Is Your Home Network Crying for Help?
The 3 Signs that Your Network Might Need an Upgrade
Our world is highly connected, and the internet is woven into almost every facet of modern life. With the challenges of the current pandemic, connectivity has become even more essential with work, school, and entertainment highly dependent on reliable, fast networking.
When you stress a system, you're more likely to expose its weaknesses. A road than can handle 10,000 cars a day might buckle quickly under the load of 50,000 vehicles a day. Your home networking system may react in much the same way. Here are three ways your network in your Las Vegas, NV, smart home might be crying uncle – and what you can do about it.
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Unzoomy Zoom Meetings
Zoom has become incredibly popular for both work and school from home in the current environment. Whether you use Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, or any other platforms, one thing is clear – video is a strain on network bandwidth. If your videoconference images freeze, are choppy or tend to slow down the rest of your system, your network might not be keeping pace. The culprit can be one thing or a combination; it may be difficult to pinpoint and may depend on your wireless connection, internet speed, or even where you are in your house. If your child is home using Zoom for school while you are also on it for work and you are both suffering a subpar experience, your network is likely under strain.
Weak Wireless
Often, houses have sore spots for wireless coverage. It may be as simple as sitting in one end of your large family room versus another, where your signal seems to disappear and your internet connection with it. Or perhaps you step outside to your patio and your connection works but becomes frustratingly slow.
If you rely on your internet service provider for your wireless router, it may not have the range and power to handle larger properties or challenging architecture. Your home may also need some wired connections for reliable video connections in some rooms, and additional wireless access points for outdoor access and more remote spaces.
Slow Connections
What if your connections appear strong, but speed is slow? Does your kids' multi-gigabyte game download seem to take forever? Does the 4K video your friend sent over from a fun weekend on the strip last year never seem to download correctly? Your router may have some issues. It might be straining from the load of many connected devices. Current routers have faster processors, more memory, and upgraded wi-fi protocols that can handle more devices with improved performance. Your old router might be sweating profusely.
What's the solution? A tailored home networking system can solve your connection woes. Fusion Home Systems can evaluate your network, test your wireless coverage, assess your bandwidth needs, and design and install the professional strength solution that will handle your current load and the increased demands of the future.
Get your home network back into the fast lane with a custom solution from Fusion Home Systems. Get started and reach out to our team today!
