2024-04-15 15:06:47
Will you receive visitors at your house? Keep in mind that the more people who connect to your Wi-Fi, the slower the internet speed will be. We tell you how many devices you must accept.
There is no doubt that the router has become one of the most important electronic devices in the home, since it allows our phones smart phones, tablets, computers (laptops or PC), smartwatches, Smart TV, smart speakers, among other devices, can connect to the Internet, either through an Ethernet cable or through the Wi-Fi.
Why is your router’s Wi-Fi signal slow?
If you have internet at home, it is very likely that, at some point in your life, you have experienced a fairly common problem: your Wi-Fi signal gets too slow. The causes can be diverse and you have to rule them out to find a solution, unless they are technical problems that are affecting your entire area.
If you call your operator and they say that there is no technical problem, the causes may be a bad location of the router (it is in a remote place or a closed room), there are objects nearby interfering with the signal (mirrors, microwaves , metal furniture, etc.). Preferably, your modem should be in a central and elevated area.
A bad Wi-Fi signal can also be because someone is stealing your internet. If you have a very simple password, it is likely that there is a neighbor who managed to guess it and is connecting to watch streaming movies, play online video games, download files, among other actions that consume a lot of bandwidth.
How many devices can you connect to your router before Wi-Fi gets slow?
Believe it or not, having many devices connected can also cause the Wi-Fi signal to decrease considerably. According to Redes Zone, a portal specialized in technology, the number of devices we can connect (before the internet gets slow) will depend a lot on the type of router and the use we give to the service.
For example, imagine that you received a visit from 10 friends and they asked you to connect to your Wi-Fi. If everyone uses their cell phone to see their WhatsApp messages or check their Telegram, you won’t have many problems with speed. However, if four friends come with their four laptops and are downloading and uploading content to the internet at the same time, you will experience this problem.
According to the publication, the wi-fi speed will also depend on the service. If you pay for 50 Mbps internet and have 10 devices connected, the maximum speed will be divided by 10. To do simple tasks, such as answering a WhatsApp, there will be no problems, but if someone wants to watch a video or make a video call, yes. You will notice that the signal is slow.
By: THE REPÙBLICA PERÙ