Where to put your router for the best Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi spreads out from the router in every direction. A router in a good spot can cover your whole home; the same router in a corner may leave far rooms with no signal.

#Good spots

• Central: in the middle of your home, so Wi-Fi reaches every room.
• High: on a shelf or wall bracket, at least 1 metre off the floor.
• In the open: not inside a cabinet or behind the TV.
• Near where you use it most: the living room at home, or the main office at work.

#Avoid

• Corners and the far end of the building
• The floor
• Inside cabinets, drawers or metal boxes
• Next to the fridge, microwave, fish tank or thick concrete walls

#What you can do yourself

1. Clear things away from around the router so nothing covers it.
2. If it's on the floor, lift it onto a nearby shelf or table, without unplugging or pulling the cables.
3. Keep microwaves, cordless phones and Bluetooth speakers away from it.

#Need the router in a different room?

Moving the router further than its cable reaches means running a new cable. Ask us to arrange it, so the connection stays safe:

1. Message us on WhatsApp at +234 808 110 4449.
2. Tell us where the router is now and where you'd like it.

For homes that one router can't cover, see My Wi-Fi is weak in some rooms.

Still need help? Message us on WhatsApp: +234 808 110 4449.