A Beeline expert named ways to improve Wi-Fi performance at home.
The speed of your home Internet can depend on many factors: the location of the router and its technical characteristics, generation and frequency of Wi-Fi, radio congestion.
To freely connect to video calls, study with a tutor remotely, play online or watch a TV series without downloading, it is important to have high-quality coverage. Andrei Polukhin, head of the Beeline subscriber equipment service, recalled how you can strengthen your home Wi-Fi signal:
1. A simple step to start with is to check which Wi-Fi network the devices in your home are connected to. If the equipment is connected to a 2.4 GHz network when a 5 GHz network is available, you need to switch the equipment.
2. Place the router in the center of the apartment at a height of 1-1.5 m. The optimal solution is to place the device away from walls, metal partitions, mirrors and electronic equipment so that the signal is distributed evenly.
3. Rebooting your router can also improve Wi-Fi performance. When you reboot, the router scans the radio air and automatically selects the most free channels for Wi-Fi operation.
4. You should turn off tablets, smartphones and other devices that are not currently in use to reduce the load on the network and improve connection stability.
5. You need to close unnecessary tabs in your browser. Even in an inactive state, they consume RAM and send requests to servers. Internet speed can also be affected by cache. Full temporary storage slows down page loading.
6. Manufacturers of network equipment regularly release updates that fix errors and improve the performance of the device. Beeline branded routers receive new firmware automatically. On other devices, it is important to periodically update the router firmware on your personal computer.
7. Additional devices, for example, Wi-Fi amplifiers (repeaters, repeaters), help expand the coverage area. They pick up the signal from the router and transmit it to an area with an unstable connection. But the best solution to increase Wi-Fi radio coverage is to install a MESH kit – a single Wi-Fi network from several access points, which provides seamless and stable Internet coverage at home, eliminating “blind spots.”
8. Any technology becomes obsolete over time. When it's time to upgrade your router, look for models that support 5 and 6 GHz, ports for connecting to internal and external networks, Gigabit Ethernet for high data transfer speeds, and a powerful processor. To get the full benefit, make sure your home devices support the same Wi-Fi standards (Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, etc.) as your new equipment.
Beeline offers customers Wi-Fi 6 standard routers that save power on connected devices and provide high data transfer speeds due to channel frequency division and packet data tagging. Since the beginning of the year, throughput on Beeline's broadband network has increased in 21 Russian cities due to the modernization of broadband access servers. Thanks to this, subscribers receive stable home Internet and digital television for watching movies, playing games, communicating and working remotely.
You can connect to Beeline's home Internet at any convenient time by leaving a request on the website. And existing customers have access to the free “Moving”* service to “transfer” their home Internet to another address. *Territories and details on beeline.ru.
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