Upgrade Your Whole Home Wi-Fi for a Robust and Reliable Connection
Ensure Your Wireless Network Can Accommodate Entertainment and Remote Office Streaming
The network has become the home’s critical component; everything from smart devices, content streaming, smart home control, web browsing, and email runs on it. Having the right configuration and security is vital to reliable operation.
As more of us make working from home the “new normal” upgrading and ensuring that your home network can deliver secure and robust service is even more critical. This is especially true for your whole home Wi-Fi network.
Find out why your network may not be up to the job and how an upgrade for your Whitefish, MT smart home can keep your work and play going.
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A Question of Bandwidth
Everything that connects to your network requires a bit of bandwidth; for example, the typical 4K home theater media, Netflix, and even Zoom require a minimum of 4 to 10Mbp, while online games demand at least 25Mbps. These numbers may not seem large at first glance, but when you consider that these are minimum requirements, like all the televisions, mobile devices, and consoles connecting at once - the numbers add up quickly.
Wi-Fi networks have limited bandwidth that they can handle. Once the limit on data throughput is reached, you begin to experience lags, dropped connections, and the dreaded “content buffering” messages. Installing a network that uses enterprise-class managed switches like those from Araknis goes a long way to ensure you never lose data.
Frequency Frustrations
Wi-Fi works over a limited set of radio frequencies, typically 2.4GHz and 5GHz, as allocated by the FCC. These frequencies are further divided into smaller groups or channels that your devices connect to. All of your devices must attempt to communicate over these channels, and conflicts can arise.
Regardless of whether you are living in a ranch house or a condo, interference is a problem. Understanding how to manage each of these situations makes for successful networking. While a ranch house has a few neighbors, nearby the radio chatter of all of your devices and the distances between rooms are an issue. In the condo, your Wi-Fi transceivers need to fight through the clutter of devices and your neighbors’ access points. Installing a system like Ruckus that features high-performance access points can minimize effects from interferences and maximize prioritized data.
Isolate Home from Home Office
A home office should be treated as a corporate installation because it is. Nothing is worse than having your conference tool stutter, distort your voice, or disconnect just because someone started watching an Amazon Prime movie.
By integrating a work network that uses the same internet access but is kept separate from the home’s busy data, you can rest assured that your business communications are delivered and kept safe. Implementing enterprise-class switch security, packet prioritization, and firewall tools can give you peace of mind and keep the home and work networks running smoothly.
An expertly designed and installed whole home Wi-Fi network makes entertainment better for the entire family while helping you make the most of your remote work.
Are you ready to discuss upgrading your network? Call us at 405-756-0206. Connect with us using this online form to schedule a consultation.
