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Home Internet - Requires Open Window - Unusable for multiple hours each day
Hello, My Gateway (for home internet) now requires that the window be open in order to function. I've seen multiple incidences of violence outside right outside of my window, and that I have to h...
I have my gateway by a window also and noticed that the signal levels improve about 6 dB or so when the windows are open. So it sounds like you have marginal signal levels and the open window helps mitigate the problem. The best you can do is move the gateway around (sometimes even just rotating it a bit can help). There is also the possibility of adding an external antenna...the newest gateway has a port for that, but with the older ones it's still possible.
If you have a device such as the newer Arcadyan G4AR/SE, you can purchase an external antenna which can mount to a window. Similarly, Nater Tater has some Waveform antenna which also have cable which fit to window frames and can allow the cable to fit in the frame to be externally mounted.
