Michal,

It will help cool the router, so yes, it will probably work 👍

Octopus1348,

Why is it NSFW

extant,

The fan lacks a safety cage so it’s not safe.

Natanael,

Not grounded

FurtiveFugitive,

Posted on an OnlyFans community?

genoxidedev1,
@genoxidedev1@kbin.social avatar

I'm pretty sure thats unpossible, try a microwave and some garlic it should boost the signal, direct the antennas from the router to the most metallic part of the microwave and the microtextural bogoconductor + full-duplex planck magnetoms as well as the quantized garlic aroma should distribute the signal more evenly around the room (even through walls) than the antennas ever could. Trust me I'm an enginer I've trained for this moment my whole life

here's an illustration hope it helps and have fun with your better internet now!

Abnorc,

You need an aether fan, but yes.

covert_czar,
@covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Wifi are em waves switch on oven for higher speeds

krey,

only, if the fan has metal blades, spinning with the same rpm as the wifi frequency. trust me

VieuxQueb,
@VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca avatar

Hmmm. 144 000 000 000 RPM for 2.4GHz, a bit fast you may need a better fan !

lilShalom,

Run a longer wire.

GrammatonCleric,
@GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world avatar

It would actually make more sense to put in in front of the router 😅

Rentlar,

Yeah, but I’d be worried about my files getting sliced up by the fan blades.

massive_bereavement,
@massive_bereavement@kbin.social avatar

You could change the MTU size to allow for smaller IP packets without causing fragmentation.

Bytemeister,

Or switch to TCP, or use error correction with UDP.

Natanael,

Forward error correction algorithms to handle packet losses

Pothetato,
@Pothetato@lemmy.world avatar

The trick is rewiring the outlet to 240v. More power = more signal.

SkybreakerEngineer,

Hey man, 3db is 3db

ThankYouVeryMuch, (edited )

Doubling the voltage for a given circuit would result in four times the power, P = V^2 R (*This is wrong, it's over R, see comment below). So 6db

hardware26,

P=V^2 /R

ThankYouVeryMuch,

You're absolutely right

over_clox,

No no, everyone knows you’re supposed to put a mirror behind it, duh.

9point6,

Funnily enough this may actually have a positive impact

People used to create tinfoil, tin can or wok based reflectors for WiFi to guide the omnidirectional signal into becoming a directional one.

I think the reflective part of some mirrors is essentially tin foil, so it probably would have a mild boosting effect in the direction of the mirror

Edit: in fact if OP’s fan has a rounded metal cage on it, you could take the front half off and you’ve basically got a WokFi setup there, with added danger

agitatedpotato,

A wire in a Pringles can makes for a fabulous directional can-tenna

Sheeple,
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Also if it’s close enough, the metal of the fan itself serves as a pretty decent antennae. You can accomplish the same by taping a fork to the box!

It’s the silliest little lifehack yet wrapping a wire around a fork, then wrapping the other end around the router works so well

TimeSquirrel,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.social avatar

Modern wifi APs have beamforming algorithms. No reflector required.

9point6,

I’ve heard about this but not had loads of time to read into how it works and how effective the algorithms are. Do you happen to know about it in depth? I’ve wondered for a while how much efficiency is actually improved by the beamforming and what the limitations are

Like I’ve read about cantennas that fire 802.11g over several hundred meters, which in my understanding is obviously is out of reach for regular WiFi antenna even with beamforming algorithms (or is it? I actually don’t know)

Bytemeister,

Read up on Yagi antennas.

Essentially you are stacking waves. If you have an array of trasmitters, you can have them send a constructive signal or a destructive signal as a signal “wave” passes them. Using this property, you can change the shape of the wave propagation. Think of it like throwing a stone in a pond, and then throwing in a second or third stone at the exact right moment to combine the ripples, creating a stronger wave in a particular direction depending on when and where you throw the stones.

Natanael,

We use it for talking to distant satellites, but then we also combine arrays of large directional dish antennas with beam shaping algorithms

9point6,

Man, I’ve always wondered how yagi antennas actually managed to produce a directional beam vs something like a dipole. Your comment has really made it click for me, honestly big thanks! Very clear 5-9

Bytemeister,

Yep. Now imagine each element on the yagi antenna is its own antenna that can be triggered by a controller, instead of just being one big “dumb” antenna. Now by timing the “firing” of each antenna you can create a directional beam in pretty much any direction.

kbotc,

Yep, and the fan moving in back almost certainly will fuck up beamforming as reflections are fairly important to get the beam to do object avoidance and if your reflective surface is angled and moving quickly…

over_clox,

You’re not wrong. Matter of fact, you’re absolutely right!

Back around 2011, I used a pie pan and USB WiFi dongle to snag the neighbor’s WiFi. My pie pan contraption basically tripled the signal strength, and I never had a single dropout. 👍

umbrella,

i have used a long tin can, similar to a pringles can before to steal a neighbour wifi back in the day. this is legit

Bene7rddso,

The reflective part of mirrors is silver, but yes

joseandres42,

But how does the mirror knows what’s behind the paper?!

Darkassassin07,
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca avatar

You’ll get faster download, but your upload speeds drop off a cliff

saltesc,

If you make a series of tubes, you can route from the router and reroute back to the router, creating an information highway through, what we call in comp science, a “loop”. Depending on which side you install the turbo, you can replicate the same tech your ISP charges extra for in “speed boost”. If you go bi-turbo—one in inbound and one in the outbound tubes of the loop—you can generate effectively unlimited speed, where onlyfans used in your inbound and outbound tubes limit based on their RPM. This is why I use RC plane turbines. It’s loud, but I’m streaming YT in 480.

boCash,
@boCash@lemmy.blugatch.tube avatar

That’s absurd. You don’t need to route to or from your router. That’s it’s entire job. Do you also run computations for your computer and speak on behalf of your speaker? Complete madness.

pimento64,

Yes I do, computers calculate okay but I’m different

boCash,
@boCash@lemmy.blugatch.tube avatar

I bet you fing too, you monster.

Azzu,

If you put all this in a very small tube that you can easily plug into your router and your PC, then we’ve got real innovation on our hands!

pastermil,

I’m interested to learn more about this. Any article I could read?

Natanael,
pastermil,

Great! I can’t wait til they come to my town!

ITypeWithMyDick,

Use another fan to make the wifi circular, then your upload speeds shouldnt be hindered

berkersal,

Then you add ping by changing the path

coffeebiscuit,

You can counter those with a pingpong bat.

jaybone,

If you play pong online, your ping will be super low.

LillyPip,

Genius. Where’s your GoFundMe?

freijon,

I’m no expert but from my experience it is the other way around: Upload speed increased, Download speed decreased. Which makes sense because the outgoing data is boosted by the wind whereas the incoming traffic has to overcome the wind. If you want to increase download speed I suggest placing a hoover behind the router.

fossilesque,
@fossilesque@mander.xyz avatar

A bunch of Jerry’s in the comments.

Natanael,

Jerryrigging

FMT99,

NSFW?

ignotum,

If you work in IT and want to keep your job, it would be NSFW to say something like this

candyman337,

Reminds me of the time I worked in IT and someone put a department’s wifi access point on top of the microwave. No one fessed up to that one lol

VieuxQueb,
@VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca avatar

I had a friend complaining that his new computer I built for him was crashing a lot.

So I go there and spend a good bit of time trying to make it crash. Nothing.

Then his girlfriend gets bored and picked up the wireless phone. Bam ! Computer crashed!

It had to happen another time for me to realize it crashed when she was picking up the wireless phone. Turns out the phone base was on top of the computer. Tha cpu was a AMD 950MHz and the phone a 900MHz phone. I have no ideas if the frequency is at fault or the phone base was creating bad interferences somehow but taking the phone base away from the computer finally solved the problem.

candyman337,

That’s so weird

extant,

I work in IT and we always say stupid shit like this to people.

NocturnalMorning,

Will probably make the signal noisy, so I’d avoid this. I would recommend just putting the router in a booster seat, so it’s higher off the ground.

NightLily,
@NightLily@lemmy.basedcount.com avatar

I mean… closing the window keeps the wifi in so I think this will disperse the wifi instead.

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