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Yes, but the tailwind becomes a headwind on the way back to the router so you won’t see any actual speed changes. Putting a fan on both ends will cancel each other out too.

You need to change all the gaseous air out for either liquid or a solid as waves propagate faster through them. You should start with filling your house with liquid oxygen as a nice half step so you still have something to breathe easily, as solids are a bit more tricky.

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svenkw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The general idea is correct, but since we’re dealing with electronagnetic waves, they travel slower in any medium. So pumping out all the air of the room would technically make your wifi faster.

Liquid oxygen has (I think) a refractive index of about 1.2, so it would make the signals 20% slower (still very fast)

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- ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  NERD
  
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  - LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Dude waited 11 months of lurking and not posting or commenting anything, and breaks their silence with that attractive string of knowledge. I’ve got mad respect for them.
    
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    ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m a nerd too but come on, he’s replying to an obvious joke with high school physics. There are more layers, do you want a more pedantic teardown?
    
    Most likely, the “Wi-Fi speed” the Reddit poster needs to improve is the data rate, not latency.
    
    The data rate can be improved significantly by increasing RSSI with a better physical setup, WDS, higher power etc.
    
    The latency cannot really be improved without changing hardware or software, as the highest impact one can influence is in processing by the router and device. Some settings such as DNS cache size can improve latency in some cases with some downsides.
    
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BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What if i put the router in front of an open window, open the window behind my computer and put a fan between the two ?

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