I like to measure things and recently I noticed that my iPad and Android phones had slow speeds for upload and download in the range of 1Mbps, while my laptop on the same WiFi network was seeing speeds at least 10X faster:
To get the App visit the Apple App or Android Play stores and search for “speedtest“, on your desktop browse to: www.speedtest.net
A minute later I finished a Google search and discovered that the WiFi Router that Frontier ships to your home or office has a feature called Wireless QoS that is turned on, but instead should be turned off. To get a 10X speed up on your iDevices or Android devices login to your Frontier router with this address in a web browser: 192.168.1.1
You’ll see a main menu:
Click the icon for: Wireless Settings
Now click the link for: Advanced Security Settings
At the bottom of the screen click: Other Advanced Wireless Options
A warning appears, Choose: Yes
At the very bottom of the screen click: WMM Settings
Finally we arrive at the screen which shows that WMM is Enabled, or turned on:
Uncheck both of these boxes and click the blue Apply button, then your Router will tell you to wait while updating:
At last, we are done with our WiFi changes:
Run the speedtest App on your iPad or Android device and enjoy the blazing fast speeds:
Summary
I’m baffled as to why Frontier would ship their WiFi router with such a slow default setting on WMM, however I’m thankful that a quick Google search unveiled the 10X speed fix for my WiFi on iPad and Android devices.
