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The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by kshacker »

dnmc wrote: post #35
vghaisas wrote: post #13

I've collected a list of fun stories of this form and post them when this comes up: - Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt - Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p... - OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

Here's another for your collection. - Putting the car in reverse sets off the neighbor's home security system. https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/7k12fs/neighbors_hous...

Did this get solved? I think I read all the comments from OP but saw no confirmation as to what happened.

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by taneq »

tverbeure wrote: post #12
JustinELRoberts wrote: post #10

I 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 t…

Similarly, if you have one of those office chairs with a pneumatic shock, dropping down hard on the chair may induce an electromagnetic or ESD pulse that shocks the monitor. There’s a video on YouTube about this somewhere and we were able to confirm their findings.

I have a Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor and it’s so sensitive to EMFs, it’ll blink off for a moment when I take my jumper off.

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by geuis »

Just a guess. But after the first couple of paragraphs I realized it was a tree. Kept reading. Yup. Tree.

The rain would move branches out of the way.

This is why experience helps. Good life and professional experience helps to short circuit many problems.

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by jimbob45 »

vghaisas wrote: post #13

I've collected a list of fun stories of this form and post them when this comes up: - Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt - Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p... - OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

- We can’t send an email more than 500 miles

https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by whatever1 »

vghaisas wrote: post #13

I've collected a list of fun stories of this form and post them when this comes up: - Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt - Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p... - OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

The vanilla story is insane!

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by bentcorner »

My only unsolved networking mystery was that my computer would experience high packet loss when a Roku in the other room was streaming Netflix.

My PC and the roku device were both wired to two different ports on a router (iirc an Edgerouter X running openwrt at the time). This didn't repro when the roku streamed other services (hulu/youtube tested), only netflix. This also didn't repro if the roku was connected over wireless (connecting to an AP wired to a different port). Just opening netflix also didn't repro, the roku had to be actively streaming a netflix video.

I never ended up solving it, I just worked around it by making the roku connect over wireless.

It did take me forever to figure out the problem though. For a long time I'd be in one room getting frustrated with my computer while someone was innocently watching netflix in the other room.

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by [deleted] »

vghaisas wrote: post #13

I've collected a list of fun stories of this form and post them when this comes up: - Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt - Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p... - OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

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Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by zerocrates »

whatever1 wrote: post #45
vghaisas wrote: post #13

I've collected a list of fun stories of this form and post them when this comes up: - Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt - Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p... - OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

The vanilla story is insane!

It's not real, but it's still a fine story.

Re: The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

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Post by jorl17 »

bentcorner wrote: post #46

My only unsolved networking mystery was that my computer would experience high packet loss when a Roku in the other room was streaming Netflix. My PC and the roku device were both wired to two different ports on a router (iirc an Edgerouter X running openwrt at the time). This didn't repro when the roku streamed other services (hulu/youtube tested), only netflix. This also didn't repro if the roku was connected over…

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