On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:39:00 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> On 05/07/2019 23:42, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

> Just metal walls and ceilings :0(

 So long as the metal isn't between the AP and client that should be
no problem, it will of course pretty much kill the signal dead passing
through the metal. Wifi in that environment is going to be a room by room
thing, no fun.

> > This place runs wifi from a pair of UAP-AC-Pros which provide
> > a decent signal that usually maxes out the device capabilities
> > throughout the house.
> >
>
> So a cardboard modern house?

 Modern yes (five years old), cardboard no. It's a floor and a half
bungalow with the two APs ceiling mounted just under the ridgeline. There's
a lot of foil backed foam insulation in the roof which makes a fairly
effective V reflector retaining the signal inside the house and spreading
it. Upstairs has only a few stud walls, the floor/ceiling is the usual
joists with OSB on top and plasterboard below construction which is pretty
much transparent to microwaves. The walls downstairs are all concrete block
but very few direct signal paths go through one and those get boosted by
indirect paths. There are probably deadish spots in odd corners but nowhere
you'd put a device.

> I cant even max out my broadcomm chips  sitting next to the APs...

 That is terrible. I've yet to see a client that doesn't max out
pretty much everywhere in the house.

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