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[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 34 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I am 80% sure this is a net loss with modern mu-mimo radios, and it will absolutely trash your phy rate

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 12 hours ago (3 children)
[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

MU-MIMO (Multiple-User Multiple In Multiple Out) does [math] to assist in directing signal to multiple clients at once via multipathing, which this reflector would fuck with the math of in (I think) a detrimental way. Regardless of its impact on that technology, higher-end wifi phy rates (the negotiated modulation rate between 2 stations, i.e. the wifi access point/router and your phone) would get shredded by having a reflector bouncing signal between the multiple antennas, forcing clients into artificially lower speeds for a [potential] marginal boost to gain.

This stopped being a helpful thing to do somewhere around the transition between wifi 4 and 5 (802.11n --> 802.11ac)

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago

tbf i'd imagine a lot of people still have wifi 4

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