Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill
When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric
In a tale of tech support, Eddy, a lone IT professional for an assisted living facility, faced a persistent Wi-Fi dead zone in a hallway. After hours of troubleshooting, he discovered the monitors' power cables, which were being compromised as the stand moved through a single desk hole, causing the Wi-Fi issue. Drilling a new hole for the stand and replacing the cables resolved the monitor problem, and surprisingly, restored the Wi-Fi in the affected hallway.
However, another dead zone persisted, leading Eddy to use a software-defined radio dongle and a Yagi antenna to pinpoint the source of interference.
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