In the country ZERO interference, two houses, 200 feet apart. WRT32X AC wireless just plugged into my ISPs router. I had the router down stairs near a window and the remote location would get drop outs regularly. The only thing I did was move the router upstairs and changed the antenna orientation from pointing at the remote house to straight up. Now he runs his TV, phone, PC and it even works when we are having torrential downpours. Did moving it up a few feet make all that difference, or did I just luck out when I bought that router, like a reverse lemon. I though neither band had that kind of distance under almost any circumstances. At least he can watch my Netflix and Prime as we "are in the same household".
![[H]ard|Forum](/styles/hardforum/xenforo/logo_dark.png){kind=logo}
-
Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Wireless AC opinion
- Thread starter narsbars
- Start date
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2000
- Messages
- 76,386
is "down stairs" a basement? that will block the signal. also if you "point" the antennas they are now shooting the signal up and down, think of the signal like an umbrella coming out of the antenna...
Last edited:
Changing the antenna orientation can make a big difference. For typical omnidirectional wifi antennas, usually the signal propagation is mostly perpinducular to the antenna, so point it vertical to get good horizontal propagation. Obviously it you've got something directional, that's a different story.
Thank you, I am just amazed by the distance and signal strength at slightly over 200ft, and through two sets of windows and with his pc, two internal walls, TV one wall. I keep reading about people with a house that are complaining they can't get signal in another room even with normal construction. You also answered my question about the antenna propagation.
No, ground floor. Really surprised when I hear people that can't get a signal 3 rooms away.
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2000
- Messages
- 76,386
thats usually because they are just using the provided modem/router combo unit with no ext antennas, or only two with low db. yours looks like its designed to get around all that. with my isp modem i needed an extension pod just to get to the back on my 78' mobile home. i have a fridge, stove, microwave, furnace and several walls in the way....
dogDAbone
Gawd
- Joined
- Nov 24, 2022
- Messages
- 777
Back when my family moved into our current home (3000 sq ft, 1997), I had to experiment with the placement of our router, and after several tries, I got the best signals throughout the house with it on the main floor in the living room, setting on a shelf above our main TV....
Since that initial setup, I have upgraded the router several times (due to more & more devices operating at the same time), and have no issues whatsoever with getting strong WiFi in any of the 5 bedrooms, the family room & office downstairs, nor out in my garage using only the antennae provided with the routers...
So yea, router placement/antenna orientation WILL have a major effect on the signal strength & quality
Since that initial setup, I have upgraded the router several times (due to more & more devices operating at the same time), and have no issues whatsoever with getting strong WiFi in any of the 5 bedrooms, the family room & office downstairs, nor out in my garage using only the antennae provided with the routers...
So yea, router placement/antenna orientation WILL have a major effect on the signal strength & quality