Fix Wi-Fi Issues

Guides for fixing weak Wi-Fi, dead zones, dropped connections, router placement problems, interference, and Wi-Fi band issues.

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Home Wi-Fi dead zone shown on a house floor plan with weak signal in one room.
Home Wi-Fi dead zone shown on a house floor plan with weak signal in one room.

How to Fix Wi-Fi Dead Zones at Home

A Wi-Fi dead zone is an area in your home where the signal becomes weak, unstable, or unusable.

Router with strong Wi-Fi near a laptop, while a device in another room shows weak signal behind walls and distance.
Router with strong Wi-Fi near a laptop, while a device in another room shows weak signal behind walls and distance.

Wi-Fi Works Near the Router but Not in Another Room

If Wi-Fi works near the router but not in another room, test the same device, compare another device, then check walls, bands, placement, and interference first.

Mesh Wi-Fi nodes with one node offline, Ethernet test, placement check, and factory reset warning.
Mesh Wi-Fi nodes with one node offline, Ethernet test, placement check, and factory reset warning.

Mesh Wi-Fi Keeps Disconnecting: What to Check First

If mesh Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting, check whether one node, all nodes, Ethernet, placement, firmware, or your ISP is causing the drops before resetting anything.

Mesh Wi-Fi node placement guide showing a main router, good node spot, weak area, and bad placement locations.
Mesh Wi-Fi node placement guide showing a main router, good node spot, weak area, and bad placement locations.

Learn where to place a mesh Wi-Fi node so it actually helps: halfway to the weak area, open, elevated, away from blockers, and not inside the dead zone.

Mesh Node Placement: Where to Put a Node So It Actually Helps

Latest Home Internet Guides

Home Wi-Fi dead zone shown on a house floor plan with weak signal in one room.
Home Wi-Fi dead zone shown on a house floor plan with weak signal in one room.

How to Fix Wi-Fi Dead Zones at Home

A Wi-Fi dead zone is an area in your home where the signal becomes weak, unstable, or unusable.

Router with strong Wi-Fi near a laptop, while a device in another room shows weak signal behind walls and distance.
Router with strong Wi-Fi near a laptop, while a device in another room shows weak signal behind walls and distance.

Wi-Fi Works Near the Router but Not in Another Room

If Wi-Fi works near the router but not in another room, test the same device, compare another device, then check interference first.

Mesh Wi-Fi nodes with one node offline, Ethernet test, placement check, and factory reset warning.
Mesh Wi-Fi nodes with one node offline, Ethernet test, placement check, and factory reset warning.

Mesh Wi-Fi Keeps Disconnecting: What to Check First

If mesh Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting, check whether one node, all nodes, Ethernet, placement, firmware, or your ISP is causing the drops before resetting anything.

Mesh Wi-Fi node placement guide showing a main router, good node spot, weak area, and bad placement locations.
Mesh Wi-Fi node placement guide showing a main router, good node spot, weak area, and bad placement locations.

Mesh Node Placement: Where to Put a Node So It Actually Helps

Learn where to place a mesh Wi-Fi node so it actually helps: halfway to the weak area, open, elevated, away from blockers, and not inside the dead zone.