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>But my Wifi router only gets 650 down with the phone using it as a stand. I cant speak to WiFi, but on the long range wireless stuff I work with the hardware
by ac29 3y ago
>But my Wifi router only gets 650 down with the phone using it as a stand.
I cant speak to WiFi, but on the long range wireless stuff I work with the hardware does almost as poorly with signal levels that are too high as signal levels that are too low. Putting your phone literally on top of the WiFi router is likely not going to be a best case test scenario.
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoGetting too close takes you out of the "far field" and into the "near field"[1] where the device just won't work at all. It's probably actually connecting via reflections from the walls if stuck right on top of the router. You need to be at least 7.5cm away from a 5Ghz router with 15cm antennas to be in the far field, and anything within about 4.5cm will be entirely inside the reactive near field (and have very poor coupling with standard antennas designed for far field use). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_and_far_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_and_far_field
- agloe_dreams 3y agoMy apologies, I was trying to make a bit of a joke of the context of the distance and items between the 5G signal vs the router, below the cause is explained well.