The current context has forced most companies to move their operations to a home office or teleworking format, which means that employees encounter connection problems when trying to get their work teams to coordinate and operate as usual from their homes.
The best solution to this will always be a wired connection, but with this simple six-point basic manual, the home internet connectivity experience can be improved.
From Actelser, for all those who opt not to wire or use Plastic Optical Fiber, it is recommended to:
- Place the router in a central location, taking into account its range. This is because distances can vary in ranges from 30 to 100 meters depending on the model.
- Place it elevated. This helps improve coverage, especially because there are fewer obstacles from a certain height, so it is recommended to use shelves or other elevated places.
- Do not place it next to devices that operate on the same frequency and cause interference. This category includes microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors or wireless cameras, among others.
- Neighboring Wi-Fi networks can also interfere. Regardless of the benefits many may find in them, it is suggested to know which channels have the most connected users and choose the least saturated ones.
- Avoid walls that weaken the signal. Concrete and wooden walls are the ones that most isolate a router's signal. In this case, not only the thickness but also the number of walls the signal must pass through to reach the equipment must be considered.
- Boost the signal with repeaters. These are accessories that allow the signal to reach a little better. That is, they redistribute the Wi-Fi signal to more places. The problem with these solutions is that they manage to transmit between 20% and 40% of the signal in the best cases.
Remote work schemes, such as home office, are attractive in terms of savings and productivity in different aspects. However, due to technological evolution, access to the use of collaboration tools is increasingly complex to satisfy in terms of connectivity.
Now more people are at home for longer, using laptops, phones, tablets, smart TVs, as well as smart voice devices, etc.
Teleworking requires high data traffic due to the amount of information transmitted via the internet, depending on the size and activity of organizations, which not every installation can support. Therefore, it is advisable to have solutions such as additional access points that facilitate higher transmission rates, securely and reliably. What we at
Actelser call High Reliability Internet. This is 100% achieved with plastic fiber.
Undoubtedly, the shift from office work to home was drastic, as the "residential" market solutions, which barely met the demand for household data consumption, had to adapt to support a greater data load. But technology has evolved and today there are easy-to-use and easy-to-install solutions that can ensure good performance for employers and employees, preventing situations like distance from hindering their work, strengthening their residential and corporate networks.
To learn more about the best way to implement your home connection, we recommend the Snap Data kits for Plastic Optical Fiber.
