▲ 434 ▼ TELL ME (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by sebinspace@lemmy.world to c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world 335 comments fedilink hide all child comments TELL ME
[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world [S] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) You ever seen a Unify AP just chilling on the floor under a desk in a commercial setting while people complain the WiFi is always slow? Pain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ralakus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or when they put it inside or behind a metal file cabinet and wonder why the wifi doesn't work unless you're right next to the file cabinet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago My favorite so far was a factory that put a giant metal shipping container in the middle of the shop between the AP and where they were using the wifi and complained that they couldn't understand why that part of the shop got no signal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Maybe not unifi, but yeah, that's definitely been an issue. One law office type location complained, and the wireless was located under sometimes desk in the corner of the office. There's probably dozens of other examples I could tell, but yes. Absolutely. It's the reason I got into profiling/modeling of wireless signals, so I could accurately estimate optimal placement and recommend remediation for those situations. Just get a floor plan (or take a few measurements and generate a basic one), and play with the placement until things look good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or when they put it inside or behind a metal file cabinet and wonder why the wifi doesn't work unless you're right next to the file cabinet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago My favorite so far was a factory that put a giant metal shipping container in the middle of the shop between the AP and where they were using the wifi and complained that they couldn't understand why that part of the shop got no signal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago My favorite so far was a factory that put a giant metal shipping container in the middle of the shop between the AP and where they were using the wifi and complained that they couldn't understand why that part of the shop got no signal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Maybe not unifi, but yeah, that's definitely been an issue. One law office type location complained, and the wireless was located under sometimes desk in the corner of the office. There's probably dozens of other examples I could tell, but yes. Absolutely. It's the reason I got into profiling/modeling of wireless signals, so I could accurately estimate optimal placement and recommend remediation for those situations. Just get a floor plan (or take a few measurements and generate a basic one), and play with the placement until things look good. permalink fedilink source parent
