Concrete and block walls, common in Ghanaian buildings, stop Wi-Fi quickly. The usual reaction is to add repeaters until every room shows bars. The bars appear, but speeds drop, because each repeater re-sends the same traffic over the air.
Use wired access points
The reliable answer is several access points, each connected back to the network by cable, managed together as one system. Guests roam between them without reconnecting, and each access point uses its full capacity.
Plan by rooms and people, not square metres
- A conference room or classroom full of phones needs its own access point.
- Long corridors of hotel rooms are often better served by access points inside rooms rather than in the corridor.
- Outdoor areas such as pool decks and car parks need outdoor-rated units.
Mind the channels
Neighbouring access points should use different channels so they do not interfere. Most managed systems do this automatically; cheap standalone routers often do not.
Separate the guests
Put guests on their own network, isolated from staff computers, printers and cameras, with a bandwidth limit per device so one download does not slow everyone down.
Power them properly
PoE lets access points run from the network switch, and a UPS behind that switch keeps Wi-Fi up through short power cuts.