It is not a good choice to install the wireless router in the weak box and the ceiling of the living room. Putting it in a weak box has the problems of heat dissipation and signal shielding; Putting it on the ceiling of the living room has the problems of beauty, difficult maintenance and signal coverage, so where is the best wireless router?

1, wireless router placement

As the core equipment of home networking, wireless router is not suitable to be placed in a weak box for two reasons:

First, the space of the weak box is narrow, which is not conducive to heat dissipation. Poor heat dissipation can easily lead to abnormal router operation and unstable network.

Second, the metal shell of the weak box has a shielding effect on the wireless WiFi signal, resulting in poor wireless WiFi signal. Wireless routers are also not suitable for the ceiling of the living room. First, maintenance is inconvenient; Second, the antenna of the wireless router is vertical to the ground, and the wireless signal in the horizontal direction is the best and covers the widest area. Not only on the ceiling, the signal is strong and the coverage is wide, as shown below. Therefore, it is suggested that the wireless router be placed near the TV cabinet in the living room as the convergence node of the home network.

2. Network wiring

In order to facilitate the use of the network and achieve full coverage of home wireless WiFi signals, it is necessary to plan the network cable. Here I will talk about how to embed the network cable when I decorate the house. There are two points to pay attention to in network wiring: first, the network convergence node is selected near the TV cabinet in the living room; Second, we should consider both broadband Internet access and IPTV cabling.

Living room wiring

The light cat is placed in a weak box, and at least two network cables are embedded into the living room, one of which is used to connect the broadband Internet router and the other is used to connect the IPTV TV box or IPTV switch.

indoor wiring

At least two network cables are embedded in each room to the living room, one of which is used to connect the extended router or other terminals in the room, and the other is used to back up or connect the IPTV TV box.

In a word, the wireless router is not suitable to be placed in the weak box or ceiling, and can be considered in the living room. In addition, in order to facilitate the use of the network, network wiring needs to be considered comprehensively.