![]() While the 2.4GHz band has great range, faster 5GHz and, particularly, 6GHz frequencies are far more dependent on a nearby connection, so you can get much better performance from standard non-mesh routers if you’re nearby. It isn’t always convenient to be near your router, but it can help a lot. Turn them off when they aren’t in use, and if you can, move them away from the Wi-Fi router. Other wireless devices, like baby monitors, Bluetooth receivers, cordless landline phones, and wireless speakers, can all have an impact on wireless performance. Microwaves can be major candidates for interrupting wireless signal, so if you can move it further away from your router, or at least outside of its line of sight, that will help. While you can’t move your router exactly where you want it, you can move other appliances. Likewise, if you can place it somewhere where it doesn’t line up with columns or walls in your home, that will help too. If you can, lift it up off the floor, too, as there’s less likely to be interfering furniture and other obstacles that could obstruct the signal. Make sure to place your router where it can be easily seen, not tucked inside a drawer, or behind a cabinet. Wi-Fi signals of today might be smarter and have the potential for higher performance, but they’re still based on the same underlying radio waves, so obstructions to line of sight can have a big impact on network performance. Beyond that, though, there is a lot you can do to find the best place for your router within that range. The one aspect you can’t change, however, is that it needs to be near your master socket or ONT, so it’ll need to be within a cable’s reach of that.
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