How to extend the scope of your wifi?|SFR Actus

WiFi is good.WiFi that works throughout the house is better.Unfortunately, this is not the case for everyone.

So if you are one of the unfortunate people, follow the guide.

1.Make sure the right location of your Internet box

Yes, the problem can be as stupid as it.We don't necessarily think about it by installing it, having rather tend to put it in a corner then forget it, but the position of an internet box (for example, your SFR 8 box) is crucial to itsperformance.First, it is better to put it at the heart of the home.Not because it is the apple of your eyes (although?), But because it can better propagate wifi through the different rooms of the house.

Likewise and going against our first instinct, place it in height.Rather than pose it supposedly "strategically" near the electrical sockets, find it a place to say 1 meter of the ground, where the wifi can once again spread more balanced ways.Finally, still according to the same logic, if you have a several floor accommodation, you should favor the intermediate level to avoid depriving of wifi a whole place in your home.

2.Limit obstacles

Another consideration to take into account in the location of your Internet box: obstacles.WiFi doesn't like it too much.Avoid locking up your box in a TV cabinet, a closet or worse still a metal structure.You may have placed it in the center of the hearth, in height, at intermediate level, all your efforts will then have been in vain.The waves, colliding with a wall, will immediately have a more limited scope.

Now you may have followed all these tips to the letter, your wifi may well be doing very well in a room-typically the one you have (perfectly) installed your box-but is weaker in another.And this especially if they are separated by a load -bearing wall;Too dense, this one "absorbs" in a way the waves and thus de facto decreases the power of wifi on the other side.In this case, think again about the location of your box, to favor coverage of parts where you are most likely to use WiFi.

3.Check the WiFi frequency band

Ok, this point becomes a little more technical.But past the computer language, you will see, it is not that complicated.As we explain in our article devoted to the operation of WiFi, it is based on waves that move on tapes of hertzian frequencies.In this case, either the 2.4 GHz band, the most widespread, that of the 5 GHz.

The advantage of the latter is that it offers a better speed (in other words, it goes faster).But her big drawback is that she has a reduced scope.While wifi using the 2.4 GHz band can reach 50 meters indoors, with that of 5 GHz, it is limited to 20 meters.In addition, WiFi on this band is even more sensitive to obstacles ...

To verify what frequency uses your wifi and to configure your network on one or the other band, as needed, log into the management interface of your box.

4.Opt for larger wifi coverage

There is nothing to do, your accommodation is simply too wide, but you still want to make sure you have wifi everywhere, from living room to bedrooms, from the kitchen to the toilet, or even from the garage to the garden?Don't worry, there is also a solution for that.For a few euros this time ...

To enjoy an optimal blanket, you can buy what is called a WiFi repeater.A small, practical and discreet case, which connects to an electrical outlet.Positioned in the right place (not too far or too close to your box), it captures the original signal and "repeats", thus making it possible to double the coverage area.With that, you should no longer have a range problem!