translated from Spanish: Mirrors and other objects that make your wifi malfunction

Getty ImagesAlgunos everyday objects can make your internet not work as well as waits. who has not ever experienced stress by an internet connection too slow? That sudden failure that leaves you no signal at the very moment you end your favorite series or when you will send an urgent email to your boss that he can be decisive.
Sometimes, the company that supplies internet is guilty of annoying connection errors. But at other times are everyday objects that we have at home the culprits that will interfere with the signal.
So-called “interference sources” or “wireless barriers”, are the enemies of the wifi making it run worse.
We tell you what and why it is good idea to keep these items away from your router and device from which you connect to the internet.
1 mirrors and metal surfaces Apple explains on its web site dedicated to the technical support that the metal is the most powerful wireless barrier. It ensures that your level of interference is “very high”.
The second material in its list of barriers – after the metal – is the bulletproof glass.
So, if you have mirrors near the router or usually use a table mirror glass or metal as your computer desktop, the best is change your strategy.
Why? Very simple: the signal “bounces” approach to this type of materials.
“Works as a shield,” assures the technology. “It is possible that you experience slower network speeds or low signal intensity, or you can not directly connect you to your wifi network”.
Getty ImagesNo is the best idea to place the router on a table metalica.2. Refrigerators, washing machines and radiators some appliances can also pose a problem when you connect to the internet.
The reason is to have pipes and ducts through which circulates the water, other material that can put in danger the wifi signal, since you can retain some power of wireless waves.
In this case perhaps your signal does not disappear completely, but it is possible to be less intense.
3. microwave ovens and microwaves baby monitors can cause interference that may impair your internet connection.
And is that the electromagnetic frequency at which work has a spectrum very similar to that used the wifi: around the 2.4 GHz (gigahertz).
Getty ImagesEl microwave can obstruct the signal. The same happens with web cameras, monitors for babies, cordless phones, speakers, certain television screens and other devices that operate at similar frequency bands.
So remember: leaves your router from those devices. And if you can place it in a high place, much better.
4 Christmas lights and lights drones tend to generate small electromagnetic fields that sometimes can cause interference and affect the internet connection.
Another curious example is drones, although everything depends on the power you have.
5 walls and walls of stone materials such as cement, plaster, marble and bricks greatly hinder the passage of the signal.
For example, if your House has two floors, and the router is on the floor below and your computer in the above, it may not make connect or that your connection is very slow.
It is advisable to avoid these types of barriers.
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Original source in Spanish