Strengthen your home wireless network signal

The New York Times recommends ways to get your wireless network signal its strongest throughout your home, with some of these tidbits:

• Place the base station centrally on an upper floor, or atop furniture, because radio waves spread best laterally and down
• Reception will be better if the signal does not have to travel at steep angles and if it doesn’t have to go through thick walls, mirrors, fish tanks or anything metal
• Use access points as boosters throughout the house to rebroadcast your wifi signal around problem areas
• Place wireless network components far from other devices in the house that can cause interference, like cordless phones, microwave ovens, baby monitors or halogen lamps
• Change the default signal channnel (usually set to 6) to avoid interference with neighbors’ network devices

Playing All the Angles in a Wireless Home Network [NYT]

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