

If you are dealing with many walls or doors, you'll get better connectivity by using the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio in your AirPort Base Station.Therefore, if you have a three-storey home, you'll not want to have both Base Stations in the basement but perhaps one in the Basement and one on the top floor to spread out coverage. You'll want the least amount of walls and floors between your devices and your Base Stations as possible.This will help you isolate your Wi-Fi issues to being between your devices and you Base Stations and not between the Base Stations themselves. If you have CAT 5 cabling installed throughout your home or office, you'll want to connect Base Stations to each other via an ethernet cable.That is rarely the case, of course, but here are some tips on where to place your AirPort Base Stations. In a perfect world, you'll have line of sight access between Base Stations and between your devices that will connect to Wi-Fi and the Base Stations. You'll want to get the best coverage of your home or office while avoiding anything that will cause interference to your Wi-Fi radio signals.

Where do I place my AirPort Base Stations? Finally, you can ensure you're getting the best possible Wi-Fi connectivity by following our Wi-Fi diagnostics guide to find out which Wi-Fi Channel you should be using for your area. Additionally, if you're more concerned with protecting your children from too much access to the internet, you can follow our guide to set timed limits on internet access with your AirPort Base Station. If you haven't done so already, you can follow our how-to guide to setup your main AirPort Base Station and Wi-Fi network. Make certain you've properly set up your primary network
