![]() Ideally, each swimmer (device) chooses a lane (channel) that doesn’t overlap with a lane already occupied by another swimmer. These are like two segregated sides of the swimming pool one for slower swimmers looking to swim a great distance, the other for faster swimmers less worried about how far they travel.Įach channel is a thin slice of the frequencies contained within a band and can be thought of as overlapping lanes in the pool. The two bands used currently are 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz - you’re probably familiar with these. You can think of WiFi bands and channels a little like a swimming pool. If your wireless network has many devices, there’s some optimisation to be done when it comes to the channels these devices use to transmit and receive data. Mount your AP on the ceiling to effectively supply wireless connectivity to an area with a high concentration of devices. In a large room, mounted far away from the location with the greatest number of devices.Not mounted at all, lying on a desk and pointing at the ceiling.Here are some examples of areas that will hurt connectivity: In short, always mount your APs on the ceiling, for larger rooms with dense concentrations of users, or on the wall in order to beam connectivity down a longer distance. Wherever possible, you’ll want to avoid positioning an AP anywhere that it won’t be able to beam connectivity directly into the mass of people/devices you want to benefit from that connectivity. ![]() ![]() In these instances, it’s often preferable to position your AP on the wall, ready to beam connectivity through that line of people. For example, if you’re in an office building with a water cooler and social area at one end of the room and all of the desks at the other end, the best position for the AP will be directly above those desks, roughly in the centre.Īlternatively, you might want to provide WiFi connectivity down a hallway, or through a warehouse where people will mostly stand in a line. For optimum performance, you’d therefore need to position your AP pointing into the room, where the largest concentration of users will be. Ubiquiti APs like the UniFi U6 Lite, for example, will transceive in a broad cone-like pattern from the face of the AP (where the logo is). Though it doesn’t really matter where you put your switching and routing hardware, the positioning of your network’s access points (APs) is crucial if you want to achieve optimal performance. Home Blog Networkingĥ Tips for Improving Network Performance (That You Need to Know) 1) (Re)Position Your APs Properly With multiple confounding variables, you need a few high-probability touchpoints. ![]() Optimising your network can be complicated. ![]()
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