--- title: "Tip of the Week: Improve Your Business’ Wi-Fi - Blogs on IT Support and Cybersecurity for Small Business" description: "We’re here to help your organization make better use of its wireless connection.The Router Your router will determine the general range of your wireless network, as well as its security. Depending on your business’ specific needs, a router can be a t" url: "https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tip-of-the-week-improve-your-business-wi-fi" date: "2026-06-07T05:56:13+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- ## Blogs on IT Support and Cybersecurity for Small Business Insights on cybersecurity, AI, and IT strategy to help business leaders reduce risk, improve performance, and make better technology decisions. [ Categories ](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories "Categories") [ Tags ](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags "Tags") [ Categories: All Categories ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0); "Categories") Search...Suggested keywords [ x ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) # Tip of the Week: Improve Your Business’ Wi-Fi [Coleman Technologies Blog](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories/blog) [How to](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/categories/how-to) [Coleman Technologies Admin](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/blogger/darren-coleman) Wednesday, 09 January 2019 We’re here to help your organization make better use of its wireless connection. **The Router** Your router will determine the general range of your wireless network, as well as its security. Depending on your business’ specific needs, a router can be a tricky investment. You have to consider several aspects, including how much range you need and what kind of options are available for it. Here are some of the variables you’ll need to consider: - It is within your budgetary constraints - It supports Internet speeds you pay for - The space your router needs to cover - The devices the router has to support - Ensure that any router you choose supports WPA2 encryption Once you’ve determined which router you’re going with, you can set it up in a place that is most effective for your purposes. If you want your router to broadcast a signal through your entire office, you’ll need to test it out and see how the location works. Try to find a nice central location. If the router doesn’t work as intended in specific parts of the office, you might need to include a Wi-Fi repeater to get the range you’re looking for. **The Repeater** If your signal isn’t extending as far as you’d like, a repeater (or extender) can be used to extend the wireless signal to reach a larger area. This way, the signal will reach any area you need it to reach. A Wi-Fi repeater contains two wireless routers. One of them picks up the wireless signal coming off of your network’s central router, while the other picks up the signal and transmits it in much the same way as your network’s central router. Thankfully, the wireless repeater only needs to be in a location within the broadcasting range of the central router. Just plug it into an average outlet and you’re good to go. **Security** Security is another important part of your business’ wireless network that requires you to think about it during the setup phase. The router doesn’t necessarily have to be hard to set up, though. First, make sure you have WPA2 encryption turned on. Some models don’t default to this and instead use the ineffective Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption that can be broken through easily enough. With WPA2, you’ll be much more secure. Next, you want to name your wireless network to something that can help you identify it, as well as assign a complex [password](https://www.colemantechnologies.com/blog/hey-you-update-your-google-password-right-now/ "password") to defend it. This ensures that only those who need the network for work will be logging onto it, and that they will know which network belongs to your organization if multiple are available. Once you’ve finished with this task, you want to enable the router’s firewall. Doing this provides an additional layer of protection against potential threats. One more thing: be sure to change the admin’s password on the actual router, as most default passwords can simply be looked up online. For more information on how to optimize the use you get out of your business’ wireless connection, reach out to us at PHONENUMBER. [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) [ ](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) Tags: [Router](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/router) [Tip of the Week](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/tip-of-the-week) [Wi-Fi](https://colemantechnologies.com/blog/tags/wi-fi) [×](https://colemantechnologies.com/javascript:void(0);) Stay Informed When you subscribe to the blog, we will send you an e-mail when there are new updates on the site so you wouldn't miss them. Your Name E-mail Address [ What is a Router Botnet? 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