If you have blind spots in your home where Wi-Fi coverage is almost non-existent, we have already reviewed the possible options that we can find on the market when it comes to correcting this small defect. However, take Wi-Fi to all points of the house It depends above all on our home or rather on what kind of home we have.

From the router, a signal is distributed that must reach the television, the connected speakers, the different elements to configure the smart home, and even mobile phones… The problem is when there are blind spots and here we are going to see depending on how our house is, what is the ideal method to have better coverage.

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Depending on how our house is, this is if it is a large house, if it is a small apartment or if it is a house with several floors, it will depend on how the wireless network is distributed. The place where we have the router is also very important, since this will depend on whether it is necessary to get an accessory to improve the quality of coverage.

We must always start from the suitability of have the router in a central place in our house. If we have different rooms, the ideal is to have the router in a position in which the furthest points are all at the same distance from the device that emits the Wi-Fi signal. This would be ideal, but it is something that is not always possible.

And it is not even, even when you carry out a reform at home, it is always possible to place the installation for the telephone and Internet line in the center of the house. It is not a matter of having the router in the kitchen or bathroom when these rooms constitute the center of the home.

The normal thing is that the router is located near the socket of the telephone, which makes normally we find the installation for the router at the entrance of the apartmentor in the best of cases, in a room that functions as an office or study or in the living room or dining room.

Therefore, the ideal is to have the router in a central position, but we already see that it is something that is not always possible. So we can try to do it using a second computer that is the one that manages the Wi-Fi network inside the house through a neutral router either by connecting it to the operator’s router by cable or by Wi-Fi and canceling the latter’s ability to function wirelessly.

An apartment is not the same as a 200 m flat and therefore the solutions to transmit the Wi-Fi signal are different in each case.

However, and having said all this, when it comes to distributing the router’s Wi-Fi signal, we find ourselves with great enemies: it is the case of the bathroomsthrough whose walls, pipes circulate, or the kitchen, loaded with appliances and signal jamming devices, the microwave being the best example. If the Wi-Fi signal has a kitchen or bathroom in between, rest assured that you will lose power and coverage.

Likewise, if your home is created with plasterboard walls, you will find less resistance to signal distribution than if brick and its corresponding insulating materials have been used. Having said everything, it is important to differentiate if yours is a large apartment or a house with several floors, since in the latter case you will find yourself with more difficulties when transmitting the signal from the router.

If you live in a small or medium flat

So, for example, if ours is a small apartment, it may be enough for us simply with a well-placed router. Even the operator’s router, unless it is half decent, can be useful. In fact, in my case, in a flat of about 100 square meters, the Digi router reaches all the rooms with the 5GHz signal at a good level and with the 2.4GHz signal at its best.

The problem is given when a wired connection is needed for some device. At the time I did the work, I placed two outlets to connect the Internet in the room and living room, but over time both have fallen short, so while I do another reform or not, the solution to connect a device by cable and to power considerable, is to make use of a PLC.

I prefer it to a secondary router or amplifier, since although in both cases I have to have a socket nearby, in the case of the PLC, I don’t need a place to put a device. And it is necessary to take into account that not any place is worth to place the router.

Several floors or large apartments

This is in the case of medium-sized or small flats, but if yours is a house with several floors or an apartment with many square metersyou may find yourself having problems taking the Wi-Fi signal to all corners and rooms of the home.

In this case and taking into account the precautions that we have seen before and that referred to the kitchen and bathrooms, it may be interesting to get a repeater or a Wi-Fi signal amplifier, which is in charge of carry the waves where the Wi-Fi of the router does not reach.

In this case it is a small device that we have to plug into a power outlet and that well placed, sand is in charge of giving a signal to another point of the house receiving it from the main router.

In this case we can even use some PLC models that have Wi-Fi. These are devices that They allow you to get the signal by cable or Wi-Fi, and that are also in charge of receiving it by any of these two methods. It is the alternative to a router that acts as a repeater or to using an old mobile as an amplifier.

A point and aside is that of the multi-storey houses or duplexes, because the Wi-Fi signal, in addition to having to deal with partitions, will also have to fight with the ground. And it is that the surface on which we walk is a tough enemy, especially when in the most modern constructions, a large part of the heating and piping systems go through ceilings or floors.

In that case you have the same solutions that we have seen before, although with nuances. You can use a PLC to take the signal to another floor of the house, the same thing that you can also use a Wi-Fi extender or repeater (also serves a Wi-Fi PLC).

But it is also that in these cases, you can choose to get a more powerful router, which will be in charge of offering better coverage by having a greater power to distribute the signal. It is one of the options, although from my point of view for this type of house and if pocket, decoration and plugs allow it, I would choose to place a mesh network system.

A router with Wi-Fi Mesh or mesh networks is a system in which a router acts as the main equipment and is in charge of distribute the signal to other routers that play the role of satellites. This solution is ideal for large houses, multi-story apartments or even those with large terraces or gardens.

The advantage of this system is that it is very easy to configure, since the router and satellites form a common network with the same name and the same key. The router and its satellites will be in charge of managing the connections and assigning the most convenient one at all times, and all this without the user having to intervene in the process.

Although this system is usually more expensive, it will not be much more expensive than setting up a network based on routers that act as repeaters or amplifiers. In addition, if we opt for a mesh network system we can find more powerful and current routers with WiFi 6 and above all we save the configuration process.

In addition, when assembling a network system, in the form of a mesh, it will be the equipment itself that indicates the appropriate place to place each satellite. The problem here is that we depend on plugs and above all on a suitable place in which to place each route is secondary so that the signal is well distributed.

In this case, as in the case of very large flats, it all depends on the separation that exists between the teams They must distribute the signal wirelessly. The advantage of a mesh system is that we can place all the satellites that we need in order to achieve full floor coverage.

• As a summary, we can say that for a small or medium flat, of about 70 m, a router is enough, which can even be that of the operator. This will be enough to carry the signal to all the rooms, taking into account the problems that bathrooms or kitchens can cause if they are in the way.
• For larger floors one solution may be to use an amplifier or a repeater, or even a PLC that can be used to distribute the signal over both Wi-Fi and cable. The only requirement is that we will have to have a plug nearby. The PLC can be basic to carry the signal by cable.
• To end, for large houses, with several floors or those cases in which we want Wi-Fi in the garden or terraceit may be ideal to use a mesh network system or Mesh routers that distribute the signal throughout the house without having to fight with configurations, in addition to the intelligent management that this signal system does.