I was reading an article the other day on how to improve your WIFI speed and I’ve seen this tip in nearly EVERY article I’ve read on the subject – put your router up higher so there’s less interference. So I went ahead and tried it and I’ll let you know if it worked.
First off, the router was sitting on my office desk, next to my monitor and computer speakers, all next to a window. If there was any interference, it’d most likely be coming from the monitor or the speaker. The ‘dead’ spot in my house is up a floor and a room over. It’s not TOTALLY DEAD, but there will be times where web sites will be slow to load and if I switch over to LTE, it loads just fine. So the annoyance of having to toggle from WIFI to LTE is what made me finally decide to relocate the router.
Thus, I moved my wifi router on top of a bookcase that is 8 feet off the floor with no interference around it. The day after, I checked my dead spot and it worked just fine. I was ready to claim success. Then the next day, it was down again. On the third day, it was up and down. At this point, I can’t claim that moving the router did anything. I was hoping for a night and day difference but in actuality, there was very little to no reception improvement.
I know I’ve been to a few houses where I’ve seen the router at the bottom of a desk or book case and I’m sure in those cases, moving it atop a book shelf may see a bit more improvement. By the way, I do have an Asus mesh network going, but that’s beside the point. This article was about whether moving your router up higher does anything. Would I recommend it? I mean, if you have the time and your router is on the floor now, I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to move it, but if it was already on top of your desk, then moving it probably won’t do much.
I’ve got the Plume pod mesh router running in my house. I got it for free when they were running an intro special.
I bought the google nest Wi-Fi 2nd generation and I love it. 2 dongles is able to support my 2500 sqft house and outside the house about 20 feet. Would recommend you get it!
Use a “Wifi Analyzer” app to see the congestion on different channels nearby to pick a better channel for your router to be on vs auto.
Ah nice, I moved both my 2.4 and 5 to different channels. Let’s see if that helps.
Even a single, quality router can be placed at the center of a house and still cover the whole thing. Mesh networks are great if you have a really long house, like a long rectangle or you’re trying to get a signal from a bottom floor right side room with router to a 2nd or 3rd floor room opposite side.
I feel this is some kind of code on some play that will get you banned from whatever…
Have you tried Google’s Mesh Routers?
No but I’m tempted to try out Amplifi’s $379 alien router.