Did you know that you can improve the Wi-Fi signal with aluminum foil?

Find the ideal place in your home or office to have a good internet signal can be a complicated task. Despite the fact that the scope of the apparatus of Wi-Fi is increasingly high, it always happens that fails the signal.

Even if you do not see, electromagnetic waves travel through the glass, wood or concrete. But there is a material that you might be more useful: the metal.

How does it work?

The metal, in this case the aluminum, makes the waves bounce off, achieving an adaptation to distribute the Wifi by where it is most needed.

Researchers at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire in the United States, found that with aluminum it is possible to make a reflector signal to amplify the scope and divert other networks - such as those of the neighbors.

The aerials on the routers tend to be omni-directional, so that with the help of a reflector made with a couple of aluminum sheets it is possible to direct the waves toward the direction where it is used.

You only need to accommodate the router in front of the address you want to boost the Wifi and refit the aluminum sheets in the form of a half circle behind the router. In case you want to route to opposite sides, you can use a piece of cardboard covered with aluminum foil and mold it in the form of S, in this way each one of the two antennas will be surrounded and send signal to two different sides.