Wi-Fi distancing

If you stay in an apartment and notice your Wi-Fi network is slow, it could be a case of Wi-Fi signal interference. The cure is simple- maintain Wi-Fi channel separation from your neighbor’s router.

All Wi-Fi home routers work either in 2.4GHz (802.11 b/g/n) and/or 5GHz (802.11 a/n/ac) frequency. The frequency spectrum is divided into channels. If you and your neighbor's Wi-Fi router uses the same channel (chances are they are-unless you tweaked it), you might experience slow Wi-Fi connectivity.

To fix this issue use a tool like WifiAnalyser to find the optimum channel and configure it in your Wi-Fi router.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en_IN

The app recommends optimal channel for your Wi-Fi network

Once you have this info, you can login to your Wi-Fi router and configure this. You will typically find this option under "Wireless Settings" or "Wi-Fi".

As a rule of thumb, it is best to use non overlapping channels- 1,6,11 are non-overlapping channels in 2.4Ghz. So, if your neighbor uses channel 1, you can set it to 6 or 11.

For 5Ghz the non-overlapping channels are 36,40,44,48,52,56,60,64,100,104-144,147,153,157,161,165

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