

GPS Essentials

GPS Essentials is a pretty decent app. The app’s quality feature is its dashboard that allows you to monitor all kinds of stats including your average speed, altitude, distance travelled, moon phase, ETA to destination, and a number of other stats you can look at it. It also comes with some of the standard navigation features which is seen in all the above apps. It appears to be designed for the outdoors rather than driving so if you’re one of those kind of people, this is definitely worth checking out.

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For fast File transfer on Phone

 Using a Bluetooth for transferring a file of space of more than 20 MB may take hours and this mode of file transfer is not advisable for average users. Well for android users there are some apps for transferring files containing large size. Mainly I recommend “Fast File Transfer” which is an app in google playstore.It has a speed of 1.5-5 Mb/s(where average bluetooth speed is 35-55 Kb/s on my testing).And another app is “Flash Transfer” which is also available on google playstore.You can also use wifi direct (if you have one or if not with you ,app is available on playstore).

For downloading ‘Fast File Transfer’ click on the given link below

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandraschbacher.fastfiletransfer&hl=en

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How to Overcome Errors in Google Playstore

FOR THE NOTE OF ANDROID USERS : THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE DESCRIBES  THE SOLUTIONS TO RESOLVE PLAYSTORE RELATED ERRORS

Downloading apps from the Play Store is probably the most common activity that is often performed by users of Android, if he/she wants to get the application. In addition to “easier download” , downloading the application directly from the Play Store also will reduce security risks such as malware invasion riding on applications that are circulating in unofficial app store. However, what should you do if the Play Store often gives an error message every time we want to download ? Just follow these 7 steps to resolve the problem. Note: Each and every step may not be necessary . Even after each of these following steps, you may check whether the problem is solved.
1. Clear Data and Cache
Go to Settings-> application-> manage applications and select All • Search Google Play Store and tap the button Clear data. Press Yes to continue • Then tap clear cache and press Yes to confirm • Finally press the Uninstall updates and select Yes to continue anyway • Perform similar steps in Download Manager
2. Check the availability of free space
• Go to the SD card & phone storage
• Check the remaining free space on the internal memory by looking at the amount of available space is available
If its’s too low , please delete unused files to create more data storage and processing space.
3. Test Connection
If you use the internet on Wi-Fi, be sure to check TCP and UDP port 5228 which is the port number to access the Play Store. If the port is closed, then you would not be able to download any apps from the same network. The easiest way to tell if a Wi-Fi network that you use is blocking the access to download from Play Store course is by trying to download the same application over a data network operator.

4. Perform a new installation of Google Play Store
If the test connection is not a problem and you still get an error message when downloading a particular application, then you can perform a new installation by downloading the Play Store APKnya of a PC or laptop. You can use Google to search for the download link.
5. Factory Reset
When you’ve done all four steps above and still there’s no luck, you can do a factory reset. Keep in mind that , by doing the factory reset all the data stored in the phone will be erased. For it to do a backup first: • Go to Settings> Accounts & Sync then check Background data and Auto-Sync. • Do not forget to select your Gmail account, and check Sync Contacts. • Go to Settings> Privacy and tick back up my data and Automatic restore. • If you want to backup sms, and all other data stored in your mobile phone, you can use PC Suite which is included when you buy the phone or it can be downloaded directly from the official website.
6 Google Play Store Contact Support Team
If you are still having trouble downloading from the Play Store, please contact Google Play Store Support Team.
7. Flashing ROM
If you still have problems after doing a factory reset as well as contacting Google Play Support Team, then you may try out flashing the ROM. If you do not know how to flash the ROM, you may give it to the official mobile phone service center.

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Control Your PC Using Smartphone

Suppose you are lying on your bed watching videos on your PC or playing loud music at a party in your house? . Consider another killer situation- What about delivering a presentation and you need to change the slides?Find it difficult to control your PC ? Ever wondered on having a remote to control your PC? What if you could control your PC using your smartphone? Sounds pretty,eh? Well now you can actually turn your smartphone to control your pc! You can just use your smartphone like your computer’s mouse!
You might be thinking that it’s a difficult task to convert your smartphone into mouse but let me tell you, it’s not that tough. All you need is to install a small app Remote Mouse on your smartphone and follow some small instructions to do that. There are free and paid pro versions of Remote Mouse, but currently the paid version is being offered for free. Here are a few steps to follow:
STEPS

1. Download and install REMOTE MOUSE app from your smartphone device.
2. Now download and install its companion REMOTE MOUSE SERVER application for Mac or PC.  http://www.remotemouse.net/get_started.php
3. Now you need to connect your device and computer to the same Wi-Fi network.
4. You can easily find IP address and QR code by opening the Remote Mouse app in your computer
   
5. Open Remote mouse on your device and connect it to PC by feeding it with IP address or QR code.
6. Once everything is done, you will find that it is very easy and fun to navigate your PC with your device.
   

Remote Mouse will seem familiar to Mac users because it gives the same feel to a MacBook’s multi-touch trackpad. Here one-finger tap is left click and two-finger tap is the right click. You can scroll and pinch to zoom using two fingers. The mouse speed could be adjusted in the app settings.

Also, there are different panels in the app. Dock panel lets you switch apps, media panels lets you control the playback at different applications. Other common panel features include shutdown, sleep, logoff and restart.
Note: Remote Mouse app is available for android, ios and for windows also!

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Tips to boost phone’s WiFi signal

Does your phone get’s disconnected easily from wifi networks?. Poor wifi connection can eat up your battery.Wi-Fi problems can occur anywhere, from thickly walled buildings, to long-range connections or simply a bad Wi-Fi signal in the first place.Here are some tips to boost wifi signal on your android phone.
Avoid poor connections

In the settings menu of Android there is a nice little option that tells your phone to avoid poor Wi-Fi connections, meaning that while it is scanning for available networks it will actually avoid trying to connect to those with poor signals. This will save you a lot in terms of power and frustration. Just go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap the overflow menu button and then Advanced. Here you will see the check box to avoid poor connections.
Forget bad connections
If you’ve signed in to a million different Wi-Fi connections and found half of them to be so bad you can’t use them, then do yourself a favor and forget those networks in your Wi-Fi settings. If you don’t your phone will connect to those bad signals whenever you’re in range, again draining your battery with a unusable Wi-Fi connection.
Use an app

This might be the easiest option for instantly improving your Wi-Fi signal, but it’s also the least proven. The problem is that many people debate whether these kinds of apps do boost your Wi-Fi connection, or just say they do. Yet a placebo is a powerful thing! Start with one of the higher-rated Play Store offerings like Wi-Fi Booster & Easy Analyzer, a free, all-in-one solution which does not require root. Give it a try.
Update phone’s  radio or firmware
If you’re receiving over the air updates from your carrier or manufacturer then this probably doesn’t apply to you, but if you are running custom ROMs you may find yourself occasionally needing to manually update the radio on your Android. Making sure you’re on the latest version of Android for your device is always a wise move for best performance, including your Wi-Fi drivers.
Center the Signal
Wireless routers act as omni-directional transceivers, shuttling data between your devices and the wired modem. As such, routers pump out signal in all directions at once, like a bubble of connectivity. However, the effective range of that bubble is not absolute—walls, floors, furniture, mirrors and metal objects can all cause interference and signal degradation. For example, placing a router near an exterior wall can cut its output in half since 50 percent of the signal is being pushed outside your home. Your neighbors may appreciate it, but your torrents won’t. Instead, position the router in the center-most room of your house as high up as you can to maximize its effective radius.
Radio dish

If you’re in real need of a better Wi-Fi signal then you can actually make your own little parabolic dish to ”catch” some better reception. This is basically a small version of a big radio or satellite dish. You can use a metal bowl or cut open a soda can to make a receiver dish. It may not be the most practical thing to do every time you have a weak signal, but it is fun.

Or you can use an empty can.First, empty the can, then rinse it thoroughly and pull off the tab. Then, wearing gloves, use a box cutter or metal snips to slice off the bottom of the can. Next, do the same for the top of the can, but don’t remove it completely—you need to leave a small tab, about an inch or so wide, attached to the top. Then, opposite the tab, cut the can lengthwise and carefully pull back both sides. The flayed can should resemble a radar dish. Turn the can upside-down, slide the mouth of the can over the router antenna, and secure it to the body of the router using a bit of tape. If you want to get fussy with it, fold or file down the jagged metal edges.
Avoid antenna obstruction
Lots of cases can actually make your Wi-Fi signal worse, especially if they contain metal, which is often used for added protection or kick stands. To see if your case is affecting your Wi-Fi signal, do an Ookla speed test with the case off, then, in the same location, put the case back on and perform the test again. If you see a difference when the case is on you may want to look at alternatives.
Select best Wi-Fi access point
One way to do this is using the Wi-Fi analyzer app which offers three things. Firstly it provides the best channel to use for your particular network. Without going into details, it allows you to optimize the network and means you don’t have to be a technical whizz-kid to do so.
The second thing it does is useful for in an office or other public places, as it allows to know which network has the most stable connection. This is not always the one which your phone assesses is the best by default, there are a lot of factors at play here.
Improve access to the wireless network
Another simple thing that can greatly improve the Wi-Fi connection at home is the optimization of the router’s location. Often it is placed right next to the phone or cable outlet, but this is rarely the best for your connection. If you can move it, take a look at the Wi-Fi FDTD solver app that allows you to see at a glance how your modem is doing.
5 cellular and Wi-Fi signal boosting apps for Android

• Fresh Network Signal Speed Booster
• OpenSignal 3G/4G/WiFi Maps & Speedtest
• Connection Stabilizer Booster
• Signal Finder
• Internet Booster & Optimizer

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How to Hack WiFi WPA/WPA2 Security – WIFIPHISHER

There are several hacking tools available on the Internet that can hack a secure Wi-Fi network, but this tool published by George Chatzisofroniou automates multiple Wi-Fi hacking techniques which make it slightly different from others. George Chatzisofroniou published this new Method for Hacking WPA/WPA2 Security using a WiFi social engineering tool designed to steal credentials from users of secure wireless networks.
The administrator at the University of Greece developed the WiFiPhisher tool which is used to discover and replicate WPA-protected networks, sans password.The tool, can be downloaded from GitHub here and works by producing a number of deauthorisation packets at a legitimate access point jamming it and prompting users to inspect available networks.Users will see the malicious network posing as their trusted access point.
DISCLAIMER– The information given is purely for educational purpose. We are not associated to hacking and we are not entertaining any kind of illegal activities such as hacking. We wont be responsible for any damages caused by this

How it works
Wifiphisher is a security tool that mounts fast automated phishing attacks against WPA networks in order to obtain the secret passphrase. It is a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining WPA credentials.

Wifiphisher works on Kali Linux and is licensed under the MIT license.
From the victim’s perspective, the attack makes use in three phases:
1.) Victim is being deauthenticated from their access point. Wifiphisher continuously jams all of the target access point’s wifi devices within range by sending deauth packets to the client from the access point, to the access point from the client, and to the broadcast address as well.
2.) Victim joins a rogue access point. Wifiphisher sniffs the area and copies the target access point’s settings. It then creates a rogue wireless access point that is modeled on the target. It also sets up a NAT/DHCP server and forwards the right ports. Consequently, because of the jamming, clients will start connecting to the rogue access point. After this phase, the victim is MiTMed.
3.) Victim is being served a realistic router config-looking page. wifiphisher employs a minimal web server that responds to HTTP & HTTPS requests. As soon as the victim requests a page from the Internet, wifiphisher will respond with a realistic fake page that asks for WPA password confirmation due to a router firmware upgrade.
Here is a diagram of the above:

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How to Improve Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength : TOP 10 TIPS

 

1)Use Efficient routers
The newest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac, is three times faster than the previous one, 802.11n. Each 802.11ac antenna can move up to 1,300 megabits of data per second (vs. a max of roughly 450 megabits for n). The easiest and fastest way to get more performance out of your Wi-Fi network is to buy a new 802.11ac router.   
2) Find the right spot
Make sure you put the router in the optimal place. A router sends out signals in all directions, so putting it in a corner of your house results in the significant wastage of signal. For the fastest, most reliable connection, put your router in an open space, as centrally located and as high off the floor as you can.
Regardless of where you put your router, the signal will be strongest in the room it’s in. So ideally, you can put it in a spot that’s relatively near the center of your house and a room in which you actually use Wi-Fi-connected devices.

Netgear Nighthawk – 802.11ac router

3) Keep Your Rooter in an Open place
Because the router’s signal can be absorbed by many materials, make sure you place it out in the open as much as possible. Radio waves travel best through open air .If you can see the router from far away, and from many different angles, you’re using it efficiently.
 4) Keep it a bit away from other electronic items
All sorts of electronic devices can interfere with your Wi-Fi signal: microwaves, TVs, cordless phones etc. i.e. anything that generates an electromagnetic signal or has a motor can cause interference with the signal. This is why keeping it between home entertainment components, beneath your TV, is not a good idea.
 5) Measure your signal strength
There are some Mobile Apps that help you to measure the strength of your Wi-Fi signal at different spots at your house. Apps like Cloudcheck or Amped Wireless’s Wi-Fi Analytics Tool let you walk through your home and identify dead spots, so you can figure out the best places to put your Wi-Fi devices.

Amped Wireless’s Wi-Fi Analytics Tool

 6) Place the antenna vertically up
 The router’s signal spreads out in the direction perpendicular to that of the antennas. In other words, vertically-oriented antennas will broadcast the signal horizontally, covering more of your house. (On the other hand, if you were more concerned about broadcasting the signal to multiple floors, but a smaller area of each one, you could turn the antennas horizontally.)

7) Use both bands.
Many routers have radios that operate on two frequencies, nearly 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (each channel works on a specific frequency near to that). So you can have two separate networks running at the same time, one for devices that access WiFi at the lower frequency and another for those that connect at 5 GHz. The higher band is less crowded and better for high-bandwidth uses like streaming videos.
8) Check to see if your Internet Service Provider is the problem (If your internet is too slow)
A simple way of confirming that your router is the problem and not your actual internet provider is by running a speed test under two conditions: Over the Wi-Fi and with your computer plugged directly into the router via an Ethernet cord.
If they’re both slow, then talking to your ISP or upgrading your plan might help. If the Wi-Fi speed test is much slower, then your router itself is likely the problem.

Wifi Speed Test in speedtest.net

9) Software Tweaks (Additional Tricks)
In some cases, there are some software tweaks you can do to improve your Wi-Fi network.
To configure the software, you usually need to enter a specific IP address in your web browser (look on the bottom of the router or just search for your router’s brand name to figure out what that is). Once you’re in the settings, there are two useful things you can try.
One is changing the channel that the router operates on. This is less of an issue for newer routers, but older ones can often cause interference with each other (especially in crowded urban areas with lots of networks), and changing the frequency channel is a way to solve it. These older routers operate at 14 different frequencies, numbered 1 through 14 and channels 1, 6, and 11 are generally best, because they overlap the least with other channels, causing less interference. The default one is usually channel 6, and if you’re having signal problems, try each of them.
Routers that operate in the 5 GHz range (802.11a, n, and ac) broadcast across 23 channels and are less prone to interference, so there’s less need to operate with the channel settings.
Another option is upgrading the router’s software (firmware). This won’t be possible for all routers, but for some older ones, manufacturers put out free firmware upgrades from time to time, and these can improve performance. Search for your router model to see if there’s one out there for you.
10) Upgrading the router
If all the above steps ain’t improving the network performance of your Wi-Fi, then you might try upgrading your current router with a more powerful antenna, though only some routers will let you do this. Finally, to extend your router’s range, you can buy a repeater, a device that picks up your current network and broadcasts it again. It won’t increase your total bandwidth at all, but will spread your network more widely.

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Increase WIFI Speed By Choosing The Right Channel

Still stuck buffering your You-Tube videos? Agonising over the long time it is taking for the page to load while sulking at the screen and cursing your Internet Service Provider? Worry not! Here is a tweak that might help you to increase Wi-Fi speed. If you have been surfing the internet in the hope of finding a solution to help overcome this problem you might have encountered the word channel. No, well most of the Wi-Fi home  networks use a narrow radio frequency range of around 2.4GHz for signal transmission. This range has been distributed further into a number of smaller bands or channels, similar to television channels.  There are 14 channels designated in the 2.4 GHz range spaced 5 MHz apart (with the exception of a 12 MHz spacing before channel 14).

This paltry signal range leads to overlapping of channels which combined with the fact that other electronic devices such as microwave ovens, cordless phone etc. along with the wireless networks of your neighbors may also use the same frequency range can lead to interference with the wireless home network, affecting its performance adversely.
The interference could be due to the following causes:
But as you might have observed in the picture above Channels 1, 6 & 11 are spaced far enough so as to not overlap with each other and are as such the best channels for usage along a Wi-Fi network.
Further as interference leads to the reduction in the throughput of the system usage, selection of the proper channel to improve the performance of the WLAN equipment is also necessary.
To change your routers’ Wi-Fi channel you need to simply log into your router’s web interface in a web browser. Go to Wi-Fi setting and find the Wi-Fi Channel option and choose your new Wi-Fi channel.
The next question which might be buzzing in your mind would be how to select the correct channel for usage. Besides using channel 1, 6 and 11, you could further use the following methods to select the best channel:

Windows:

Windows users can simply opt for the inSSIDer utility or Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector or perhaps NIrSoft’s WifiInfoView to judge the Wi-Fi channel which is the least congested and choose it to increase Wi-Fi speed.

Mac OS X – Wireless Diagnostics:

Mac OS X has this feature integrated into it.
Simply Hold the Option key & Click the Wi-Fi icon on the menu bar->Select Open Wireless Diagnostics-> Click the Windows Menu->Select Open Wireless Diagnostics->Click the Window Menu-> Select Utilities-> Select the Wi-Fi Scan Tab & Click Scan Now. The “Best 2.4 GHz Channels” and “Best 5 GHz” Channels” fields will automatically recommend the ideal Wi-Fi channel one should be using on their router and increase Wi-Fi speed.

How to Increase Wi-Fi speed by choosing right channel?

Android-WiFi Analyzer App:

One of the best android apps for selecting the most appropriate channel is the Wifi Analyzer App. Once you have installed the app from Google Play, it shall give you an overview of the wireless networks in your area and the channels which they are using, while also suggesting the best Wi-Fi channel for your Wi-Fi Network. You can also view the channel and star rating of Wi-Fi channels from the view menu and increase Wi-Fi speed.

Linux – The iwlist Command

Open the terminal and just type in the following command which is inbuilt in all popular Linux distributions:
Sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep (Channel
Next you just have to simply study the output and select the Wi-Fi channel which is the least congested for optimum Wi-Fi performance and increase Wi-Fi speed.

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