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Do you know your WIFI?

Do you know your WIFI? By The Network Team of XLN SYSTEMS During the next few weeks as a huge number of us are working at home, we should know if our home networks can handle the capacity and the security we are accustomed to from our business offices.             To start, ask yourself if you are getting the true internet speeds that you are paying for. It is very common for households to find out that they are getting slower speeds than what they are initially paying for. How is this possible?   There are several technical reasons however, simply put, with more people working from home there is going to be more internet traffic. This fact alone is a big factor in how fast your speed will be during certain times of the day.   Finally, if you are getting 80% speed or higher this is considered ‘adequate/normal’. To check your actual speed, go to Speedtest.net      -    You can set the destination server to the server in Yellow Springs called ‘MVECA’.  This test will d