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olds

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I am in my bedroom. Have a G router (Asus WL520GU) on the other side of a walk-in closet. I use an app called WiFi Analyzer and I see -60dBm on my Kindle Fire. Pages take forever to load. If they load.
Is my WiFi slow or has my Kindle gave up the ghost?
I am typing this on my Galaxy S4 which is barely faster.
Time for an N router?
TIA
Edit:
Never really used wireless here before, do I don't know if it's always been like this.
 
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JackMDS

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olds

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I'll use the app at the router for reference. In the room with the router, page loads are pretty much instantaneous
 

olds

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It's the Kindle. Ran speediest.net on a laptop and the kindle. I could dl 20+ on the laptop. Less than 5 on the kindle. That's by the router and in the bedroom.
That being said, my router is old...
 

boomerang

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I think the days of inexpensive routers are over for me. I'm getting disappointed with the longevity of the $60 routers I've been buying. After well over a decade of Netgear products never letting me down, I have had one for sure failure and one I suspect is failing at a second residence 1400+ miles away.
 

azazel1024

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11g routers are slow to begin with. Having to run an already challenged mobile client in 11g mode is going to make things worse. Get a $30 11n router and I'd imagine things will improve quite a bit for you.