…and work out the best place to site your router for optimal coverage.
Did you realise you don’t need a fancy gadget to find where your Wi-Fi signal drops — just grab your phone?
Take a walk around your home and watch your signal indicator (bars or a little cone shaped icon). Notice where they dip or drop off completely? That’s a dead zone.
This simple trick can help you figure out the best spot to place your router for maximum coverage. Pro tip: Higher is better — think shelves or top of cabinets!
I’ve just tried it and it’s super effective and easy to see. Have you ever done this?
Good tip. My dead zones were in the bits of my house where I spent the most time and where I wanted to work from home. Did exactly what you said. Moved the router up higher on a shelf and I invested in Google Nest to boost the signal. Worked a treat.
How about a survey of BB providers routers to tell who’s router has the strongest signal?
Over the years I’ve noticed how the signal strength of routers has diminished to allow them to sell boosters - why buy a booster when you could get a stronger router?
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Good point @markelmy77a
In fairness, Virgin have always been good at replacing routers when engineers visit, but the Nest has been a bit of a gamechanger in our house.
‘The Nest’ ?? Is this a BB supplier or a router please?
Oh sorry @MarkElmy77a I bought Google Nest Wifi boosters a few years ago as my Virgin router was at the front of the house, but I work at the back of my house and the wifi signal there was rubbish.
I’m not v technical. Asked a friend how to boost my wifi signal and they recommended getting a “mesh system”. Got Google ones, but there are plenty of other “mesh systems on the market.
Not sure if Google still do them but it gave me the signal boost I needed plus the one in my office is also a smart speaker, so I can play music on it whilst I work.
Had your BB needed boosting before?
I suggest the router sent to you wasn’t as powerful as the previous???
Potentially. I hadn’t noticed it before, but it could have also been because my children had grown and were using laptops and mobiles at home more frequently.