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pros and cons of very thick walls i guess…it’s difficult to make changes to your home. Wifi 7 (6ghz) barely penetrates a single “drywall” wall (in U.S.). It wi
by lurking_swe 2y ago
pros and cons of very thick walls i guess…it’s difficult to make changes to your home.
Wifi 7 (6ghz) barely penetrates a single “drywall” wall (in U.S.). It will have a very hard time penetrating thick concrete / brick walls.
in your case if you wanted good wifi 7 signal in all rooms you’d probably need to run wired backhaul and install an access point per room. Probably not worth it. It might make sense to have wifi 7 in your living / dining space though. Especially if you have an open kitchen.
- phonon 2y agoYou can get powerline/wifi kits...sometimes installing your own Ethernet isn't feasible.
- danielu 2y agoThere are also MoCA kits which allow you to use the existing coax cabling.
- teruakohatu 2y agoIf Wifi 7 (6ghz) cannot penetrate dry wall does it have much application for home users?
- lurking_swe 2y agodepends on the user. The short answer is it’s worth it if your wifi airspace is very congested or if you have a use case for wifi 7 speeds, such as moving large files around your LAN often. The 6ghz band has poor range but this can be a benefit actually. It means your neighbors 6ghz signal can’t flood your home like their 2.4ghz and 5ghz can. So there’s very little interference on the 6ghz band. This also means a more stable connection and a little lower latency. If your wifi works well today i wouldn’t bother upgrading. Unless it’s a fun hobby purchase.
- danielu 2y agoThe fact that 6 GHz Wifi cannot penetrate walls is a great feature for people living in apartment buildings. The 2.4 GHz band is insanely overcrowded. The best of both worlds would be to install 6 GHz access points in each room, and run a wired connection between them.
- Spivak 2y agoWhy the scare quotes around drywall? It's just gypsum board. If you have plastered walls it's the same thing. But it needs far less skill to install correctly since the sheets are manufactured, smooth, and you just have to hang them.
- lurking_swe 2y agoyou’re 100% correct. i added the “” because i wasn’t sure if everyone would be familiar with the slang, especially those living outside the US.