Wi-Fi signal bars are lying to you, and this app finally showed me the truth
… With the app graphing my router's signal, I walked to the hallways where the website timed out, and found the strength drop to an unusable -90dBm. …
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This $20 gadget finally fixed my smart doorbell’s weak Wi-Fi signal
… I haven't run formal signal tests yet, but I plan to at some point. …
Pointing your router antennas straight up is quietly killing your Wi-Fi
… 04 / 8 Signals Which building material causes the greatest reduction in Wi-Fi signal strength when a router signal must pass through it? …
Mesh Wi-Fi is causing the exact problems it promised to solve
… 04 / 8 Signals Which building material causes the greatest reduction in Wi-Fi signal strength when a router signal must pass through it? …
I stopped blaming my ISP for bad Wi-Fi as the real culprit was right in front of me
… Next, I used a Wi-Fi analyzer app on my Pixel to map the signal strength throughout the house. I stood right next to the router and saw a perfect signal, but as soon as I walked behind the hallway wall, the signal dropped massively. …
Stop blaming your receiver — this 40-year-old AV standard is killing your surround sound
… No signal loss over the effective distance, just like TOSLINK, and with the same benefits of no ground loop or electrical interference on the signal. …
Switching to Ethernet everywhere made my home network feel finished in a way wireless still rarely does
… Questions like "how to improve my Wi-Fi signal" consistently rank highly in Google search results, which shows exactly how annoying dealing with wireless signal issues can be. …
Stop blaming your ISP — where you placed your router is killing your Wi-Fi
… Unfortunately, all of those places kill signal strength. A router shoved into a cupboard is effectively broadcasting through layers of wood before the signal even reaches your room and your devices, and that's before it has to cross concrete walls to reach other areas in the house. …
Most expensive HDMI cables are a waste of money — but this one isn’t
… With a fiber optic HDMI cable, this isn't a problem, thanks to its use of an optical signal rather than electrical signals to transmit video and audio. …
You are using 5GHz wrong if you're blindly cramming it with all your devices
… That's the upside, but the downside is that the higher frequency waves cannot penetrate obstacles as effectively as the 2.4GHz signal can. Plus, the 5GHz signal loses its strength as the distance from the router increases. …