Is your Wi-Fi slow? Try out these tricks

Even after paying for high-speed internet connection at home, you might not be getting the speed that you wish for. Now, before you crib about slow speed, there might be genuine reasons for this and not the mistake of your service provider. While very few of us make attempts to change the settings of the hardware and improve the home Wi-Fi network.

Here are a few tricks that you must try to improve your Wi-Fi speeds.

1. Keep your Wi-Fi router updated to the latest firmware.

2. Choose 5GHz frequency in your dual-band router in place of 2,4GHz. It helps to overcome interference and offers better speeds.

3. To get the maximum coverage and speed upgrade to a mesh Wi-Fi network.

4. Position of the router in the house effects speeds. Don't keep the Wi-Fi router near walls.

Always keep the Wi-Fi router in the middle of the house away from walls. If possible, don't hang the router on the wall and keep it in an open area. This will affect speeds.

5. Control bandwidth usage by particular apps by tweaking Quality of Service (QoS) settings in network administration.

6. Upgrade to new Wi-Fi routers with a booster to get the most out of your internet plan.

7. Go for external Wi-Fi antennas to boost speed and coverage for larger houses and premises.

8. Use low-cost repeaters and extenders to boost Wi-Fi coverage and speeds over a large area.