1. Forum
  2. USENET
  3. comp.os.linux.misc

  • The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

    From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.misc on Fri Aug 14 23:33:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    <https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-wi-fi-upgrade-wasnt-a-new-router-it-was-moving-some-furniture/>
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Fri Aug 14 21:35:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 8/14/26 19:33, rbowman wrote:
    <https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-wi-fi-upgrade-wasnt-a-new-router-it-was-moving-some-furniture/>

    Heh heh ... YEP !

    Esp with 5ghz.

    Had a little remote unit, crappy crappy connection.
    Literally moved it six inches and suddenly a pretty
    damned GOOD connection. Not sure WHAT in the path
    was blocking the wifi, but even that tiny move got
    the obstruction out of the path.

    The higher the freq, the more it acts like ordinary
    light, and less like 'radio'.

    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Lars Poulsen@lars@beagle-ears.com to comp.os.linux.misc on Sat Aug 15 07:13:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 2026-08-14 18:35, c186282 wrote:
    On 8/14/26 19:33, rbowman wrote:
    <https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-wi-fi-upgrade-wasnt-a-new-
    router-it-was-moving-some-furniture/>

    -a Heh heh ... YEP !

    -a Esp with 5ghz.

    -a Had a little remote unit, crappy crappy connection.
    -a Literally moved it six inches and suddenly a pretty
    -a damned GOOD connection. Not sure WHAT in the path
    -a was blocking the wifi, but even that tiny move got
    -a the obstruction out of the path.

    Classic multipath interference. Signals arriving by different paths
    (some of which may involve reflections) arrive with different phase and
    may cancel each other out.

    -a The higher the freq, the more it acts like ordinary
    -a light, and less like 'radio'.

    Yes, for sure!
    --
    Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to comp.os.linux.misc on Sun Aug 16 02:14:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc

    On 8/15/26 10:13, Lars Poulsen wrote:
    On 2026-08-14 18:35, c186282 wrote:
    On 8/14/26 19:33, rbowman wrote:
    <https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-wi-fi-upgrade-wasnt-a-new-
    router-it-was-moving-some-furniture/>

    -a-a Heh heh ... YEP !

    -a-a Esp with 5ghz.

    -a-a Had a little remote unit, crappy crappy connection.
    -a-a Literally moved it six inches and suddenly a pretty
    -a-a damned GOOD connection. Not sure WHAT in the path
    -a-a was blocking the wifi, but even that tiny move got
    -a-a the obstruction out of the path.

    Classic multipath interference. Signals arriving by different paths
    (some of which may involve reflections) arrive with different phase and
    may cancel each other out.

    Yep.

    And the higher the freq, the worse !

    -a-a The higher the freq, the more it acts like ordinary
    -a-a light, and less like 'radio'.

    Yes, for sure!

    I have seven IP cams looking out around. Set
    them ALL to 2.4ghz because that's less vulnerable
    to "shadow" effects. Only run 1-hz reads, so
    speed is much less important than solid connections.

    --- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2