#WFHTips: 10 Ways To Speed Up Painfully Slow Wi-Fi At Home
Follow these easy tricks to boost your Internet connection
Nothing is more frustrating in the digital world that a wonky Wi-Fi signal. Whether it's painfully slow, the signal is weak and connections drop or there are Wi-Fi dead spots in your home, it's easy to get worked up over this tech conundrum especially when your YouTube videos won't load and you can't send that all-important work email that was due two hours ago.
Don't tear your hair out in frustration - here are 10 simple ways to fix a sloth-like Internet connection:
If you live in a densely populated place, chances are, there are lots of other Wi-Fi networks being broadcasted apart from yours. This can cause interference and result in signal degradation. The important thing to note is that Wi-Fi networks operate on different channels, so what you want to do is to use a channel that is not used by the other Wi-Fi networks in your area, or at least a channel that's not heavily congested.
Fix this by selecting a different channel for your router (consult your router’s manual to see how to do this).
To determine what Wi-Fi channels are free, use an app like Wi-Fi Analyzer (for Android, for iOS), which shows all the Wi-Fi networks in your area and the channels being used. Other excellent tools are as follows:-
Windows OS based systems: Acrylic WiFi Home scanner
Mac OS based systems: WiFi Explorer
Singtel too has a handy browser-based tool to help out for Windows and Mac OS based systems.
You can change your own Wi-Fi network’s channel simply by going into your router’s management system.