Bad WiFi reception
Bad WiFi reception is one of the most common annoyances these days. Especially in residential areas where every house has at least 1 access point and each family is working hard to fill the ether with their own signals. A quick fix can solve this problem relatively easy by using an empty beer can (a soda can also works).
The aluminum of an empty beer can enhance the WiFi-signal significantly. You could buy an expensive repeater, but a beer can is immensely cheaper (and is more fun to get too). Our good friend youtube shows us this instructional video.
Step by step
- Go to the supermarket
- Buy (at least) 1 can of beer (a premium brand will do better than some random cheap brand)
- Empty the can (don’t throw the beer in the sink at all times! Drinking is the preferred method!)
- Clean the inside of the can by flushing it with some water
- you will need a knife or scissors to open up the can and some material to fix the empty can to your router
- Remove the lid, used to open the can
- Cut off the bottom of the can
- Cut off the top of the can, leaving a small piece near the old drinkingĀ opening
- Cut the can from top to bottom at the opposite side from the drinking opening
- Carefully bend the metal so it (sort of) looks like a satellite dish
- Place the brand new dish shaped beer can on your access point, by sticking the antenna through the old drinking opening
- Fix the “dish” so it doesn’t fall off
This little trick should enhance the signal strength by a factor 2 or 3. This only works for access points equipped with an external antenna. For antenna-less models you could try creating a somewhat larger dish and placing the whole access point on the bigger dish, but I don’t guarantee this works. You could for example use a keg, but I doubt that you can cut it by using scissors š
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