--- title: I changed these 5 Windows settings, and my Wi-Fi... description: Adjusting five Windows 11 wireless adapter and network settings can improve Wi-Fi speed and reliability. Tips include maximizing transmit power, disabling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-these-5-windows-settings-and-my-wi-fi-immediately-became-faster-0rq3us754 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I changed these 5 Windows settings, and my Wi-Fi immediately became faster | daily.dev og:description: Adjusting five Windows 11 wireless adapter and network settings can improve Wi-Fi speed and reliability. Tips include maximizing transmit power, disabling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-these-5-windows-settings-and-my-wi-fi-immediately-became-faster-0rq3us754 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0rQ3US754.png og:image:alt: I changed these 5 Windows settings, and my Wi-Fi immediately became faster og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I changed these 5 Windows settings, and my Wi-Fi immediately became faster **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Adjusting five Windows 11 wireless adapter and network settings can improve Wi-Fi speed and reliability. Tips include maximizing transmit power, disabling power-saving mode for the adapter, setting a preferred 5GHz or 6GHz band, lowering roaming aggressiveness, and switching to a faster DNS server like Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1. These changes are made through Device Manager's adapter properties and Windows network settings, with the main tradeoff being slightly reduced battery life on laptops. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I stop Windows 11 from putting my Wi-Fi adapter to sleep to save power? Open Device Manager, right-click your wireless adapter, select Properties, go to the Power Management tab, and uncheck 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.' This prevents Windows from putting the adapter to sleep unexpectedly, which makes Wi-Fi behave more reliably at the cost of some battery life. _daily.dev surfaces practical fixes like this for developers troubleshooting flaky Wi-Fi on work laptops._ ### How do I force my Windows 11 laptop to connect to the 5GHz or 6GHz Wi-Fi band instead of 2.4GHz? In Device Manager, open your wireless adapter's Properties, go to the Advanced tab, find the 'Preferred Band' setting, and set it to 'Prefer 5GHz band' or 'Prefer 6GHz band' depending on what the router supports. This stops Windows from silently locking the connection to the slower 2.4GHz band when a unified network is available. _daily.dev keeps engineers who work remotely informed on fixes for unreliable network setups._ ### What DNS servers does Cloudflare offer for faster internet on Windows? Cloudflare's DNS servers are 1.1.1.1 for the preferred address and 1.0.0.1 for the alternate address, entered under Wi-Fi Hardware properties in Windows Network and internet settings. These can be faster than an ISP's default DNS servers, and a DNS speed test can help identify the fastest option for a given location. _daily.dev helps developers comparing DNS providers stay on top of practical networking tweaks._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Windows 11 is secretly throttling your Wi-Fi, and the fix takes 30 seconds](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-11-is-secretly-throttling-your-wi-fi-and-the-fix-takes-30-seconds-vychsqzva) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your neighbors' Wi-Fi is slowing yours down, and one simple setting can fix it](https://daily.dev/posts/your-neighbors-wi-fi-is-slowing-yours-down-and-one-simple-setting-can-fix-it-d9qqgejpb) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your PC’s Wi-Fi isn't terrible — you're just making these rookie mistakes](https://daily.dev/posts/your-pc-s-wi-fi-isn-t-terrible-you-re-just-making-these-rookie-mistakes-2ggjznf60) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-upgrading-your-router-fix-these-settings-first-qg2yldcu6) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [My router was doing 5 things that I never asked it to, and I wish I had changed them earlier](https://daily.dev/posts/my-router-was-doing-5-things-that-i-never-asked-it-to-and-i-wish-i-had-changed-them-earlier-mddkn1oom) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-these-5-windows-settings-and-my-wi-fi-immediately-became-faster-0rq3us754) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I changed these 5 Windows settings, and my Wi-Fi immediately became faster","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-these-5-windows-settings-and-my-wi-fi-immediately-became-faster-0rq3us754","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-changed-these-5-windows-settings-and-my-wi-fi-immediately-became-faster-0rq3us754"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T17:34:08.028Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T17:34:43.655Z","description":"Adjusting five Windows 11 wireless adapter and network settings can improve Wi-Fi speed and reliability. 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