{"id":5691,"date":"2017-05-30T21:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T11:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2017-05-30T21:11:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T11:11:55","slug":"improving-home-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/improving-home-wifi\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving your Home WiFi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5692\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BetterWiFi.png 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>If you&#8217;re finding that your home WiFi network is sluggish at the best of times and there are spots around the house that it simply doesn&#8217;t reach into, then it&#8217;s time to update!<\/p>\n<p>If speed is your main issue it could just be a case of updating your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netgear.com.au\/home\/products\/networking\/wifi-routers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WiFi router hardware<\/a> to take advantage of the latest speed technology (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netgear.com\/landing\/fastestwifi\/docs\/Next%20Generation%20Gigabit%20WiFi_22Jul14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">802.11AC<\/a> is the latest), however if you&#8217;re in a large or multi-story house then you may need to consider some other options to help with coverage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netgear.com.au\/home\/discover\/wifi-range-extender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WiFi Range Extenders<\/a> are additional devices you can use to push your base WiFi router&#8217;s coverage area further.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netgear.com.au\/landings\/mesh-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Tri-Band\u00a0&#8216;Blanket&#8217; Network<\/a> is also great to ensure continious connection on devices moving around your home &#8211; this is quite new technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/netgear.com.au\/home\/products\/networking\/powerline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Powerline<\/a> networks use the electrical wiring in your home for a data network.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not very technically minded, don&#8217;t worry, your local electronics retailer should be able to give you some advice if you provide information about the area you want your WiFi network to cover, how many devices might connect to it and what you will primarily use it for.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re finding that your home WiFi network is sluggish at the best of times and there are spots around the house that it simply doesn&#8217;t reach into, then it&#8217;s time to update! 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