Improve Your Home’s Wi-Fi Signal
A strong Wi-Fi signal can give you faster performance and better coverage distance, so it’s important to properly position and configure your router for best signal strength.
Point the Antenna Up
For maximum signal strength, position your router’s antenna vertically, pointing straight up. If you have two antennas, you won’t get better performance by pointing them in different directions.
Position Your Router Properly
. If you have a large home or office, place the router close to the center to maximize coverage.
. Don’t place the router on or near large metal objects, such as metal shelves or filing cabinets. These can block the signal. Metal or stone walls can also block Wi-Fi, while wood and plaster walls won’t cause any problems.
. microwave ovens, 2.4 GHz cordless phones, and 2.4 GHz baby monitors all have the potential to interfere with a Wi-Fi signal.
Choose the Best Wi-Fi Channel
the best thing you can do If you’re in an area with many different Wi-Fi networks — such as an apartment complex, is to switch to a different Wi-Fi channel. You ban access this option on your router’s settings page — check your router’s instruction manual for instructions on how to do that. (If you don’t have the instruction manual, you can find the instructions online.) Locate the Wi-Fi channel option in the router’s web interface and change it to a different channel with less interference.
A strong Wi-Fi signal can give you faster performance and better coverage distance, so it’s important to properly position and configure your router for best signal strength.
Point the Antenna Up
For maximum signal strength, position your router’s antenna vertically, pointing straight up. If you have two antennas, you won’t get better performance by pointing them in different directions.
Position Your Router Properly
. If you have a large home or office, place the router close to the center to maximize coverage.
. Don’t place the router on or near large metal objects, such as metal shelves or filing cabinets. These can block the signal. Metal or stone walls can also block Wi-Fi, while wood and plaster walls won’t cause any problems.
. microwave ovens, 2.4 GHz cordless phones, and 2.4 GHz baby monitors all have the potential to interfere with a Wi-Fi signal.
Choose the Best Wi-Fi Channel
the best thing you can do If you’re in an area with many different Wi-Fi networks — such as an apartment complex, is to switch to a different Wi-Fi channel. You ban access this option on your router’s settings page — check your router’s instruction manual for instructions on how to do that. (If you don’t have the instruction manual, you can find the instructions online.) Locate the Wi-Fi channel option in the router’s web interface and change it to a different channel with less interference.