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But that means your distortion issue is not 5GHz networks. Way back when I was still in university, if I would walk out of my room and close the door (which wo
by jorvi 3y ago
But that means your distortion issue is not 5GHz networks.
Way back when I was still in university, if I would walk out of my room and close the door (which would put a few cm thick wooden door, some plaster wall and about 14m between me and my router) I would already have a significant reduction in connection strength.
Even with the ridiculous walls Americans use for their homes, there is just no way a neighbors 5GHz signal is strong enough to cause significant distortion. And if there somehow is, there is enough room on the spectrum to choose a different band.
Thinking on it, almost all civilian microwaves also only operates at around 2.4GHz. And since you mention sudden spikes, I would check for radar interference and if you are on a band that’s radar-assigned.
- haswell 3y ago> Thinking on it, almost all civilian microwaves also only operates at around 2.4GHz. I spent a number of years as a network engineer working with consumer microwave gear, most of which was in the 5.2-5.7 GHz range. There is plenty of this stuff around. And I’ve seen what a poorly aligned backhaul can do to the wireless networks in the vicinity. That said, I’m not committed to a specific reason it’s not working well, it’s just not. The point was that wifi is not a good option for me for some use cases given the apparent spectrum use here. I think it’s probably a combination of factors since I live in a dense city. Radar is certainly a possible factor.