If you live in an apartment, you will notice that your WiFi rarely delivers the theoretical speed your service provider claims. Regardless of how much you complain to your service provider about this, the key to turning your data pipes on full blast is in your hands. Spoiler Alert: Your crappy WiFi is your neighbours’ fault.

In high-density housing, for example, in a city like Mumbai, there are several WiFi routers in a small, densely packed area, all competing to broadcast bandwidth, only to block each other. This is mainly because most routers use the default setup. WiFi has channels and frequencies they operate on, and with the default setup, channels and frequencies often overlap each other. This makes certain channels more crowded than others. Giving you terrible wireless performance. There are other factors as well, but just changing the channel and frequency has a very positive impact on your overall wireless speeds.