Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture
c186282 <[email protected]>
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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/> >> >> 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. > > 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 ! >> The higher the freq, the more it acts like ordinary >> 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.