Choose an access point.
Router in attic.
Attics can get warm in summer but unless you re living on the equator or something i can t see that it would be a big problem.
An access point lets you keep the router in a back room and still get great internet where.
If your home is exceptionally large and you need coverage everywhere consider either wi fi range extenders or for a more seamless experience a mesh wi fi system.
Place the router in a higher position.
Although ripples on a pond are a good way to.
From the front lines.
I put it in the attic because i needed a wifi signal on my back patio and placing the router at a particular place in the attic is what gave me the strongest signal on the patio.
Instead it s more like ripples in water with the router.
Should you place your router in the attic.
The one in the attic has been going strong for 2 plus years.
You don t need to hook up everything with wires though.
First of all the router s performance is going to be impacted negatively by the ceiling itself and any.
I have two routers in my house one of which is in the attic.
A radio signal doesn t just broadcast in one direction.
If you can run an ethernet cable from the router up to an attic for example then you can attach a second router or a wireless access point.
Put it in a central location.