Author: Craig Lloyd / Source: howtogeek.com
If you spend a lot of time surfing your phone on your patio or streaming music while you do lawn work, you need a decent Wi-Fi signal. Here are some things you can do to get the best outdoor signal from yours.
The Wi-Fi inside your house may be lightning fast, but the moment you step outside your front door, you likely lose a good chunk of that speed.
Homes can act as giant Faraday cages of sorts, thanks to thick exterior walls that are usually made out of beefier materials than your interior walls. Thankfully, you’re not completely out of luck. Here are some ways you can fight back.Move the Router Closer to Your Patio
Perhaps the cheapest and easiest solution you should try first is to move your router closer to where you’ll be hanging out the most outside, like on your patio, front porch, or wherever.
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Check to see if this is possible in the first place, as your modem (or modem/router combo) still needs to plug into the internet coming into the house, and the router at least needs an Ethernet connection from that modem. Depending on how your home is wired up, the locations you can move your router may be limited.
If you can move your router closer and you notice a big difference in the Wi-Fi signal on the patio, then that’s great, but also make sure you aren’t sacrificing Wi-Fi signal strength elsewhere in the house.
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Get a Wi-Fi Extender
If you move your router and notice that Wi-Fi is suffering elsewhere in the house, then it’s time for a Wi-Fi extender.
These devices extend the Wi-Fi signal that your main router puts out, hence the name. You may also be able to leave your router where it is, and put an extender closer to where you need it outdoors.There are a couple ways you can do this. The first way is to get a traditional Wi-Fi extender. It’s looks a lot like a mini router with…
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