Wifi through concrete

[se7entse7en]

Any of you get wifi working through concrete? If so, what did you use?

[nature boy]

Is concreet on purpose?
Either case, no. I thought it wasn't possible.

[se7entse7en]

oops. No, this time it wasn't.

[nature boy]

Haha ok. But again, i thought given the nature of concrete and he nature of wifi (or most over-the-air waves) would make it impossible. But i could just not be understanding correctly the nature of either.

[Wetundies]

drill a hole through the concrete and stick an antenna through the opening. problem solved.

[nature boy]

that's fynn's version of glory hole. btw, you're doing it wrong.

[geForce]

Concrete doesn't completely block wifi signals, but it really dampens it a lot. In my apartment (I'm on the ground floor), if I go to the area in the parking right below my suite, I can get a weak signal. That's through concrete, pipes and insulation.

What's your situation though? Are you trying to go between different floors? Is there a concrete wall within your apartment?

[nature boy]

i would imagine that the concrete isn't solid though right? like, if you were to make a solid concrete box, and put a wifi device in there and seal it, there wouldn't be any signal going in and out would there? in the strictest sense, concrete would, i think, completely block signal.

however, having said that, of course there is no such thing as a solid concrete box, and if there were, i don't think any of us would spend any time trying to get into it and if we did, i don't think we'd be worried about surfing the net when inside (unless you wanted to send an email calling for help). i would think if you were trying to get signal in a concrete-walled/floored place you would just need a stronger router with a broader scope (bigger antennas or better placement of said router) that would hopefully find its way around the cracks, gaps, doors, windows and glory holes.

[se7entse7en]

[nature boy]

depends on the landlord lol.

so the bike trainer is in the parking lot?

[se7entse7en]

Yeah, they said I was making too much noise so now I'll be training in the dungeon.

[nature boy]

hm.
run a cable out of your window down to the parking lot? haha. or put your router closer to the window? i dunno.

[geForce]

Yeah, that's a tough one. I don't have a way to go through concrete, but I was gonna suggest a network of access points or something like in-line networking through the power outlets, depending on the situation. If it's for something like your situation though, you're a bit out of luck.

Are there any wifi signals you can hack from down there? haha

[nature boy]

yeah, even depending on the layout of the garage you might not even get cellular down there.

[se7entse7en]

Sounds I think I might be out of luck. I could try and stick my router out the window and see if that helps but even if I did get a signal it probably wouldn't be good enough to stream anything.

I wonder if I would be able to sneak an Ethernet cable down the elevator shaft. haha. Fat chance.