I was skeptical, but a fan does seem to help

iTinkeralot wrote:

007BondMI6 I just have to ask. In your picture is that a nylon screen or aluminum screen over that window or is that one of those sun shades? 

That is a pretty neat mod to the router. The shelf is also pretty rad! Spare no expense! My sister might have put it in a macramé hanger. She has made some great ones.

Not going to show you my fan as it is pretty funky. No where near as impressive.

So here is the funny part that screen is metal and should act as a Faraday cage but that’s debatable.

The window sills are narrow and also I wanted the can on the upper part to avoid damage from little visitors and the like, so I made a quick shelf.

So back to the screen I was of course removing the screen as I have been testing the can in many windows. The can is funny it works just as good in this room on the pool table but obviously it cannot stay there. The can is very weird it can get good signal in the oddest places. I have been sticking to windows as well I have the fancy shelf and there are plugs on the wall so they work out. So I put the can on a ext cord and been moving it around and testing. I do some pelemery testing in rooms and windows I have weeks of time invested at this point. So the can was upstairs in a bedroom just to the south of this current room. It was ok there and stable with 50 ish down 10 ish up but wife was not liking the hum of the fan. So I had done some testing in this conservatory and got good speeds in the past but it is not wired for ethernet so I skipped it. So yesterday I came back to this room and speeds were good actually better than the upper bedroom so I did some testing. So most windows here seemed the same but this window is never in the sun and was kinda in a corner also had plug under it. So I did some testing here and averaged 75ish down 25 up so decided to stick it here for a bit. Then I removed the screen and put everything back and speed went down. Wait what that does not make sense since the screen blocks the direction to the towers. Moved it in my hands to the window next that still had the screen and speed when up. Hmm ok put the screen back in and put it all back back up to 75 hmm odd. Maybe somehow the screen is acting as some type of catch and helping the can. No idea but I know what I am seeing.

So some info on my towers.

I have 2 4G towers one is .5 miles on the west the other is 2 miles direct line of site no obstruction to the south. I have only one 5G tower in range 1.5 miles to the north west. So I don't have a single tower that has both 4 and 5 G on the same tower. I have found at least in my area Cellmapper is out of date and even the towers are not in the right place. Close but up to a half a mile off on the map. I just drive to the towers for testing near the tower to verify what is what.

So can seemed ok in this room late yesterday afternoon so I drilled a hole and ran some cable from my Google Wifi to the conservatory. I was a bit nervous went to get my crimp tool and ends and oh man only 2 ends left and I haven't made a cable in a few years. I did good though got the ends on and the cable rang out ok but I did order more ends.