Your Wi-Fi is 存在 劇的な slowed if your router is 始める，決める up in one of these five ありふれた places

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Alex Tofts, broadband 専門家 at comparison service Broadband Genie (Broadband Genie)

If you put your internet router in the ‘wrong’ room in your home, or even in the wrong place in the 権利 room, you could be slowing your home 網状組織.

A WiFi 専門家 explained to DailyMail.com that knowing where to put your router makes ‘all the difference’ to having a good and bad signal on connected 装置s.

Alex Tofts, from the broadband comparison service Broadband Genie, said routers should never be placed underneath stairs, on a window, in the kitchen or attic, or next to a vase or fishbowl.

Your router is a 無線で通信する transmitter, and where possible, you should try and have a （疑いを）晴らす ‘line of sight’ from the router to 装置s that 要求する a 急速な／放蕩な 関係, without 厚い 塀で囲むs in the way.

Hiding your router away means your signal will be 封鎖するd (Midjourney: 略奪する Waugh)

Wi-Fi signals don’t travel 井戸／弁護士席 through metal, water, solid 塀で囲むs or 激しい furniture, so elevating a router and putting it in an open area can help, Tofts explained

‘The general 支配するs to 耐える in mind are looking for any 障害s nearby that could 原因（となる） a problem.?

'避ける placing it behind bulky furniture or next to other gadgets that could 原因（となる） 干渉，妨害 with the signal.’

He 追加するd: ‘There are 確かな rooms in the home which can be 特に problematic, so with that in mind, here are the areas that you should think twice about.’

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Under the stairs

‘We know routers aren't the most 特に pleasing 反対するs in your home but don't 扱う／治療する it like Harry Potter and lock it under the stairs.’

Keeping the router away from 塀で囲むs ‘始める，決めるs the signal 解放する／自由な’ - and the same goes for 床に打ち倒すs, so it can be 価値（がある） elevating it too.

The kitchen

電気の 装置s that use 無線で通信する signals such as cordless phones or baby 監視するs can 干渉する and 混乱に陥れる／中断させる your router's signal, Tofts explained.

He said: ‘The kitchen is いつかs home to a few of these and the main 犯人 is your microwave.?

'This uses the same 2.4 GHz signal, which will be competing against your router when heating up some food.’

Next to a window

Putting your router next to a window or in an area in direct sunlight is a bad idea.

If your router is heating up, 特に in summer, it can be a problem.

Tofts said: ‘Like any 電気の 装置, it is important to keep it 冷静な／正味の. This can be more difficult in the summer, but 避ける placing it next to any windows where it will be in direct sunlight.’

‘A shady 位置／汚点／見つけ出す that isn’t 妨害するd by large 反対するs should be 罰金. 確実にする there is proper ventilation in the room too.’

Next to a vase or fish bowl

Don't put your router next to an acquarium, vase or fish bowl (Midjourney: 略奪する Waugh)

Water isn’t 広大な／多数の／重要な for Wi-Fi signals, so make sure your router isn’t 近づく it - and that your 網状組織 doesn’t depend on Wi-Fi traveling through water.

Tofts said: ‘Water 封鎖するs Wi-Fi signals so don't put your router 近づく anything with a lot of water - whether that is your indoor waterfall, 水槽, fish bowl or even vases with a lot of water inside.’

In the attic

一般に speaking, you want your router to be in the middle of your home, rather than at the 辛勝する／優位s, Toft explained.

Toft said: ‘Attic space is not optimal for signal strength.

‘Ideally, you want your router on the ground 床に打ち倒す in the middle of your home, this will give it the best chance of reaching all the rooms in your home.

‘Insulation 構成要素 in the attic can also make it harder to get a better signal. If you use your attic space and need internet up there, you should consider using a Wi-Fi booster.’