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The Truth About Wi-Fi Signal Strength
Whether it’s the structural layout of your home or just ghosts in the machine, we’re all familiar with inexplicable Wi-Fi dead spots.
One extra puzzling situation, unseen in the comic here, is when the addition of another wireless node actually causes issues with your Wi-Fi connectivity. There’s nothing more frustrating than having twice the Wi-Fi node power and half the actual signal at your laptop. If you’re looking to extend your Wi-Fi network coverage headache free, check out our guides to doing so with Tomato-powered routers and DD-WRT-powered routers.
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- Published 12/10/12
Is this supposed to have a ‘humourous image’ tag? ‘cos it’s clearly not serious.
Looks about right to me..
Bleeding out their signal and the nest 3 houses around you is the only way to do it.
Or just direct microwaves to their house.
Obviously, you just build a room surrounding your garden and set up everything there. Problem solved.
^^^^ LOL
Yes, it is supposed to be humorous as indicated by the “unseen in the comic here” line
Never had such issues with normal laptops, they are called ThinkPad.
Buy your neighbor’s place. Not so hard to figure out.
@synwave: Don’t buy your neighbor’s house, just use his WiFi. He has the same kind of router as yours.
Hey toucan, try to get to bed earlier – your brain’s in Park.