Free software, like NetSpot on Mac and Windows (and Android) or Wi-Fi Analyzer for Android, can show you every wireless network nearby, and what channel they’re using. If you live in an apartment building, other routers might be interfering with yours. Alternating between fully vertical and fully horizontal positions can help reach in multiple directions.
If you have external antennas, you can try adjusting those, too.
The closer you can put your router to the center of your coverage area, the better reception will be throughout your house. If you can, move your router to a more centralized location. If your router is in a far corner of your house, then you’re covering a great deal of the outside world unnecessarily. Wi-Fi is radio waves, meaning your Wi-Fi router broadcasts in all directions from a central location.
Slow or no internet access in certain rooms Casezy/Getty Images When your Wi-Fi goes down, you can restore access on your own by troubleshooting some of these common problems. We’ve grown so accustomed to Wi-Fi being readily available for listening to music, streaming our favorite shows, and allowing us to work from home that we rarely think twice about being connected until we’re suddenly experiencing a Wi-Fi problem.Ī loss of connection is disruptive to a daily routine, but most Wi-Fi issues are easy to fix, so you can get reconnected relatively quickly.
