How to Boost Your Wi. Fi Signal Part 1Ive had a few listeners write in all with the same question How can I get better Wi. Fi reception Ask and you shall receive In this weeks episode Ill be going over just how Wi. Im increasingly of the view that both my time and my sanity are worth more and more as the years progress. Particularly in my independent life, it really can be that. Like Eero, Google Wifi includes both a 2. GHz and 5 GHz band, with setup and maintenance performed on a mobile app. You can also use this app to share your WiFi. Weve all felt that agonizing moment of WiFilessness when the connection drops out unexpectedly. Turns out, theres a right and wrong way to set up a Wi. Fi works and some quick and free fixes that might just take your Wi. Fi signal from glacial to supersonic. And next week, in Part 2 of this Wi. Fi series, Ill follow up with an episode on some more advanced techniques you can use to boost your signal if the tips I mentioned today dont quite cut it. What Is Wi. Fi Now, lets just do a quick overview. Wireless fidelity or Wi. UniFi Controller. The Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC HD is administered through the UniFi Controller software, which is a unified management solution for Ubiquitis UniFi. Fi is how devices such as laptops and smartphones connect to the internet. Sounds simple, right Well, actually, theres a lot more to it. What exactly is Wi FiWell, its a radio wave that transmits on a 2. Radio waves can go through many objects such as walls, but these impediments decrease the strength of the signal. Imagine youre playing with a cheap pair of childrens walkie talkies. If youre using them outside, the range is pretty good, but the moment you take them inside, youll start to pick up interference. Advertising Agency Website Templates here. This is the same case with your router, only routers are always getting interference while in the house. See also How to Set Up Your Home Wireless Security. So the real question is what blocks Wi. Fi signals Well, everything does to an extent, but the main culprits are concrete, metal, chicken wire, and stone. There are many other elements that can cause signal blockage, but the simple rule of thumb is the more metallic or dense the material, the more it blocks Wi. Fi. Location, Location, Location One of the best ways to boost your Wi. Fi signal is to position your router optimally. What I mean by this is that youll want your router to be centrally located to where you use your wireless devices most often. Youll want to keep it up high, and preferably towards the center of your house. For me though, this has always been a problem because the only working outlet for the internet is in the far back corner of my home, which would put my router in a less than optimal location. The way I got around that is I moved my router from the floor to an elevated position on the book shelf. XS.jpg' alt='Can Wifi Go Through Concrete' title='Can Wifi Go Through Concrete' />Learn how to do just about everything at eHow. Find expert advice along with How To videos and articles, including instructions on how to make, cook, grow, or do. I could write a book on this subject, but Ill try to keep it as short and clear as I can for y. Just think how much more clutter there is on the floor to block a signal than there is on the ceiling of a room. It made a huge difference in my Wi. Fi experience. Obstructions. If youre like me and cant really move your router to a central location, youll want to move as many obstructions as possible from the direct path of your router. For example, my router used be right next to my computer which has a metallic case, I simply moved my computer case and boom the signal jumped much higher because there was no longer a metal sheet blocking it.