Change off your Wi-FI now – essential broadband recommendation issued to all UK houses

Want excellent broadband over Christmas? It is perhaps a good suggestion to modify off your Wi-Fi router and provides it a reboot. That’s the most recent recommendation from Virgin Media who say turning issues on and off once more won’t solely clear any bugs and gremlins but in addition ensure your entire units are linked to the strongest channel.

“Wi-Fi modems remain static on a single channel setting, which can become congested,” Virgin explained.

“If another gadget nearby is also using one of the same channels (for example, your neighbour’s router), the two devices could be competing for airtime. You can solve this by turning your Hub off and on again. When you reboot, the Hub’s channel switching mode instantly kicks in. It will automatically pick up the best channel to operate on.”

With tens of millions of us desirous to stream films, obtain video games and make video calls over the festive interval, having good Wi-Fi is extra important than ever and a fast reset earlier than the massive day may assist to enhance connections across the house.

To reboot your router, merely attain across the again of the field and flick the ability change. It’s then a good suggestion to attend for round one minute earlier than turning issues again on once more.

Once energy has been restored it will possibly take round 5 minutes for a full reboot to happen so ensure you have no impending work Teams assembly to attend or your kids aren’t in the midst of an essential recreation obtain.

As quickly as issues are again up and operating your units ought to then be tuned into one of the best reference to any interference.

One remaining factor to concentrate on is your Christmas tree as this tinsel-filled ornament may be Wi-Fi’s largest enemy.

Make positive your router is effectively away from these branches and do not tuck it behind all of the presents as this might significantly gradual issues down.

“It’s certainly not the festive season with out streaming your favorite Christmas movie, so it’s good to concentrate on the affect a bit of tinsel or fairy lights can have in your broadband,” said Richard Dowden, broadband expert at Uswitch.com.

“Pretty as they may be, the lights and tinsel could potentially slow down your connection speeds. You should keep them and other electronics such as lamps, speakers, TVs and monitors as far away from the router as possible.”