One time we had a wireless interference issue that stumped us for months, until we figured out that it was the AC.
OK, that seems normal enough right? EMF interference caused by the HVAC system. Only it wasn’t EMF. Wasn’t backfeed or improper grounding either. Wasn’t anything electrical. It was the positive pressure.
The AC, when it ran, was causing a change in the air pressure in the building that was degrading signal quality. For the life of me I do not understand the physics of this but I am assured by experts that it is a very real thing.
Basically, wireless is black magic, and troubleshooting wireless sits slightly above “Read the necronomicon” in terms of sanity damage.
One time we had a wireless interference issue that stumped us for months, until we figured out that it was the AC.
OK, that seems normal enough right? EMF interference caused by the HVAC system. Only it wasn’t EMF. Wasn’t backfeed or improper grounding either. Wasn’t anything electrical. It was the positive pressure.
The AC, when it ran, was causing a change in the air pressure in the building that was degrading signal quality. For the life of me I do not understand the physics of this but I am assured by experts that it is a very real thing.
Basically, wireless is black magic, and troubleshooting wireless sits slightly above “Read the necronomicon” in terms of sanity damage.