Bad Internet? Use these tips to improve your Wi-Fi connection

During this 2022the amount of smart devices connected to Internet has grown dramatically in the number of houses in the region of Latin Americaaccording to data from Statistathere are seven thousand smart devices connected, and it is expected that by 2025 the figure will grow to 22 thousand.

Today the connection to the super highway of information is of vital importance, if you are having problems connecting to your Internet or your connection Wifi is failing a lot, the specialists of ESET they give you these tips to improve it.

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To start, you should find out the speed published by the ISP that offers the service and then check the current performance of Wifi with a speed test. If there is a significant disparity between the two numbers, it’s time to analyze the reason. Some of the main causes of a low speed of iinternet are:

Router position: may be too far from device or blocked by physical obstacles, which means that wireless signals are not transmitted properly. This is probably the most common cause of a Wi-Fi malfunction.
Router age and condition: it is possible that the device need an update and/or are running a firmware deprecated which could also affect performance.
Number of devices: the grid home can be overloaded by the large number of devices trying to connect at the same time.
Applications that consume a lot of bandwidth: if any of these devices you are running heavy consuming applications bandwidthsuch as software video gamethere will be less for the rest of the home, resulting in latency.
Wi-Fi frequency bands and channels: the wireless signals They work on different channels and frequency bands. If, for example, neighbors are tuned to the same channel, the capacity of the area may have been exceeded. If he router does not do it automatically, try switching to reduce signal interference. The 5 GHz frequency band offers more channels Wifi to choose the 2.4 GHz spectrum. Coverage may be better with the former, but the velocity it will be better in the last spectrum.
ISP limitation: some service providers may restrict the speeds of Internet from customers if they exceed data usage or if there is excessive congestion on the grid.
Wi-Fi thieves: Not only can neighbors be the cause of a low internet speed In the home. Sometimes, cybercriminals can try to crack the password of the Wi-Fi network from the house to access Internet for free.
vpn: They help improve online privacy, but they can also slow down your connection by adding extra steps between a device and Internet.
malware: if the devices have been compromised with malicious code, they may be running in the background, communicating with other machines via Internet and using memory]; all of these can affect performance.

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These are some simple actions you can get to improve the slow internet network. The recommended ones are:

Place the router in an accessible place in the center of the house.
Change the frequency band or channel of Wifi in case the current one is overloaded with connections.
Analyze investing in a grid mesh or mesh to increase the signal to remote areas of the house.
restart the router and/or install any new available firmware updates. Especially the latter is something you should do on a regular basis.
Consider replacing the router current for a new one.
Consider changing your ISP or upgrading your purchased broadband package.
check how many devices are running on the grid domestic and disconnect those that are not in use.
Turn off heavy-consuming apps and tasks bandwidth and that they may be running in the background.
Make sure to use strong and unique passwords to access the administrator of the router.
Change Windows power settings to “high performance.”
If one is used VPNPlease consider upgrading to a newer version.

If your modem Internet Y wifi connection If it’s still very bad or still buggy after trying some of these recommendations, it may be time to call an expert to make the necessary changes.