Wi-Fi routers aren’t the most attractive devices. You might be tempted to stash yours away behind the couch, under a ...

Most routers have mobile apps that show signal strength more accurately than your device's Wi-Fi bars. Check the areas where you actually use devices most - bedrooms, living room, kitchen, home ...

Some people have their cable modem and router near an exterior wall, which ensures a strong Wi-Fi signal at that end of the house but shortchanges rooms on the other side.

In a single-story home, WiFi router antennas should generally point vertically up and down, as the signal for wireless internet is broadcast perpendicular to the antenna.

You walk around the house and, at times, can see the Wi-Fi signal strength bars on your device move up or down. If you ever ...

When it comes to optimizing your internet connection throughout your home, router placement is key. So you might want to ...

Sometimes those bars are not enough. All of your devices can measure the strength of your WiFi signal. Here's how to do it.

Get full-bars Wi-Fi signal everywhere in your home for just $13 The TP-Link Wi-Fi Extender can patch up Wi-Fi dead zones in your home and it's only $13.30 each at Amazon right now. By Gabriela Vatu ...

That was about 20 to 25 feet horizontally from the base router, through at least two interior walls, but well within the “bubble” of the Wi-Fi signal from the Asus router. (Despite their name ...

If your router has a physical antenna extending from the top, make sure the foil reaches a few inches above it. This won’t matter for routers that have an internal antenna. Step 2: Fold the foil ...