A new report has revealed that a poor Wi-Fi performance is caused by extra lights and electronic devices in the home.
The said report published by Britain's communications regulator Ofcom exposed that 20 percent of deprived Wi-Fi performance is caused by the lights and electronics in the household.
The household lights aren't the ones to be blame. The Sydney Morning Herald stated that the main cause of low Wi-Fi connectivity are electronics which have poor wiring system. Any electrical device, either wireless or not, has the possibility to emit invisible electromagnetic interference. This interference may upset nearby devices such as Wi-Fi routers.
This means that Christmas lights are one of the reasons of poor Wi-Fi network. Holiday lights usually have poor and unshielded wiring, making it more potential to dicturb nearby devices. Power adaptor is also considered as a main source of electromagnetic interference, especially when this device is plugged into the wall.
NDTV offered some suggestions to those curious Wi-Fi users. They can conduct a home science experiment by studying the Wi-Fi performance when the extra lights are turned on and off. Another experiment can be performed by transferring the holiday lights far away from the router.
It was reported that users will be able to enjoy their online surfing and streaming by just doing the easy tricks.
Metro also offers the Wi-fi users guaranteed tips to make the Wi-Fi connection better.
1. Change the channel
2. Get your router out of the corner
3. Move your router away from your phone
4. Upgrade your router
5. Try an app
6. Try a repeater-or use powerline internet connectors
Poor Wi-Fi performance can be sometimes solved by the process of elimination. By simply doing some serious trial and error, users will be able to solve the problem. If users will experience Wi-Fi performance interruptions this coming holiday season they can already discern which one should get the blame.
