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Choosing the best location for your router
When positioning your router in your house, the goal is to put it somewhere that takes advantage of the shape of your Wi-Fi signal and avoids interference. Here are some basic rules to help you do that.
Put your router in a central location
Since the Wi-Fi signal goes out in all directions, the best way to make sure that all of the rooms in your house are in range of the signal is to place the router in the most central location possible. Most modern routers have enough range to completely cover a moderately sized home if placed near the center.
Minimise router obstructions
As you probably know, Wi-Fi signals have a low enough frequency that they can pass through objects like walls. But materials like metal, stone, water, and tile can severely weaken or even block Wi-Fi signals. When choosing a spot for your router, think about what will be in between the router and the most important Wi-Fi zones in your home, like an office or living room.
Also, while Wi-Fi can pass through walls, doing so does weaken the signal somewhat–avoid walls where you can. An ideal situation would be to have a direct line of sight between your device and the router. For devices in other rooms, you’ll want to place the router in the spot where its signal has to pass through the lowest number of walls in order to reach the device
Elevate your router
Often you can improve the signal of your home network by simply raising your router off the ground. This helps avoid large pieces of furniture that might block the line of sight, as well as preventing a good chunk of your signal from being transmitted straight into the ground. You can do this by setting it on top of a table or bookshelf if you have one nearby. You can also purchase a wall mount for your router as well.
One exception to this rule is people with multistory homes. Since you still want the router in the most central location, the best place for a router in a two-story home would be near the ceiling on the first floor or near the floor on the second floor. In either case, remember to consider the placement of your furniture so you don’t block your signal.
Avoid other electronics
Just as walls and large objects can interfere with your Wi-Fi signal, so can electronic devices. TVs and computers certainly fall into this category, but the biggest culprits are microwaves. The radiation put out by a microwave is pretty close to the wavelength of Wi-Fi signals, so it’s almost guaranteed to cause problems for your Wi-Fi if you set them up side by side.
