![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This means that I’m unable to get a WiFi signal in my garage, even though it’s only 10 foot (3 metres) from my house!Īs a result, I’m unable to setup a home office in there, and I also wouldn’t be able to install a Ring or Nest security camera on it (unless it’s the ‘Elite’ power over Ethernet Ring version). I live in a fairly newly built house and the external walls have really good insulation, which is good apart from the fact that my WiFi quality disappears when I’m more than 6.5 foot (2 metres) away from my house! If it’s a 5 GHz connection, since 5 GHz connections have up to a third less range than 2.4 GHz WiFi.This is especially true if the wall includes insulation or is a solid (brick) wall.Each wall the signal goes through will reduce the range.However a mix of factors can reduce this effective range a lot, including: This is despite the fact that the marketed ‘effective range’ of many modern WiFi routers is 160 ft (50 metres). ![]() We’ve probably all gone out into our backyard or checked on our car in the driveway, only to find that the WiFi sign on our phones has a line through it: meaning ‘no signal’. More on this later, but for now I wanted to discuss why improving your house’s WiFi coverage (or at least, not relying on your internet provider’s basic router) is often a good idea! Why improving your house’s WiFi coverage is important This is true for the Wi-Fi points but not the router. Okay, so it’s quite a limited line-up really! There was a 3 year gap between Google releasing their original Wi-Fi product and the ‘Nest’ version, but that gap led to a good development: the Nest Wi-Fi has a built-in speaker and microphone, giving it access to Google Assistant (and hence allowing control of your smart home, like the Google Home range). One thing you might note there is the lack of any products with “WiFi” in their name! That’s because Google’s range of WiFi extenders (and routers) was typically separate to the ‘Home’ range, with the line-up being: Product Many of which are direct competitors to a recently launched Amazon Echo product, too. Google have produced a range of smart speakers over the years – both of their own brand or under the ‘Nest’ brand. 5) Are there better rival products? Recapping’s Google smart products Google Nest Mini processing a command. ![]()
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