One of the doubts that comes to mind when the technician comes to do the fiber installation is, where do I put the router? There are many options, some good and others not so much. Depending on the layout of your house, it will be advisable to put it in one room or another, but there is one room in which you should never consider installing your router there.
Many people may think that there are rooms in which it is unthinkable to place the router, but even if you think it is, there are many others who consider it a good idea. To hide it, to make it less visible or simply because they prefer to have it there for any other reason. And no, it is not a good idea and we will tell you why.
Why never install it in the kitchen
Installing the router in the kitchen is a decision that you may regret. There are several factors why you should avoid installing your router in this room. First of all, the interference. Keep in mind that in the kitchen there are many appliances such as microwaves, dishwashers or refrigerators that generate electromagnetic fields and can create interference with the WiFi, causing the power to drop significantly and causing the router to malfunction. In addition, kitchens usually have walls covered in tiles, a material that will greatly worsen and block the WiFi signal, preventing it from reaching the rest of the rooms in your house with good coverage.
Beyond the connection problems that you may have when installing your router in the kitchen, you should think about the use we make of this room. Your router is much more likely to suffer moisture damage in the kitchen than in another room such as a bedroom, hallway or living room. Having a faucet nearby is more likely to get water on it and end up breaking. Additionally, the kitchen is a place where grease splatters may occur during food preparation. This can cause the router to stop working properly over time.
And the bathroom?
The same happens in the bathroom as in the kitchen. You may have thought about installing the router here because it is not visible or because it does not interfere with the decoration of the living room. But it is a bad idea if you want WiFi to reach all rooms.
Like the kitchen, the bathroom is usually full of tiled walls so that will make the signal much worse and we will not be able to connect well. In addition, it can be a general risk to place it in a place where there is constantly water: it can fall on the appliance and cause a bigger problem, in addition to the damage due to humidity that we already mentioned in the case of the kitchen.
On the other hand, there are usually no Internet or telephone connections in the bathroom, so installing it there will greatly limit the wired connection in the rest of the house. And it may even be a problem to get the fiber cable there because there will be no channeling through which to pass the cable.
So where do I put it?
If it has become clear to us that neither the kitchen nor the bathroom are a good option, you may be wondering where to do it. It is a question that the technician will answer quickly and that will always guide you to choose the best possible site. But we help you… Where do I place the router? If you have a newly built home you will see that there is a PAU or User Access Point prepared to place the router and with the installation already done, so you will not have any doubts when it comes to knowing where to install it. But this only happens in new homes, so you may still have that doubt…
Where is it better? In the most central area of the house. In the most central area it will help the wireless connection and WiFi reach everywhere without losing connection. There is something that almost never fails: Installing the router in the living room is always a good option. It is usually the most central place in the house and the room where most life is done. Additionally, if you have some equipment to watch television, it is advisable to have the router nearby so you can connect it via cable, just as you will want your console to quickly connect to the Internet when you are going to play online. And if it is not the most central place you can always use some type of signal amplifier or a WiFi Mesh system or even a PLC.
