So you have liberated yourself of wires, are there any catches? Well there can be; the wireless network has a range, and this range is affected by obstacles such as thick walls. Most houses won’t notice this at all, but if you live in a large house or an old house with very thick walls you may find that you have dead spots in the house. The best way of solving this is to experiment with where you place your wireless router, the higher up in the house and more centrally located the better it will be, you can also try buying larger aerials for your router as these will also boost it’s range. If you still have dead spots you can install more wireless access points. These act as bridges between the router and the dead zones. Wireless access can be slightly slower than wired access, however it is barely noticeable at all, you are only likely to notice if you play fast paced action games. The vast majority of people will not notice either a problem with dead spots or with speed.