Factors to determine your WiFi network range

WiFi network is the ultimate solution to get a free house and business Internet access. But sometimes, poor connections may be a source of frustration for people. This is due to the fact that you are accessing the web in far corners of home or workplace. So, you need to increase WiFi range and coverage. For this purpose, you can perform Netgear ac1200 extender setup. However, before doing so, it’s recommended to determine your Network range. In this post, we have outlined some important factors that help you remain informed about your wireless range. Continue reading.

Determine the reach of your network

Users can easily create a WiFi network by finding out the number as well as kind of favored APs for a specific network solution. You can also access mywifiext.net setup wizard to do the same.

There are various scenarios in which users can build a network. A few of them are given below:

·         A single wireless router can be used to establish a home network.

·         Businesses utilize complicated access grids for providing wireless access throughout the office buildings.

·         And for big cities, the infrastructure of wireless network includes hotspots which cover multiple square miles.

Thus, it entirely depends upon the type of your network that how far it can reach.

Optimize signal strength

Different WiFi-capable gadgets facilitate different signal strength. After setting up a range extender, users can go to mywifiext to strengthen their connection. Let’s have a look at the main features that make an impact on the range of existing signals:

·         Transmitting strength of a device.

·         802.11 protocol.

·         Interference from metal objects like solid concrete walls, microwave oven, tablets, etc.

The overall strength of your current signal is dependent on the collective value verified by these factors. And the range is a factor which lets you maintain a network and create value. The lower is the range, lower the cost and vice versa.

Numbers associated with signal strength

Routers having a conventional 2.4GHz frequency band can broadcast signals to 46 meters or 150 feet while operating indoors. On the other hand, they can reach up to 92 meters or 300 feet for outdoors. This is approximately three times of the signal strength provided by 5GHz 802.11 typical AP. Nevertheless, advanced versions such as 802.11ac and 802.11n APs work with 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, providing different signal strengths.

In case you are accessing home networks, there will be around 25% effect of physical obstructions on WiFi signals such as metal frames, concrete walls, and even microwave ovens. All these barriers more affect 5GHz bad routers as compared to 2.4GHz ones.

Apart from this, gadgets can possess different signal strengths on the basis of their distance from range extender or repeater. Connectivity and wireless reach are also affected by the angle of a device and orientation of antennas. For instance, directional antennas offer larger coverage for signals.

Common routers available in the market

The market is full of different models of access points. So, users find it quite difficult to choose the best for them. Well, we are here to solve your issue. Here, we will explain some most common routers with great performance. You can select any of them according to your own preferences.

802.11n APs are most popular devices worldwide. They provide the speed of 450Mbps and let you stream movies, download games, listen to music, and much more – all with convenient speeds. These gadgets come with a power boost antenna which enables far stronger connections as well as wider range to access.

Secondly, 802.11ac routers can function at either 5GHz providing 1300Mbps or 2.4GHz providing 450Mbps. They offer privacy settings, guest network access, multiple language support, sharing capability, and a lot more.

Last but not the least, 802.11g devices come with up to 4 Ethernet ports. It enables WPA2 encryption and provides highly secure web access.

So, these were some of the important factors which help you determine wireless network range. Do let us know in comments section below if you face any issue during the process. 

How you can stop people from using your personal WiFi?

To kick outsiders out of your home network is actually easy but the detecting part is least hard. Regrettably, if someone is ought to steal your personal hotspot, you will not even come to know until weird and irrelevant things starts happening. On the other hand, Netgear WiFi Extender Setup is strictly prohibited to be done under that network mentioned as public or free WiFi zone. Furthermore, if you come to know that someone (third person) is using your WiFi without your permission, before preceding further you must know first that why such things are happening and afterwards decide how to get rid and block such person from using and entering into your home network without your permission.

If you see that intruders are about to entered or already entered your network, multiple devices are automatically getting connected to your WiFi devices, the things are getting slow, or the IP address is behaving strange, then you have to be damn serious about this. Because it could be a lot worst that can create big disaster in your as well as the WiFi life. To avoid hacking, just disable the public (communal) when you are on with any of your setup and follow some of the below safe, secure and reliable steps:

1.       How to Lock your WiFi

Jamming and blocking someone outsider from your WiFi is much easier than you think. How can you do? Just have a look. Change your default or existing password to something more valuable and secure, if possible try going with incredible and more reliable i.e. WPA2 or WPA encryption.  At the same moment, your router requires a new and strong password that is completely out of the memory of those devices, currently connected to your device. This step taken in right direction will help you stay safe and being hacked by some unknown source. Until and unless this password is hacked by some expert hacker, your password will always be protected.

Further added precautions that you can take to protect your WiFi from hackers are:

·         Avoid Weak Passwords.

·        Continuously Changing Of Network Name (SSID).

·         Turn Off the SSID Broadcast.

·         Avoid Using Dictionary Words.

Making such things available, the unidentified and unknown person will forcefully make themselves believe that your network is not available or they are out of the reach of your WiFi. You know why this miracle happened?  Just because you have done the smartness of changing the network name and also turning off your WiFi during the process of NetgearGenie Setup the hackers will give their 100% and at last they will get nothing but obviously the failure, because they will not get the name of your network in their list.

Security of devices and network would be our top concern to apply and implement. So in that case we would recommend you to apply and pertain, MAC address filtering, so that only those WiFi tools can get connected to your device that carry the same MAC address similar to your personal one. Also limit DHCP to the accurate number of devices, regularly in use.

2.       See who is on your WiFi

·         Login to your router page.

·         Find the DHCP settings.

·         Look on the list of the available active networks, and get rid of one that doesn’t belong to you.

These steps are lot many fuzzy and hazy. Well, there is a table that shows each and every device consist of DHCP has leased an IP address too. Do you know what that it means? It simply means that the list of connected network or devices, using the same and equivalent IP address given and manage by your router. Each and every device (public or personal) is either connected via Ethernet cable to your network, or having full access on your network through WiFi. You can’t judge which of the above is right and the intruders those who are accessing your network have arrived through which mode. But we assure you that you can definitely see the list of those devices, currently stealing and connected to your WiFi.