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guest_
· 4 years ago
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WiFi signals travel DOWN from their source. It gets rather complex when we are talking about wavelength, but assuming the device itself isn’t the problem, and you don’t just have a totally crap lousy router- the shape and material of your building and complex relationships between these things, receiver position, and router position all make a difference.
creativedragonbaby
· 4 years ago
Especially how many walls you have between it and you.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
There are a couple other common things that people can look at asides router placement and antenna orientation that can help. But having too STRONG a signal can cause problems too. Often there is a setting on the router which can be turned up or down that effects this. The device itself and its sensitivity play in to this as well- but turning down your router can actually improve signal- especially if you are close to the router.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Another common one- there are different bands of WiFi, some devices can select a band, others use multiple at one, and many can only use one of the two bands. These wavelengths have different characteristics that effect both their transfer speed as well as how they travel and interact with their environments. Your device may struggle to pick up the shorter wave band, which close up drowns out the longer wave band to the receiver, but at further distances your device may be able to “pick” one or the other out and get good reception.
guest_
· 4 years ago
Not all routers are created equally, and spending lots of money on a router doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get good performance. But keep in mint that routers themselves have a maximum number of connections and networks they can run, and other factors that effect performance- and at a certain age all routers eventually need replaced or should probably be replaced in a consumer setting.
guest_
· 4 years ago
But simply playing around with where your router is positioned, what is around or near your router, and the orientation of the antenna for your router can help. Changing router settings can help too- but you can do all sorts of harm fiddling around with those so should have some idea what you are doing before changing them, or get a professional or knowledgeable friend to help optimize your router set up and home network.
guest_
· 4 years ago
If all else fails or the task seems overwhelming, repeaters, multiple routers, or signal boosters can also help.
guest_
· 4 years ago
@creativedragonbaby- yes. The number, shape, and materials and other factors of walls makes a big difference- as do hollow spaces, the radius of turns... so much. Wireless networks and their design can get quite complex. Most people have multiple devices sending and receiving signals within their home and in the area around it, and other forms of radiation like EMF, radio waves etc. can alter the signal. I worked for a company that built a location within an old bank vault- that was pretty bad. Another time a client was right next to an air force base- their telecom and network was.. problematic. Lol.
