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Hello LMi.net Member!<br>
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Many people are working and schooling from home now and struggling
with WiFi setups that weren’t designed to support functions like
video calling, VPN, and the uploading and downloading of large
files. If your phone and video calls become choppy, VPN connections
drop, video playback buffers, and/or your internet access is
inconsistent, you might be experiencing WiFi issues. <br>
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Oftentimes, people assume this is an issue with their internet
connection itself. While sometimes this is true, it’s more often an
issue with how WiFi is distributed throughout the home. If your
router is centrally located in your home, and if your home is
relatively small (e.g. under 1,100 sq. ft.), a single router
generally works fine throughout the space. However, older homes that
have lath and plaster walls, multi-story homes, back cottages, or
homes where the router is located on one side of the house are more
likely to have issues, and usually require more than one WiFi access
point to provide sufficient coverage.<br>
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At LMi.net, we’ve been installing and troubleshooting home WiFi
systems for as long as WiFi has existed and we’ve become experts in
the subject. <br>
We’d like to share some tips so that you may have a less stressful
and more productive remote work/school experience. <br>
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Here is a basic guide to help determine if the issue involves your
upstream internet connection or your home WiFi setup:<br>
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If you’re experiencing the same issues throughout the entire house,
you may not have enough internet bandwidth available for your needs.
Please call our Technical Support department to take a look at your
line. We may be able to tweak it to get more bandwidth. Or, there
may be a problem with the wires leading to your house or your inside
wiring that we may be able to resolve. In unfortunate cases, you may
be in an area where our fiber optic internet is not available, and
you’re too far from the central switching station for a speedy
internet connection.<br>
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Or, if issues only occur for devices that are located far from your
router, then it’s likely you have a home WiFi issue. Here are two
options:<br>
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<p><b>Purchase and install WiFi repeaters/boosters</b></p>
There are a variety of inexpensive WiFi repeaters available.
However, they are generally unreliable and don’t meet the needs of
homes with multiple devices accessing the internet. For small homes
or apartments, repeaters may resolve the problem if they are placed
in a location where there is already a good WiFi signal, which may
not be the area where you need improved connectivity. A repeater
works best if it’s connected directly to the main router via an
Ethernet cable.<br>
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<b>Sign up with LMi’s </b><b><a
href="https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi/">Always on
WiFi </a></b><b>service</b><br>
<br>
LMi has been providing a guaranteed home WiFi system called Always
on WiFi (AOW) for about four years now. It’s based on much of the
same technology that’s used to power large office networks, and is
built using the Ubiquiti UniFi network hardware and controller
system, which we host in our datacenter in Berkeley.<br>
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We install a series of access points strategically in the home to
provide the best coverage. If possible, and for a wiring
installation fee, we install Ethernet wires inside the home to
connect the WiFi access points directly to your router. These direct
Ethernet connections can add a valuable infrastructure improvement
to your home. We can also run additional Ethernet cables for devices
like a TV or a desktop computer. In many cases though, we use
the wireless mesh/uplinks and these work well. There’s no
installation fee for AOW if no Ethernet wiring is installed.<br>
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Pricing for the UniFi hardware is on par with the consumer grade
solutions from Amazon and Google, but the quality and performance is
far superior.<br>
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Technical support is included in our AOW monthly fee. Having our
technicians available to remotely diagnose and solve WiFi issues
quickly is the reason this service has been so successful over the
years.<br>
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Please visit <a href="https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi/">https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi
</a>to learn more. <br>
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We hope you found this information helpful. If you’d like to learn
more about Always on WiFi for your home or company, please reply to
this email or call us at 510-843-6389, extension 2 and we’ll be
happy to discuss your options.<br>
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Thank you and take good care,<br>
<a href="https://www.lmi.net/">LMi.net</a><br>
510-843-6389<br>
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