Unfortunately, wireless routers don’t often inform users that an update for their firmware is available.

Router manufacturers routinely roll out new firmware for their products, which fixes bugs and increases performance and reliability. Like any piece of hardware, your router can eventually fall out of date. You can change your wireless channel from there. Then type that address into your browser’s address bar. Switching your wireless channel is easy enough - just read the documentation that came with your router to find the IP address for its configuration page (or type “ipconfig” into a command line, and find the address listed for Default Gateway).

If the majority of surrounding routers are using channel 1, for instance, those people will suffer from limited range and power. You can use a free tool such as inSSIDer ( to scan for nearby Wi-Fi networks and detect which wireless channel they’re using, then switch to a channel that’s more open. The more routers operating on a certain channel, the slower all their connections will be. Wireless routers use specific channels (one of 11) to send and receive data.

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