INTERACTIVE LESSON & SIMULATOR
Interactive Simulation: Wi-Fi Router Eco-Settings & Power Tuning
Step into our mock router admin panel to reduce transmission power, disable unused 5GHz/6GHz radios, and schedule nighttime sleep timers.
There's no official minimum
Regulatory bodies like the FCC and ICNIRP set maximum permissible exposure limits, not minimum distances for household devices, because a home router's output doesn't approach those limits even at close range. Field strength meters near typical routers read in the low single-digit V/m range, against a roughly 61 V/m limit.
What distance actually changes
RF field strength drops off quickly with distance from a small source like a router — roughly with the square of the distance in the near field. Practically, the difference between a router on the nightstand and one across the room is far larger than the difference between across-the-room and down-the-hall.
A reasonable rule of thumb
If reducing RF exposure while sleeping matters to you, keeping the router at least a few feet from the head of the bed — a nightstand's distance away or further — captures most of the practical benefit of larger distances, without needing to relocate networking equipment across the house.
Confirm it with a meter, not a guess
If you want a number instead of a rule of thumb, our distance calculator estimates how field strength scales as you move a source further away, and a basic RF meter at the pillow location turns it into a measured comparison.