--- title: Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first description: Before buying a new router, revisiting firmware settings can dramatically improve Wi-Fi performance. Key fixes include disabling Smart Connect and manually... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-upgrading-your-router-fix-these-settings-first-qg2yldcu6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first | daily.dev og:description: Before buying a new router, revisiting firmware settings can dramatically improve Wi-Fi performance. Key fixes include disabling Smart Connect and manually... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-upgrading-your-router-fix-these-settings-first-qg2yldcu6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qg2yLDcu6.png og:image:alt: Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first 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. # Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Before buying a new router, revisiting firmware settings can dramatically improve Wi-Fi performance. Key fixes include disabling Smart Connect and manually splitting 2.4GHz and 5GHz into separate SSIDs, reducing channel widths (20MHz on 2.4GHz, 80MHz on 5GHz) to minimize interference, enabling Airtime Fairness to prevent slow legacy devices from hogging bandwidth, and isolating IoT and smart home devices on a dedicated guest VLAN for both performance and security. These changes cost nothing and can transform an inconsistent wireless experience into a stable, low-latency network. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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