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 loaded bookshelved, with vertical steel supports. Thopughts? Solutions? Thanks.

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.

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myersw
Master
Jun 20, 2018
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.
- antinode
  Guru
  Jun 21, 2018
  > [...] Remember wifi does not go around corners.
  
  This would make them the first EM waves ever not to experience
  diffraction.
  - myersw
    Master
    Jun 21, 2018
    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.
- geoffleach
  Aspirant
  Jun 20, 2018
  Hmmmm ... interesting. Other than moving the router, is there a solution?

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