Can a fridge and other appliances block my WiFI signal
No WiFi signal can be a real pain in some households, especially if you use streaming services, gaming devices or rely on the internet a lot.
How do you ensure the best WiFi signal reception in your home, and is there anything like a large appliance that could be blocking the signal?
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I would be surprised if anything such as a fridge would have any substantial effect on WiFi signals in a home.
In Australia, WiFi operates in the UHF (300 MHz – 3 GHz) and SHF (3 GHz – 30 GHz) frequency bands.
Things such as concrete walls, steel sheeting and thick vegetation will affect the signal but single objects such as a fridge should not as UHF and SHF signals reflect off objects just like light does off a mirror.
However, if there were sufficient objects in an area such as an appliance showroom, then there is likely to be some degradation of the signal strength.