Here’s why YOU SHOULD Plan Your WiFi Set Up Before Renovation.

You might not think that interior designing has anything to do with good WiFi connection, but you’d be completely wrong. In fact, it’s quite essential to plan your home layout and design in a way that can boost efficiency to the WiFi connection. It’s just like planning your plumbing gas lines, and electrical wiring, WiFi setup should also be planned before renovation, as internet connectivity is just as much an essential part of our lives.

Here are some COMMON DESIGN PITFALLS  that can lead to bad connectivity throughout your homes:

• Hiding the router inside shelves because it clashes with the decor, which can hinder WiFi signals. Walls and physical obstacles can seriously hinder the connection, thereby resulting in slow speed.
• Concrete walls and excessive use of metal, which can lead to slow internet speeds as WiFi signals get absorbed by the concrete and metal.
• Placing the router near water or glass, which can also disrupt the WiFi frequencies.
• Placing the router at ground level in a multi-storey home, which can result in poor WiFi coverage, as WiFi signals travel better horizontally and downwards.
• Placing the router in a non-centralized location, which can result in dead spots in the house.

These are some major issues that your WiFi connectivity and signal spread can face due to the interior design. Note that many of these problems occur when the router is not suitable for the size of the space.

It’s important that you choose the right router that matches your daily internet activities and size of your home. Here are some options accordingly:

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source: MyRepublic | Google Nest Wifi Router

1.  For large homes / smart homes, you may consider using mesh routers such as Google Nest Wifi

If you live in a large home and don’t want any dead signal spots, then you should opt for the mesh routers. The difference between mesh routers and normal single router is that a mesh system provides multiple access points by sharing the network across multiple devices located throughout your home, while a normal single router routes internet traffic between a connected modem and your computers or gadgets from 1 single point, and the signal it sends can only reach out to a limited space. Therefore a mesh router is your best option to eliminate dead spots in a large interior with multiple rooms and partition walls.

The flexible system of Google Nest Wifi has additional router points that can cover up to 2200 sqft per router and up to 1600 sqft per point, ensuring that you can access the internet from any and all parts of your home.

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source: MyRepublic | ASUS RT-AX3000 WiFi-6 Router

2. For home offices / homes with heavy internet usage (streaming, etc.): WiFi-6 Router – ASUS RT-AX3000 WiFi-6 Router

This WiFi–6 router is perfect for smart homes or multi-device households, as well as areas that heavily rely on streaming. It serves ultra-fast next gen WiFi speed with its 160 MHz bandwidth and impressive specifications that make it 2.5x faster than WiFi-5 routers. This router is specifically built for multi-device households, as its cutting-edge technology provides up to 4x greater network capacity and efficiency in supporting multiple devices simultaneously, giving you ultra-fast coverage throughout the home.

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source:  Designed by tirachardz / Freepik

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source: MyRepublic | TP-Link EC330 Wireless Router

3. For smaller homes with regular internet needs – TP-Link EC330 Wireless Router

If you’re searching for the best router for a small- or medium-sized home, then this is the one. It’s got an amazing speed and coverage spanning 1300Mbps at 5GHz and 600Mbps at 2.4GHz. The hardware is also very sleek, which will help to camouflage better with the interior design.

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source:  Designed by tirachardz / Freepik

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source: MyRepublic | ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 WiFi-6 Router

Interior Design, Home Renovation, Image source: MyRepublic | ASUS TUF Gaming AX3000 WiFi-6 Router

4.  For gamers (Gaming Router) – ASUS TUF Gaming AX3000 WiFi-6 Router or ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 WiFi-6 Router

MyRepublic’s ASUS ROG GT-AX11000 WiFi-6 router bundle is a strong choice for gamers. This award-winning gaming router boasts many features that will help to lower latency, on top of MyRepublic’s gaming-optimised network.  The ASUS TUF Gaming AX3000 WiFi-6 router is also a strong WiFi-6 gaming router contender that does not break the bank. Among its key features is  a dedicated gaming LAN port that you can connect your gaming PC or console with, giving you a stable and seamless gaming experience without lag and disruptions.

Interested to get any of these routers? They are all conveniently available at MyRepublic! You should seriously consider to opt for this broadband service if you frequently stream Netflix, download large files or play video games, as MyRepublic offers the fastest streaming speed and fastest Steam download speeds in Singapore. It also offers impressively stable gaming experience, as all the data traffic for MyRepublic GAMER broadband runs on a dedicated IP address range, allowing them to set up the best custom routes to overseas game servers, thus it is no doubt that MyRepublic is the top choice for gamers.

It’s highly important that you select the right router and broadband plan that ties in with your home layout and lifestyle, and these essential internet services should be finalized during the interior design stage, so you can choose the most effective spots to place your router and design your home around it, in order to prevent any clashes between internet connectivity and home interior design.