{"id":218,"date":"2024-07-15T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/?p=218"},"modified":"2024-07-15T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:36:40","slug":"getting-the-best-from-your-home-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/getting-the-best-from-your-home-wi-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the best from your Home Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most devices we use \u2013 mobile phones, laptops, tablets, TV\u2019s etc, all use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet via your home Router.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With more people working from home, studying, completing schoolwork or homework at home, or just using the Internet for entertainment, a good Internet connection and Wi-Fi are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure your Internet and Wi-Fi work for you, consider your:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Internet Connection<\/strong> &#8211; Fibre Internet is mostly widely available and much faster, if possible switch to a Fibre Internet connection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wi-Fi<\/strong> \u2013 Generally the Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides the Router.\u00a0 To ensure good connectivity consider:<ul><li>The Router\u2019s location. In most cases, it should be in a central location in your house (lounge, dining room etc).<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>What is your house constructed of? \u00a0Many NZ houses are constructed from wooden frames with gib board interior walls which Wi-Fi signals pass through fairly easily, however concrete or bricks can block Wi-Fi signals.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is the kitchen between your Router and the bedrooms?&nbsp; Appliances like the fridge or microwave can interfere with Wi-Fi signals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your Internet in other parts of the house away from the Router are slow, Wi-Fi Extenders and\/or Mesh Wi-Fi are good options to improve the signal in those parts of your house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have Wi-Fi issues, always do your research, choose the option that works best for you. Don\u2019t just accept what your ISP or big box electronics stores try to sell you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most devices we use \u2013 mobile phones, laptops, tablets, TV\u2019s etc, all use Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet via your home Router. With more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,49,56],"tags":[59,58,57],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rangitikei-district","category-rangitikei-district-monitor","category-wi-fi","tag-wfh","tag-wi-fi","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}