![]() ![]() There are a bunch of good options for android, but If you have an iphone there is only one option, since apple doesn’t give app developers access to the tools required to make a proper wifi analyzer. ![]() To do this for free you can use a cell phone or tablet with a WiFi analyzer app. So the first step to determining why your wifi sucks is to figure out the RSSI at each important location throughout your house. In general, you should place your access points so that any device that needs to talk to them has -70 dB or better RSSI, and if it is a high bandwidth device like a phone, tablet, or streaming device you should shoot for -60 dB or better. A measurement of 0 dB means 100% of the transmit power made it to the client, which is basically impossible, and -100 dB means none of the signal made it to the client. RSSI basically measures the difference between the strength of the signal that was sent out by the access point, and the signal that was received by the wifi device. The measurement for how well a wifi device can hear its access point is called “Received Signal Strength Indicator” or RSSI. Check out gosund’s lineup using the links in the description. If you’re a seasoned automator you’ll be happy to know that gosund products integrate easily with home assistant and Samsung smartthings. If a gosund product is your first smart home device you can set up scheduling and operate them remotely via the tuya app or easily add them into amazon echo or google home. Gosund products use the extremely popular Tuya platform meaning setting them up is quick and easy in the tuya app and they can be used with products from hundreds of other companies that are also based on tuya. Because these gosund products are wifi based you don’t need any special hub or receiver to operate them, just your normal 2.4 gigahertz wifi network. ![]() This video was sponsored by Gosund, manufacturers of quality smart home basics like wifi plug sockets, lightbulbs and LED strips. In most cases the majority of data is going to flow from the access point to the device, so that’s what we’ll look at first. WiFi devices have the same two important characteristics: They have a transmit power, or how loud they can talk, and they have antenna gain, or how well they can listen. If the other person has great hearing and a loud voice the conversation can still happen, but if not there will be a lot of “What did you say?” and “Can you repeat that” going on, which will decrease the rate of your conversation. Lets say one person can’t talk very loud and also has bad hearing. If the room is empty, the only limitations will be the volume of your voices and the sensitivity of your ears. Imagine you are in a large room and you want to talk to a person all the way on the other side of the room. WiFi consists of different frequencies of radio waves, and although radio waves are different than sound waves, a simple analogy can be made between the two to teach you why your WiFi sucks. In some regards wifi is extremely complicated, but most of the common wifi problems are caused by two things that are relatively simple to understand called attenuation and interference. I’m going to explain the most common issues with wifi networks and show you how to increase your wifi performance in 5 quick, easy, and free steps. Today on the hookup we’re going to talk about why your WiFi sucks, and what you can do to fix it. ![]()
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