Wi-Fi might be ubiquitous but where you pop the Access Point and it’s general direction is quite important.

In the past week we’ve been to a number of interesting installations.

Firstly, we were called out to a domestic install in Hampshire (unusual for us, but in our quest to sort out rubbish Wi-Fi, we headed the cries for help). There we found a point to point link rather hopefully being used as a stand in for a proper external access point. It was even helpfully setup in Bridge Mode.

That was soon sorted by installing a nice Ubiquiti UniFi External AP, which had quite a terrific coverage and throughput around 360 degrees in the property, and certainly solved the issue of coverage in a nearby residential property.

The homeowners even stated “we’re never going out again now we have Netflix working”. Points scored in our quest against bad Wi-Fi.

We also visited another commercial manufacturing premises in London who couldn’t figure out why their pretty, shiny new access points produced no extra coverage over their older, dustier and legacy solution.

Having had a quick look, we realised their brilliant new Access Points were firmly pointed in the air, providing Wi-Fi for all the birds, bees and passing low flying aeroplanes. Admittedly, the channel usage was perfect, the antenna gain ideal, but the AP’s were the wrong way round.

There’s a key difference between having the right equipment and the ability to install it, and we will be delighted to help anyone who needs some advice.

Our teams in Cardiff, London and Hampshire will are always waiting to hear from you.