How to improve a Huawei ONT's WiFi speed

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This post explains how to improve a Huawei ONT's WiFi speed. Please find more information on the current topic by reading further down this post.

Huawei ONT

QUESTION

How to improve a Huawei ONT's WiFi speed (HG8045A, HG8240, HG8245, HG8247H)?

ANSWER

1. Wi-Fi speed relies on the bandwidth provided by the ISP, so the simplest way is to upgrade to faster broadband.

2. The Wi-Fi speed is affected by the Wi-Fi signal strength and quality. Ensure that the Huawei ONT is far away from interference sources such as TVs, microwave ovens, refrigerators, cordless phones and Bluetooth devices and reduce the number of obstacles between the Huawei ONT and WiFi devices (such as pads, mobile phones and laptops). You are advised to use repeaters to enhance the WiFi coverage if the area is large.

3. Using the correct radio channel. Generally, the Huawei ONT selects channels adaptively. If the network is slow or the quality turns poor from time to time, you can use a WiFi scanner such as WiFi Stumbler or WiFi Analyzer to search for the optimal channel.

4. To prevent unauthorized network access, log in to the web interface of the router and select MAC address filtering based on your requirements. For details, see: Q&A:How to configure MAC address filtering to prevent unauthorized network access on Huawei ONT(HG8010H, HG8010Z, HG8012H, HG8040, HG8045A, HG8240, HG8245, HG8247H)?

Huawei ONT's include:

HG8010, HG8010H, HG8010Z, HG8012H, HG8040, HG8045, HG8045A, HG8045Q, HG8110, HG8240, HG8245, HG8245A, HG8245D, HG8245H, HG8245Q, HG8245Q2, HG8245T, HG8245U, HG8247, HG8247A, HG8247H, HG8247T, HG8310M, HG8311, HG8321, HG8321R, HG8447, HG8540M, HG8546M and so on.

HG8010, HG8010H, HG8010Z, HG8012H, HG8040, HG8110, HG8240, HG8310M, HG8311, HG8321, HG8321R and HG8540M do not have the WiFi function.

Related links:

1. How to use the WiFi SSID hiding function of an HG659

2. How to configure the DDNS on HG659

3. How to use the USB storage function of an HG659

4. How to use the WPS function of an HG659

5. How to configure the DNS server address of an HG659

6. How to troubleshoot in case of an abnormal indicator on a Huawei ONT

7. How to use the WiFi SSID hiding function of a Huawei ONT

8. How to configure the DDNS of a Huawei ONT

9. How to use the USB function of a Huawei ONT

10. How to use the WPS function of a Huawei ONT

11. How to configure the DNS server address of a Huawei ONT

12. How to configure the MAC address filtering to prevent unauthorized network access on a Huawei ONT