8 Tips for Positioning a Router | Where to Place Your Router

When designing your home network, or maybe even moving home, you may be wondering where the best place for your router is to get the best performance possible.

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Contents of this video:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Wired vs wireless
1:22 - Pick a central location
2:06 - Set it up high
2:38 - Avoid the kitchen
3:21 - Consider the walls
3:49 - Avoid obstructions
4:07 - Adjust the antennas
4:43 - Avoid crowded areas
5:32 - Consider nearby routers
6:08 - Final thoughts

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[iesusegoconfidoinvobis]

Thank you, all my questions were answered in the first 3 minutes. Thank you.

[LivingwithPerks]

Long story short: remove all appliances, mirrors, metal and electronics from your house for your WiFi to work best.

[lowrider]

Well done sir. Thorough and concise. Thank you.

[splinhard]

If placed in a laundry room with the main electrical panel, washer and dryer, I'm wondering if the wifi signal ricochets off of the metal objects making the signal even worse. Any thoughts?

[Fraiyia]

Basic radio wave propagation theory - the wavelengths are 12.5 cm and 6 cm - also don’t have your router near to communication devices like my kenwood 430 . Even unplugged it can draw down signal .

[samc]

Not every router has wifi built in, you need to make people aware of that, and the fact that they can combine a router with a wireless access point (AP). This is especially important for those that combine wired with wireless. The combination of a router+AP allows for far more flexibility than a single wifi router, not just from a network perspective, but also on from the perspective of where to place the equipment.

[faizalanwar]

I live in a 2 storey house. Equivalent to 1500-2000sq ft. I’m about to install a fibre internet. Should i place my main routers upstairs in my planned studio room? Or should i just put it in the living room downstairs? N buy a couple of mesh to boost the signal upstairs?

[officialWWM]

Here in Australia, a rooter is a very different thing 😂

[jupiterapollo]

Video would have been much better if you complemented the tips, with some practical examples on screen. Visual representation is always a must.

[monabiehl]

What if there is no good place in my home to put it.

[orah]

Thanks. My router is fiber so my signal concerns are inside the limestone brick main house. Trying to improve signal to detached studio over the garage.

[SharinaMSharif]

How do we alter router channels? My router is defaulted to two channels 2.4ghz and 5ghz

[paulkasomba]

Got an inquiry, though might not be directly from this video. I seem not to have internet access on my desktop even when I connect Mifi and router using USB or Ethernet, respectively. I have tried updating drivers on the PC but still not helping. What could the problem?

[SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Chris! I wonder if you are interested in a YouTube collaboration? Let me know!

[leber]

This rooter is making me laughits so damn funny. 😂

[dwanseicheine]

"ROOTER";-Like a pig, 'rooting"?
or Rout-er...
So confused.
is it wind cheater or ?
is it Grey or Gray...or does it even fuckin' matter, after all...
It's America that makes the language now and has since the late 1800's
I find accents fascinating.
(play the major general song in the background or yackady sax (spulling? wot is dat?)