I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil

Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by walshemj on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:41PM (#16016868)

Beware cheaping out on wifi kit I have bitter experiance of trying to use POS dlink kit to provide wifi in our new office.

But for home use multiple AP's with powerline to connect them is actualy a simpler solution than mesh as using wifi for the DS (distribution system ) is always going to be slower than a wired.

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Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by kbenson on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:50PM (#16017490)

I agree, and I have multiple through a wired back end, but due to very congested spectrum usage in my neighborhood, I I have less than stellar reception at certain times in my home office (a walk in closet with no physical network hookups) which is about 30 feet over and up a floor from the closest AP. A little coaxing of the waves might go a long way for me.

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