Upgrade Your Florida Home Network to Eliminate Dead Zones
As a society, we’ve replaced many things with the internet. DVDs, cookbooks, maps, encyclopedias, phone books… Who needs them when we can access all the entertainment and information we need over Wi-Fi?
While the internet is an incredible tool, it doesn’t always work as it should. If you experience buffering video on the TV, frozen video calls on Zoom, or poor connections in areas of your house, your Wi-Fi needs an upgrade.
Not all hope is lost if you have slow or unreliable internet in your Florida home. With the right networking hardware and a professional installation, we can bring whole-house Wi-Fi to every room and the backyard, too. Learn how we can improve your internet below!
Wi-Fi Culprit #1: Your House
Many factors can harm a home network’s performance. If you live in a large home, you may not have enough wireless access points to cover the square footage. There may also be too many Wi-Fi devices on the same channel, causing congestion. Other household appliances run on the same frequency as Wi-Fi, which can interfere with the signal. Wireless speakers, microwaves, and baby monitors should not be placed too close to your router or access points.
Your house itself may also be tampering with Wi-Fi! For instance, Wi-Fi has trouble traveling through brick, marble, concrete, metal, or plaster-and-lath walls. Wi-Fi only moves in straight lines and can’t travel around corners and furniture without losing strength.
Wi-Fi Culprit #2: Outdated or Insufficient Hardware
If your entire house is on a single router that’s several years old, it may not be able to handle the load of your devices. As we stream higher-quality entertainment and add smarter devices to our homes, we need more bandwidth and support.
So, if your family is still using a Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) router, you’d benefit from upgrading to a Wi-Fi 6 router for much faster performance. Wi-Fi 6 can support more devices simultaneously and at faster speeds. So even if someone is playing video games online while you join a video conference, it won’t congest the network or slow it down.
How We Can Fix It
No matter what’s causing issues in your house, there are steps we can take to improve Wi-Fi performance. After upgrading the router to Wi-Fi 6, we recommend extending coverage by installing wireless access points. Access points are wired to the router and redistribute the network to new areas. We use access points rather than repeaters because repeaters wirelessly rebroadcast a much weaker signal.
Sometimes the only way to treat hard-to-reach areas with interfering walls is to wire devices to the network. If you won’t be moving your office computer or home theater system, a wired connection will guarantee it stays online. Often, a hybrid approach with wired and wireless connections is the best solution.
Are you ready to upgrade your house’s Wi-Fi for good? Definitive Electronics is here to help. We’ll design and install a customized system that suits your home’s unique needs. Contact us here to learn more!
Our Growing Florida Service Areas
Definitive Electronics serves homeowners, builders, designers, and architects across many of Florida’s most distinguished communities, from South Florida’s coastline to Central Florida and the Gulf Coast, including:
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Jupiter Island, Manalapan, Wellington, Highland Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, and surrounding communities
Martin County
Stuart, Jupiter, Hobe Sound, Palm City, Sewall’s Point, Hutchinson Island, and nearby waterfront and golf communities
Broward County
Fort Lauderdale, Lighthouse Point, Weston, Coral Springs, Parkland, and coastal and nearby neighborhoods
Miami-Dade County
Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, Bal Harbour, Aventura, Coconut Grove, and surrounding communities
Orange County
Orlando Windermere, Lake Nona, Winter Park, Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, Golden Oak, and other Central Florida communities
Tampa Bay Area (Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties)
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Belleair, Palm Harbor, Tierra Verde, and surrounding residential areas
Oceanfront estates, canal properties, private golf communities, luxury condominiums, and new construction projects all benefit from integrated home technology solutions.
Wherever you are within our Florida Service Areas, Definitive Electronics is ready to bring thoughtful design, seamless control, and reliable performance into your space.
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Upgrade Your Florida Home Network to Eliminate Dead Zones
As a society, we’ve replaced many things with the internet. DVDs, cookbooks, maps, encyclopedias, phone books… Who needs them when we can access all the entertainment and information we need over Wi-Fi?
While the internet is an incredible tool, it doesn’t always work as it should. If you experience buffering video on the TV, frozen video calls on Zoom, or poor connections in areas of your house, your Wi-Fi needs an upgrade.
Not all hope is lost if you have slow or unreliable internet in your Florida home. With the right networking hardware and a professional installation, we can bring whole-house Wi-Fi to every room and the backyard, too. Learn how we can improve your internet below!
Wi-Fi Culprit #1: Your House
Many factors can harm a home network’s performance. If you live in a large home, you may not have enough wireless access points to cover the square footage. There may also be too many Wi-Fi devices on the same channel, causing congestion. Other household appliances run on the same frequency as Wi-Fi, which can interfere with the signal. Wireless speakers, microwaves, and baby monitors should not be placed too close to your router or access points.
Your house itself may also be tampering with Wi-Fi! For instance, Wi-Fi has trouble traveling through brick, marble, concrete, metal, or plaster-and-lath walls. Wi-Fi only moves in straight lines and can’t travel around corners and furniture without losing strength.
Wi-Fi Culprit #2: Outdated or Insufficient Hardware
If your entire house is on a single router that’s several years old, it may not be able to handle the load of your devices. As we stream higher-quality entertainment and add smarter devices to our homes, we need more bandwidth and support.
So, if your family is still using a Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) router, you’d benefit from upgrading to a Wi-Fi 6 router for much faster performance. Wi-Fi 6 can support more devices simultaneously and at faster speeds. So even if someone is playing video games online while you join a video conference, it won’t congest the network or slow it down.
How We Can Fix It
No matter what’s causing issues in your house, there are steps we can take to improve Wi-Fi performance. After upgrading the router to Wi-Fi 6, we recommend extending coverage by installing wireless access points. Access points are wired to the router and redistribute the network to new areas. We use access points rather than repeaters because repeaters wirelessly rebroadcast a much weaker signal.
Sometimes the only way to treat hard-to-reach areas with interfering walls is to wire devices to the network. If you won’t be moving your office computer or home theater system, a wired connection will guarantee it stays online. Often, a hybrid approach with wired and wireless connections is the best solution.
Are you ready to upgrade your house’s Wi-Fi for good? Definitive Electronics is here to help. We’ll design and install a customized system that suits your home’s unique needs. Contact us here to learn more!
Our Growing Florida Service Areas
Definitive Electronics serves homeowners, builders, designers, and architects across many of Florida’s most distinguished communities, from South Florida’s coastline to Central Florida and the Gulf Coast, including:
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Jupiter Island, Manalapan, Wellington, Highland Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, and surrounding communities
Martin County
Stuart, Jupiter, Hobe Sound, Palm City, Sewall’s Point, Hutchinson Island, and nearby waterfront and golf communities
Broward County
Fort Lauderdale, Lighthouse Point, Weston, Coral Springs, Parkland, and coastal and nearby neighborhoods
Miami-Dade County
Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, Bal Harbour, Aventura, Coconut Grove, and surrounding communities
Orange County
Orlando Windermere, Lake Nona, Winter Park, Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, Golden Oak, and other Central Florida communities
Tampa Bay Area (Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties)
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Belleair, Palm Harbor, Tierra Verde, and surrounding residential areas
Oceanfront estates, canal properties, private golf communities, luxury condominiums, and new construction projects all benefit from integrated home technology solutions.
Wherever you are within our Florida Service Areas, Definitive Electronics is ready to bring thoughtful design, seamless control, and reliable performance into your space.