WHAT causes your WiFi signal to become weak? Here are some possibilities:
1. The number of devices connected to the WiFi vs the subscribed Internet package.
Users may not realise that WiFi, if connected to many devices at once, will cause slow connection speed.
For example, if the user subscribes to a 50mbps package or lower, and connects more than five devices (mobile phone, laptops, etc) at once, the user may experience slower connection speed due to congestion.
2. Internet content consumed or application used.
High quality content or data-consuming applications may effect your connection speed. For example:
Watching higher quality or 4k videos. Playing games that require high bandwidth. Online meetings and online learning activities.
3. Location of WiFi devices.
The location of your WiFi router is also important for your connection speed.
Avoid enclosed spaces as WiFi connection will be slower if there are multiple obstacles between the user and the router, such as walls and closed doors.
4. Different frequency channel for your WiFi devices.
Do you know that your WiFi router usually offers 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequency channels?
These channels differ by their coverage area and connection speed.
2.4Ghz will offer wider coverage at the expense of less speed, while 5Ghz will have limited coverage area but more speed.
You can switch to either of these channels anytime based on your needs.
5. Type of appliances and furniture around your WiFi router.
Furniture or appliances with shiny surfaces and/or emits electromagnetic signals (for example the microwave oven) that are near to your router will affect its connection speed.
Mesh WiFi device
All the above-mentioned points will affect the user’s WiFi connection at home.
One way to increase WiFi speed especially to devices that are not within the router’s proximity (such as in the rooms on the upper floor) is to use a mesh WiFi device, which will improve the WiFi connection in unreachable signal areas in your home.