WiFi in the Summer: The heat can leave the house without an internet connection, but there’s a way to prevent that

The high temperature They disturb not only people but also many electronic devices: heat can affect your WiFi connection and cause slower, interrupted and abnormal network performance.

When it comes to improving your wireless network, most of the advice is geared towards positioning your router, installing repeaters, and finding a transmission channel that doesn’t have a lot of interference, but don’t talk about heat waves.

It’s not that the waves are hot due to excess energyWhile even extreme heat won’t hurt the way the WiFi signal moves around the room, that’s not the only thing to keep in mind.

A study conducted by researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València concluded that, contrary to what was believed until now, the weather conditions exert significant influence in the performance of WiFi networks.

Jaime Lloret, a researcher at the said university, concluded that factors such as rain, cold, heat or the incidence of the sun can significantly affect the performance of WiFi wireless connections operating at frequencies between 2 and 4 GHz.

Electronic devices are designed to work under certain conditions. From the moment they start operating outside this rule, they are very likely to cause problems in their functions.

If this heat wave continues over time – without taking any measures – the problem can get worse. Electronic components can suffer too much, which will cause a failure causing the equipment to malfunction or even stop working.

For this reason, the summer season will have a direct impact on network equipment. These, which are usually designed to work at high temperatures below 33 degreesThey will gradually overheat.

Once this limit is exceeded, performance degradation is likely to start, which will directly translate into a drop in network speed.

Unlike many electronic devices that have fans and other methods to dissipate the excess temperature inside, home routers have only a few holes for ventilation which sometimes, as was the case this summer, may not be enough.

WiFi in summer: tips and recommendations

• If it won’t be used during the afternoon, the best thing to do is unplug it so the equipment can cool down. Turn it back on when needed.
• Place the equipment in a ventilated place that is not near other electrical appliances that emit heat and make it difficult for hot air to be extracted from inside the router.
• The temperature of the surface the router sits on also affects its internal temperature. To avoid light reflections, it is important that it is opaque in color.
• It’s a bad idea to place it near a window so that outside air can ventilate it. Indirect sunlight increases internal heat.
• Never place it on a cupboard or drawer, as the signal bounces off it.

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