Home Wi-Fi question
Where should I place my Wi-Fi router for better coverage?
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Place your Nest Wifi Pro router If possible, place your router off the ground and in plain view, like on a shelf or TV stand. If you can, try to choose a central location in your home that's at eye level.
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- Where to place your Wifi devices - Google Home and Nest Help — Google Home and Nest Help
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- Use for: - choosing or improving the physical location of the primary home Wi‑Fi router/access point; - general coverage/reliability optimization.
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- Excluded when: planning satellite mesh-point placement → A1-28; a mesh point already has a weak inter-node link → A1-29; diagnosing a particular room’s symptom → A1-20/A1-24/A1-27; modem/cabling constraints make this primarily an ISP installation question..
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- 01a08397-ee6c-7f12-b849-99c6663cea6e
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