This method differs from all others in its particular reliability and efficiency. But on top of that requires additional material costs for the purchase of a repeater. This device strengthens the signal and is installed in a place where Wi-Fi can still be caught, but its signal is already quite weak. It works on the principle of a repeater and transmits the network signal further. In the article, what is a Wi-Fi repeater (repeater), how it works, and what does a router in repeater mode mean? you can read in detail about this small device.
Testing Wi-Fi amplifiers and seamless roaming for apartments
There are at least two types of people: some are ready to put up with wires all over the apartment, while others can't stand them and try their best to get rid of them. However, sometimes you just can't pull another cable down the plinth or under it – you have to find new ways for Internet gigabytes.
Recently Onliner studied the issue of improving the Internet in the countryside, where operator towers squeeze out traffic a drop at a time for all holidaymakers and those who live in the countryside. Now we decided to look at what are the ways to improve Wi-Fi in the apartment.
In fact the most practical way is to try Do not skimp on equipment. It is not the best option – to use the operator's routers. As a rule, these are cheap devices that provide a service, but no more than that. This is normal practice, and no one will give out thousands of "kinetics" to users with a relatively small ARPU.
As a consequence, not everyone is happy with the routers provided, but also not everyone is willing to spend their own money to buy a "normal" device.
And what is the problem?
The main one is clogged up the airwaves in the 2.4 GHz band. Here the world is ruled by the dots issued by Beltelecom to all consumers with a home phone. Whether they use Wi-Fi or not, the wireless module is active and adds to the interference (probably one of their own services needs to provide communication, but it all looks "not ace"). Plus the other operators with numerous routers of popular brands.
Note that this problem is particularly characteristic of the city. Somewhere far away from the "human" will do and 2.4 GHz.
The second nuance mentioned above: operators give out cheap access points with inexpensive components (and single-band – only with 2.4 GHz). As a result, getting your megabits is doubly difficult.
Factors that affect Wi-Fi signal range
What does the range of a Wi-Fi network depend on? The answers to this seemingly simple question, there are many. The following factors play an important role on the territory of Wi-Fi network coverage:
- Number and power of router antennas;
- The thickness of the walls in the room;
- The number of wireless data systems located in the vicinity;
- The location of the peripheral device that provides Internet access;
- Other interference.
When buying a router, customers often ask for a device that provides a stable signal in a home with a different number of rooms or in a private home. But to advise something specific in such cases is impossible, because you need to study many conditions. The area of the room may be the only factor you need to pay attention to when buying a router. For an apartment with one room, a variant of equipment that is not expensive in price and has a single antenna, the power of which is 3 dBi, will be quite suitable. To provide a Wi-Fi signal in a room with a fairly large area, it is necessary to take into account other characteristics of the router. In this case, the price factor should not be taken as a basis for purchasing the necessary equipment. For comparison, the router Asus RT-N18U has a number of advantages: several antennas, a function to increase the radius of Wi-Fi activity from Asus. But if it is used along with another model, less expensive, at the same distance, the result of its work is not much different from the router model with a price several times less D-link DIR-615. Despite the fact that the latter version is equipped with antennas located inside the device.
Changing the equipment settings to increase the strength of the wireless Wi-Fi signal
If you have and install equipment for Internet access in a residential, office space, you can try to influence the strength of the wireless data network signal yourself. The following tips will help to do this. First you need to decide how to solve the problem:
Finding and changing the channel on the router
Step #1: Find and change the channel on the router. The active operation of your network can be affected by networks that are used by neighbors. They put a lot of strain on the channel on which your network depends. You can find out if this is the case if the device installed in your room sees the neighbor's available networks for connection.
Without experimentation here can not do without. There are several options in this case:
What you choose must be fixed in the settings of the data device (router).
There is no point in focusing on the instructions for replacing and setting the frequency range in this article. It is easier to use the useful article How to find a free Wi-Fi channel, and change the channel on the router? It contains information about the essence of the channel and the technique of finding an unencumbered one of them. For routers of different models, the frequency range changes according to a certain technique.
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