Ars did a piece discussing placement of wifi hardware in 2020.
Relative to their first graph, my router has to go through two ceilings, two floors, a mattress, a bedspring, and a human body away to reach a wifi device in the master bedroom. That’s the nut of why I use multiple beacons over single router.
The Ars Technica semi-scientific guide to Wi-Fi Access Point placement
Wi-Fi is like real estate—the secret is location, location, location.
arstechnica.com
Relative to their first graph, my router has to go through two ceilings, two floors, a mattress, a bedspring, and a human body away to reach a wifi device in the master bedroom. That’s the nut of why I use multiple beacons over single router.