I use my wireless notebook on the deck on the east side of my house. Between my deck and my router is an 8 foot sliding glass door. The glass was treated with a low UV penetration coating whicj keeps the sun from heating the room. Evidently it also prevents my notebook from connecting with my LAN? When I open the sliding door and just use the screen from the door, I connect with my neywork immediately? Has anyone else experienced this problem?
2006-09-17 19:30:40 · 2 answers · asked by Skip Andrews 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Absolutely, this is a known issue, something to keep in mind when performing a site survey in a building with tinted windows. So this comes up much more in commercial/enterprise applications and not so much in the home. Tinted windows make great RF shields/reflectors because the tinting material itself and the film between the panes of glass is often a type of metallic mylar. I think it might be aluminum (aluminized mylar) but not 100% sure on that.
Try moving your wireless router to another room or floor of the house, and it might end up in a spot where enough signal will either penetrate through to your deck or you'll pick up a reflection, it will pretty much be trial and error on where to place it. A high gain antenna might not help either, it'll just give you a more powerful reflection off the tinted window and won't help you out on the deck.
2006-09-18 03:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by networkmaster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's new to me =)
2006-09-17 19:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋