The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
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Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#2(2024)
Discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39896371
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We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
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Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#4I expected this
The fix was easy: Prune the branches. than
>The fix was easy: upgrade our hardware. We replaced our old 802.11g devices with new 802.11n ones, which took advantage of new magic math and physics to make signals more resistant to interference.
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#5On two separate instances 4 years apart in Liberia, the VSAT unit and Asus WiFi router were overheating at peak usage or peak heat times. This must be happening more than is generally realized.
Easiest solution: permanently point a good case-fan-sized USB fan on to the unit, using its own USB port.
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#6I expected this The fix was easy: Prune the branches. than >The fix was easy: upgrade our hardware. We replaced our old 802.11g devices with new 802.11n ones, which took advantage of new magic math and physics to make signals more resistant to interference.
Easier, and probably even cheaper to upgrade a pair of wifi transceivers than negotiating with the neighbor to cut his tree.
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#7I was fully prepared for the wet walls of the building to act as a reflector.
I'm surprised WiFi can't pass on reliably through branches. Must have been a nightmare back then.
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#8Long time ago I had a 10km 2.4ghz wifi link with directional antennas, it worked very well but the throughtput improved with rain.
Directional antenas are far from directional, they pick noise from everywhere.
In my opinion rain reduces that noise, and if the point to point has more than enough signal margin to keep operating at full speed, it ends up improving the link.
Something like horse blinders.
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#9Reminds me of an old joke:
Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
#10I once moved into a new apartment, built a new PC, but noticed that every 30 or so minutes while gaming my monitor would turn off. It was just frequent enough to make gaming intolerable. One day I was plugging something in and moved my DisplayPort cable slightly and my monitor turned off again. Turns out it was too close to the antennas for the WiFi card I had; it was inducing a current in the DisplayPort cable and the monitor’s firmware didn’t know what to do so it just crashed! I moved the cable slightly further away and it never happened again.