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Laptop looses 1/3 of wifi signal strength when the laptop moves through a door. Distance to router at that point is 10 feet. Wall is conventional wood-framed. On both sides of the wal there are fully...
Sounds about right to me. From what you describe the wifi is going through a wall plus two layers of books plus steel shelving. Remember wifi does not go around corners.
Sounds about right to me. From what you describe the wifi is going through a wall plus two layers of books plus steel shelving. Remember wifi does not go around corners.
> [...] Remember wifi does not go around corners.
This would make them the first EM waves ever not to experience
diffraction.
antinode wrote:
> [...] Remember wifi does not go around corners.
This would make them the first EM waves ever not to experience
diffraction.True, but remember that signals that spread or bounce are not going to provide as good of a signal as nothing inbetween.
And diffraction is not "going round corners" as most people understand it, just a red herring from someone who would rather throw in a cheap jibe than follow the issue.
Back to the point, following your earlier response, we don't know which wifi band the user has on the laptop. If they are on 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz might give better range.
Nor do we know if this signal loss affects their experience. Maybe they have just found a signal meter and want to play with numbers.
> And diffraction is not "going round corners" as most people understand
> it, just a red herring from someone who would rather throw in a cheap
> jibe than follow the issue.
Thanks for your latest unsubstantiated assessment of what "most
people understand". It's every bit as valuable as the equipment
inventory which you include in each of your posts. I would not expect
"most people" to have a firm grasp on diffraction, but a quick Web
search for key words/phrases like, say:
diffraction "around corners"
might be educational for those who are susceptible to education. (Hint:
I'd expect "around corners" to work better than "round corners" in such
a search.)
