Your home network is fundamental to how you use your living space. You can work from home because you can connect with coworkers and clients at any time. You can listen to music in any room because you have wireless speakers connected to a smart home control system that lets you choose what you want to hear, wherever you want to hear it.

But what happens if you try to hop onto an important conference call and your Internet connection goes out? Or you invite friends over to binge a new Netflix series and you’re stuck with blurry visuals because the stream isn’t buffering at high definition? Having speakers in every room isn’t any good if you can’t access your music service.

In our latest blog, we look at how a home network setup can increase the functionality of your Colleyville home by strengthening your Internet connection so it can handle all of your smart technology.

These days smart devices are everywhere, and increasing inside our homes in Southlake TX.  We have smart TVs, smart speakers, smart lights, smart appliances, and internet-connected AV gear.  All those devices need network connectivity to be “smart”.  In addition to all the smartphones, tablets, and laptops we own, there are a plethora of things that connect to your network and the Internet. 

Add to that load the increased bandwidth requirements for streaming 4K video from services like Amazon Prime and Netflix, and higher resolution music from Tidal and Spotify.  It all adds up to a taxing load on your network.

For a smart home with many devices that need to be monitored and controlled, you need a robust network to handle it all.  Here are three important areas to consider during your home network setup.