Router In Attic

Should you place your router in the attic.

Router in attic.

I put it in the attic because i needed a wifi signal on my back patio and placing the router at a particular place in the attic is what gave me the strongest signal on the patio. A radio signal doesn t just broadcast in one direction. As for the routers they do tend to run warm but not crazily so so i can see your point about not bothering with any special cooling solution. Attics can get warm in summer but unless you re living on the equator or something i can t see that it would be a big problem.

From the front lines. While netgear s 160 router offers plenty of extra features and great coverage you can likely get by with tp link s 60 router if your home isn t large. I have two routers in my house one of which is in the attic. Choose an access point.

First of all the router s performance is going to be impacted negatively by the ceiling itself and any. Place the router in a higher position. If you can run an ethernet cable from the router up to an attic for example then you can attach a second router or a wireless access point. You don t need to hook up everything with wires though.

If your home is exceptionally large and you need coverage everywhere consider either wi fi range extenders or for a more seamless experience a mesh wi fi system. The one in the attic has been going strong for 2 plus years. Put it in a central location. Instead it s more like ripples in water with the router.