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Councils 15 Jan 2026 NXT Telecom

How improve the signal WiFi home: 8 practical councils

spends You that in the living room have WiFi perfect but in the bedroom do not upload neither the memes? Calm, are not the only. The coverage WiFi can be a headache, but with these councils go to convert your house in a zone of internet súper fast.

1. It situates your router in the perfect place

The router is like the heart of your WiFi, so it needs to be in a strategic place. Plant it in the centre of the house and in a tall place, like a shelving. Forget you to hide it behind the TV or inside a cupboard: it needs to breathe and have free space around.

2. It #move the router of interferences

The appliances are enemies of the WiFi. Maintain your router far of the microwaves, the monitor of the baby, the speakers Bluetooth and other devices that work in the same frequency. The minimum distance would have to be of a metre.

3. It updates the firmware regularly

Is like maintaining your up to date mobile, but for the router. It goes in in the configuration of the router each true time and looks for updates. These improvements are used to to include optimisations of performance and correction of errors that can be affecting your signal.

4. It changes the canal of transmission

If you live in an edifice with a lot of neighbours, probably all are using the same canal WiFi. It is as when all speak at the same time in a room. Uses apps like WiFi Analyzer to see which canals are less congestionados and change yours from the configuration of the router.

5. It considers a repetidor or amplifier

For big houses or with a lot of plants, a repetidor WiFi can be your best fellow. Plant it to half path among the router and the zone where the signal arrives feeble. It is an economic solution and súper effective.

6. It uses the band of 5GHz when it was possible

The majority of routers modern have two bands: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The one of 5GHz is less congestionada and faster, although his scope is minor. Use it for near devices to the router and saves the one of 2.4GHz for which are more far.

7. It limits the devices connected

Each device connected consumes bandwidth. If have 15 devices connected simultaneously, is normal that the thing go slow. Desconecta Those that do not use and considers to configure a net of invited for the visits.

8. It revises the physical obstacles

The thick walls, the mirrors and the metallic surfaces are like kriptonita for the WiFi. If you can not move the router, at least identifies these obstacles and treats to minimise his impact. Sometimes, move the router some centimetres can do an enormous difference.

With these councils, your WiFi would have to work much better in all the house. It remembers that the patience is key: it tries the changes one by one to see which gives you better results. Your Netflix will appreciate it to you!