Today's homes feature an increasing number of connected devices. Proactively managing home Wi-Fi will help users optimize their network for the best smart home experience, enable profile-based filtering controls, and help detect cybersecurity threats before they become a problem, with access to experts if needed help.

In addition to smartphones, laptops, and desktop computers, we are now seeing more and more connected devices enter the home, including TVs, refrigerators, switches, and even IoT devices. Not only do they rely on a good internet connection to work, but they also make your home network more vulnerable to threats.

Using software installed on compatible fiber-to-the-home routers, service providers are able to use deep smart home insight tools to proactively identify, test and resolve network and router issues, and effectively and efficiently support customers seeking help with their concerns Provide them with peace of mind when they are resolved.

When a device in the network is identified as a compromised device, the vendor will take action based on its severity.

Providers can monitor connected devices, device bandwidth consumption and signal strength, uploads and downloads on each device and network, and more, allowing proactive remediation without the user even realizing it. For example, a smart device can be identified as having a poor connection due to congestion and automatically divert it to a different Wi-Fi channel to improve its performance.

More importantly, this means that the network and all the devices connected to it are constantly being monitored for threats and other critical vulnerabilities. When a device in the network is identified as being compromised, the vendor will take action based on the severity of the problem.

If only a software or firmware update is required, users are warned to take action; however, in extreme cases, a compromised device can be isolated from the local network and the Internet, and users can request support to resolve the issue.

For home users, they can use an AI-driven platform that provides them with Wi-Fi traffic behavior analysis, as well as more advanced network management, parental controls, cyber threat detection, and device management capabilities not typically found in consumer-grade routers Or features found on mesh Wi-Fi products.

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Using an Android or iOS app, home users are transformed into Wi-Fi professionals, with insights on how to improve security and how to better control and secure their network, with features such as admission controls to prevent unknown devices from joining the home network, and more functionality, and the option to allow or deny connection access to these devices.

With internet research becoming an essential part of the learning process today, parents need to go beyond basic steps like limiting bandwidth or the time a device is connected, and instead filter websites like social media and gaming, and enable features like SafeSearch and Safe YouTube, Make sure kids can do online research. By setting up profiles, they can dictate the permissions granted to each user, ultimately protecting their network transparently without interfering with privacy.

When it comes to smart homes, people usually think of high-speed connections, but what good is speed without control? The era of the smart home also requires smarter Wi-Fi, where users don’t have to be IT experts in the first place. Managed Home Wi-Fi offers a unique and comprehensive approach that gives users complete control over their home and guest Wi-Fi networks ​.