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    • Your WAP can change location in your house! Place your WAP with intention:
      • Keep your WAP in the open and not hidden by plants or furniture. The fewer the obstructions, the better the signal.
      • Placing your wireless router WAP higher in your room, where there are less obstructions, may improve performance.
      • Your WAP does not need to be in the center of your house. Depending on your home's construction material, the WAP will have varying difficulty penetrating your walls.
      • Remember:
        • The 5Ghz network will give you better speeds (bandwidth) but cannot penetrate walls as well as the 2.4Ghz channel.
        • The 2.4Ghz network will have better range and therefore better reliability than the 5Ghz channel but will have lower speeds (bandwidth). 
      • While working from home, you may find benefit in moving your WAP closer to your working space and sacrificing some connection strength in other parts of your house.
    • While working closer to your wireless router will give you better performance and reliability, try to stay at least a few feet away.

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