With the expanding use of transportable Wi-Fi enabled devices like notebooks and movable phones, it is more important than ever to optimize your Wi-Fi setup to get the most benefit. Here are some simple ways to maximize carrying out and increase safety of your Wi-Fi setup.
Equipment
There has been a huge revising in speeds and carrying out offered by Wi-Fi equipment since devices first started appearing in the mid 90's. When shopping for devices it would be a good idea to note the specifications of your current equipment and make sure your entrance Point (Ap) choice reserve them. The most base types of hardware supports 802.11g (54Mbps) which is also backward compatible to 802.11b (11Mbps).
Placement
When selecting a location for your Wi-Fi Ap, make sure you keep it away from obstructions, especially metal objects such as fridges and filing cabinets or other inherent signal obstacles. Generally your Ap should be up as high as inherent which enables a clearer line of sight to your Wi-Fi clients.
Interference
These days with the base use of transmitting devices such as cordless telephones, video senders and wireless game controllers, there is the inherent for interference which causes your Wi-Fi setup to perform poorly in both range and speed. 802.11b and 802.11g both use the 2.4Ghz frequency so cordless phones or other devices using this same frequency have the inherent to impact your Wi-Fi setup a lot. You can commonly set your Ap to a dissimilar channel which may sell out disruption.
Antenna
Your Ap will Generally come with a small antenna which performs adequately for small offices or homes. You can commonly unscrew this antenna and replace it with a better one which will furnish greater coverage. Alternative antennas are ready to screw on directly to replace the supplied unit or with a short length of coax so you can position the antenna at a better, commonly higher location. Generally these antennas will furnish 360 degree coverage but directional units are also ready which would suit installations that may be a far angle and couple coverage in one direction. For locations where coverage is needed face a building, for example a school ground or outdoor cafe, an external outdoor antenna can be mounted in a convenient location and linked to the Ap using a short a length of coax.
Power
Some Ap's have a power setting allowing you to increase or decrease production power. This is useful if you would like to prevent your Wi-Fi coverage spilling out face your home or office too much or give your coverage a bit of a boost. This doesn't increase your Ap's potential to receive your Wi-Fi clients, which is what a better antenna can do.
Security
It is a good idea to lock down your Wi-Fi network to prevent unauthorized entrance and population snooping inside your network. Wep was the traditional formula of securing Wi-Fi networks but has proven to be less secure than was hoped. Since then Wpa was introduced and is present on roughly all Wi-Fi Ap's and other devices currently being sold. Wpa is a more secure alternative to the traditional Wep formula but may not be supported on all your devices.
6 Ways to Optimize Your Wi-Fi Setup
