Published Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT There's a Wi-Fi trick floating around tech forums that promises to dramatically boost your wireless speeds. I tried it, and came away with more questions than answers—most of them wondering about why it keeps getting recommended. What's this hack about? The so-called 160MHz Wi-Fi hack involves manually changing your router's channel width from the default 80MHz to 160MHz in the 5GHz band.