Coverage that reaches the shop, the deck, and the far bedroom.
Simple Tech designs and installs home networks for houses across the Flathead Valley. We survey the house, place wired access points where the signal is needed, and build the rack and cabling behind it, so every device in the house has a connection that holds.
A single router in a closet was designed for an apartment. In a Montana home with log walls, a finished basement, and a shop across the drive, it covers the room it sits in and not much else.
The signal fades at the far end of the house, the video call drops in the office, and the TV in the basement buffers every evening.
Lights, shades, thermostats, and cameras all share the same network. When it is weak they lag or fall offline, and the automation you paid for looks broken.
Phones, laptops, TVs, speakers, and a few dozen smart devices are more than a consumer router was built to carry at once.
We measure where the signal is weak, run wire to where the access points should be, and set up a network that handles every device in the house at the same time.
Every piece is built to the same standard, because the weakest one sets the speed for all of them.
We walk the house with a meter and map where the signal drops before anyone picks equipment. Wall construction, floor plan, and where you sit with a laptop all change the design.
Access points in the ceiling, each with its own cable back to the rack, so the connection between them never depends on a wireless hop. A professionally installed mesh works the same way, with every access point wired back to the rack.
Cat6 or fiber runs to every access point, television, and camera, terminated at a labelled panel. If the wiring is being done during construction, this is the moment to get it right.
See cabling & rack work →Equipment sized for the number of devices in the house, with a separate guest network so visitors never touch your own devices.
Shops, guest houses, barns, and the dock. We run wire or a point-to-point link out to them so the signal there is as steady as it is in the kitchen.
Streaming, whole home audio, cameras, and Control4 all run on this network. Getting it right first is how the rest of the house stays reliable.
See smart home systems →A slow smart home is usually a network problem.
If you have added smart devices over the years and the house has grown less reliable, the network is usually the reason. We can rebuild it in a finished home, often reusing the wiring already in the walls, and fish new runs where the coverage needs them.
Wire for access points has to go in before drywall. It is cheap then and expensive later. For a shop, office, or restaurant, the same design gives staff, guests, and point-of-sale their own networks on one system.
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Authorized Control4 dealer and CEDIA Premium Member. We install the network equipment professional integrators rely on and support it ourselves, with local techs on call 24/7.
From the first walkthrough to the day every device is connected.
We measure the signal through the house and outbuildings and list every device that has to live on the network.
We choose where each access point goes, what needs wire, and what the rack has to hold.
Cable goes in, access points go up flush to the ceiling, and the rack is built so it can be read at a glance.
We test every room and every device, connect your phones and TVs, and show you how the guest network works before we leave.
Curious what smart home technology looks and feels like? Step inside our virtual showroom and explore an integrated smart home before committing to a thing.
Explore The Virtual ShowroomIt depends on the size of the house, what the walls are made of, how many access points it takes to cover it, and whether the cable can be run during construction or has to be fished through finished walls. Outbuildings add to it. We give you a written quote after a free consultation and a walkthrough with a meter.
A mesh kit from the store helps in a smaller home with open rooms. In a large house, a log home, or one with a finished basement and a shop, the wireless links between store-bought mesh units are the weak point. A professionally installed mesh uses wired access points placed where the survey says they belong, and that fixes dead spots for good.
Backhaul is the link between the access points and the router. Wireless backhaul shares the airwaves with your devices and gets slower with every hop. Wired backhaul gives each access point its own cable, so every one of them runs at full speed. We wire wherever the house allows.
Yes. Our support plans cover the network along with the rest of your system, with proactive monitoring and a local tech on call 24/7, so a problem is often fixed before you notice it.
It usually stays, set to pass the connection straight through to the equipment we install, or it comes out entirely if the provider allows it. Either way your internet service stays the same and the network inside the house gets rebuilt.
Simple Tech installs and supports home networks for homeowners and builders throughout Northwest Montana, from in-town remodels to new builds on acreage with a shop out back. Our techs are local, and the team that designs your network is the one that answers when you call.
Tell us where the WiFi drops out and we will walk the house with a meter. Consultations are free and there is no obligation.
(406) 909-5610 mike@simpletechmt.comCameras and locks that stay online because the network under them holds.
Learn more →One app for lighting, shades, music, and cameras, all running on this network.
Learn more →The wiring and the rack that every access point in the house comes back to.
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