If you’ve followed the advice in my article, “How to Improve Your Video-Streaming Clarity,” and can’t use a Cat 5e or greater specification wired-solution for your network, you may be running into straightforward environmental limitations. The microwave just isn’t getting from point A to point B and back again. WiFi at 2.4 and 5 GHz consists of short radio waves, unlike those of broadcast radio, for example. Place a solid object, like a wall, in front of a WiFi radio wave and, unlike many other forms or radio, you’ll get problems — the stubby, low-powered wave gets blocked.
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Widening Your WiFi Network's Range
Posted by: Patrick Nelson February 16, 2012 05:00 AMIf you’ve followed the advice in my article, “How to Improve Your Video-Streaming Clarity,” and can’t use a Cat 5e or greater specification wired-solution for your network, you may be running into straightforward environmental limitations. The microwave just isn’t getting from point A to point B and back again. WiFi at 2.4 and 5 GHz consists of short radio waves, unlike those of broadcast radio, for example. Place a solid object, like a wall, in front of a WiFi radio wave and, unlike many other forms or radio, you’ll get problems — the stubby, low-powered wave gets blocked.