NETGEAR suggests home Wi-Fi Solutions

With video conferencing and cloud program accessing, the need of the hour is to get the best Wi-Fi at home for to be productive. Leading laptops and mobile phones come pre-enabled with Wi-Fi 6, however, very few routers provide Wi-Fi 6 capability.

Marthesh Nagendra, Country Manager, India, Middle East & SAARC quotes, “One of the most common WFH issues is having an unreliable Wi-Fi system, low-quality video transmission, and slow Internet connections. With video conferencing and cloud program accessing, the need of the hour is to get the best Wi-Fi at home for you to be productive. The Orbi Mesh Wi-Fi series is a great solution for remote working as it creates one seamless network, so as you move from room to room without dropping your signal.”

Don’t rush to blame ISP: When an important video chat with the boss starts to stutter or get the buffering wheel of death in the middle of your favourite movie, one can easily blame its service provider, aka ISP. Many times often it has nothing to do with actual internet.  While ISPs are certainly being hit with loads more activity during this time, the biggest players, maintain all is under control. The internet providers are doing a lot to make this an easier time. Many have already waived data limits and increased speeds to boost productivity.

Confirm it’s the Wi-Fi: If it’s not your actual internet pipe, all signs point to it being your Wi-Fi router. It’s best to plug computer directly into home router via an Ethernet port.

Move the Wi-Fi router: The No. 1 piece of router-installation advice is to position the router as close to the center of the house. Try to stay on 5GHz; it provides faster speeds at shorter distances.

Buy a Router: One needs to invest in a Whole-home Wi-Fi mesh system based on Wi-Fi 6. NETGEAR we offer, Orbi models such as the NETGEAR RBK50 which comes with two large nodes that use mesh technology to communicate with each other over a dedicated 5GHz radio band and it provides up to 5,000 square feet of wireless coverage.

Monitor network: Many apps that work with new routers will let users see which devices are connected and pause their connection.

Keep an eye on the apps: Even if one follows all these tips to create the world’s greatest home network, users may still encounter those slowdowns and pauses. Many applications like Zoom are often more bandwidth intensive than video-streaming apps like YouTube or Netflix.

Go cellular: If worst comes to worst and  home Wi-Fi network just isn’t performing, try phone’s cellular network.