@HeyEddie if you think last was bad see this one between wall & metal rack bolted to ground full of merchandise. pic.twitter.com/Gj8izHb1Qw
— Gurpreet Singh (@NewtoWiFi) January 20, 2016THE BAD-FI
Yes, it MATTERS where you place your APs. - via @yannickheymans
You wanna tip?
Here's a tip:
Place your APs where your CLIENTS are!
You see any clients above the air ducts?
I didn't think so.
"WAP secure, Captain." - via @wirelesssguru
So, I says, "Doctah", I says, "my arm hurts when I bend it like this." So, the Doc, he says to me, "Don't bend your arm like that".
- Some vaudeville comedian
No chance that's gonna fall & crack somebody's skull.
No. chance. at. all.
Well, at least they got the antennas right. (sigh) via @EmperorWiFi
"Just when I thought I was out... THEY PULL ME BACK IN!!!!"
- Michael Corleone
At least the antennas are correctly positioned. But, AP mounted directly on concrete, METAL cable tray directly in from of AP, antennas right next to concrete overhang. Geez, you'd think someone at MIT could figure this out.
Share your strangest #WiFi placement. Here is @ArubaNetworks #Wifi on a door handle. pic.twitter.com/sscqJ7f55v
— Josh Needle (@allterrainwifi) October 28, 2014
Upside down on a fluorescent light fixture…
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- Above ceiling
- Laying on a METAL, fluorescent light fixture
- Upside-down. So, basically, no RF going nowhere it needs to be.
😳
Took me a while to locate this guy, now I know why, AP installed above metal drop ceiling…#badfi @HeyEddie pic.twitter.com/dgGJe7a5BS
— Jerry Olla (@jolla) June 12, 2015I…
I just…
I can’t…
With the metal…
And…
Buuuuuuuut, whyyyyyyyyyy?!
@HeyEddie quality airport AP mounting pic.twitter.com/66rR5diudU
— Shaun Neal (@sv_neal)
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Yes, Wi-Fi is EXACTLY like Magic Pixie Dust! You sprinkle a ‘lil over there, and a ‘lil over here, and Voila! Inter-webs at your service!
It’s a nice fairy-tale, but in reality Wi-Fi is “stuff”. Invisible, high-frequency stuff, mind you, but “stuff” none-the-less. That’s means it’s affected by other stuff like, oh, I don’t know GIANT, METAL, KIOSKS, maybe?
Metal AFFECTS radio frequencies. Water AFFECTS radio frequencies. Heck, PEOPLE affect wireless frequencies!
Take care where you place your APs, and understand how the antennas propagate the RF signal. Even a base understanding of this would have kept this wonderful, little example of “Wireless Design” from happening.
Yeah, we could complain about TP-Link this, and Ubiquiti that, but properly designed and INSTALLED Wi-Fi solutions work pretty well in most situations.
AND GET YOURSELF ONE OF THESE. You’ll thank me. →
Well, AFTER you read it you’ll thank me.
No need to thank me now.
But, you will.
Go ahead - I’ll wait.
via @benwifi on the Twitters.- “On copper pipe, next to cable tray, behind metal mesh. Effective range: 5m”
https://twitter.com/benwifi/status/619726748863696897
Mas metal!
EVERYONE, Wi-Fi and METAL ARE NOT A GOOD MIX!
“Great Wi-Fi in the bathrooms, just put it in the vents to get the smell out of them…Easy and cheap to install.”
Ran out of external APs?
Submitted by: “Z”
(Whoever you are, God Bless You, Sir!)
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Wow, I thought THIS was a one-time thing.
I guess I was wrong.