If you would like to know why I’ve picked certain routers and what features I look for, be sure to shoot me an email and you might see it as a future episode!īUFFALO AirStation HighPower N300 Wireless Router WHR-300HPĪSUS ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router Here are your 4 Quick and Dirty Tips for boosting your WiFi signal: If you’re curious as to what it is I bought, or what I would buy, here are my recommendations based upon what I own or have used. I recently did this and I’m wondering why I didn’t do it sooner. There may come a time when you might just have to e-recycle that old router of yours and replace it. Wireless High Power 12dBi Omni-Directional Wi-Fi Antenna Wireless 18dbi 2.4GHz Wifi High Gain Antenna 18 dB 2.4 GHz However, upgrading your antenna can be a relatively cheap way to really boost the range of your WiFi.ĭ-Link ANT24-0230 Xtreme N 2.4GHZ Indoor Antenna Granted, I took this to the extreme and there was also nothing between me and the library that would cause interference (like a building). In college I did a little experiment with a directional antenna, and I was able to pick up internet from the library on campus which was over half a mile away. There are a ton of great options for antenna upgrades that can really help to boost your signal. If your router has an external antenna, it might be worth trying to replace it.
#Boosting wifi signal free
Okay so at this point I’ve exhausted my free and DIY tips (which as you know are my favorite).
If you want to do some research or want to see if your router is compatible with custom firmware, check out, Tomato, and OpenWRT. I’ll go more into this firmware business in a blog post later this week, but for now just keep it in the back of your mind. If you’re not sure what a repeater is, it is basically a second router that boosts your existing wireless network.
You can also add extra security features and even set up your router as a repeater. So what can you do with this firmware? Well, you can actually boost the amount of power at which your router broadcasts. Installing a custom firmware would be like giving your blender speed controls for purée, milkshake, consommé, and a ton of other features. Pretend you had a blender with one speed, this is similar to your off-the-shelf router. If you’re scratching your head about this, let me explain it this way.
#Boosting wifi signal download
I talked about updating your firmware in Part 1 of this series, but in some cases however there are other types of firmware you can download to your router that can unlock its potential. The next and probably best option I’ve discovered for optimizing your router is a new type of firmware.
#Boosting wifi signal manual
So Google your model number or referring to your owner’s manual for instructions. Depending on which router you have, this can be done in a variety of ways. If you are in a neighborhood or apartment complex that has a lot of wireless connections, I would suggest digging into the options of the router and trying some different channels out to see if it helps improve your signal. If you’ve ever tried to share a walkie talkie channel with someone else, you know how annoying it is! You’re not sure who is talking to whom, or what the conversation is actually about. These radio waves use 2.4ghz or 5ghz and from there the router breaks up this signal into 14 different channels, much like walkie talkies. As I mentioned before, WiFi uses radio waves to communicate.
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