• lemonskate@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    There are plenty of things in a normal home that can cause serious signal attenuation (just installed new energy efficient windows? whoops! those IR blocking coatings severely attenuate microwave signals too). Poor AP placement is a very common cause of “slow wifi” and has nothing to do with your internet uplink.

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      2 hours ago

      Again, you point out why “normal” is an iffy notion to begin with. Thank you for elaborating instead of just downvoting. 🙂

      Failing to fully utilize the existing antenna diversity options on modern routers/APs might be another common cause that comes to mind.