Beer can increases Wi-Fi coverage

learninmypc · Oct 17, 2011

Don't throw that beer can away. You can turn it into an antenna to boost your Wi-Fi coverage. Watch Kim show you exactly how to get it done.http://www.tvkim.com/watch/1417/kim-on-komand-beer-can-helps-increase-wi-fi-coverage

geinnieB · Oct 26, 2011

Really! I don't that that its possible that beer can increase Wi-Fi Coverage. Was that really proven? I want to try.

learninmypc · Oct 26, 2011

geinnieB said:
Really! I don't that that its possible that beer can increase Wi-Fi Coverage. Was that really proven? I want to try.

Click the included link & it'll be shown to you in the video.

Arris · Oct 26, 2011

Read this before but wasn't a can, was a dish shaped out of tin foil.

learninmypc · Oct 26, 2011

Arris said:
Read this before but wasn't a can, was a dish shaped out of tin foil.

I had thought tin foil might work too but wouldn't the lack of a smooth surface defeat the purpose? An aluminum can has that smooth surface.

ReMiXeDg · Oct 30, 2011

That's sick I wonder if that's real or a myth some day I'll have to try it.

learninmypc · Oct 31, 2011

ReMiXeDg said:
That's sick I wonder if that's real or a myth some day I'll have to try it.

Whats sick about it?

brisingr · Nov 6, 2011

That's so cool

Relic · Nov 9, 2011

There are many variations of this DIY project, so far I've had mixed results with them.

learninmypc · Nov 10, 2011

Relic said:
There are many variations of this DIY project, so far I've had mixed results with them.

Good or bad, can you share them ??

nismo91 · Nov 10, 2011

few years back i thought the aluminium trick was worthless. recently i got a new N router with rapid internet downstream. the router was wallmounted and the antennas are at close proximity with the wall. what I did was stick 2 aluminium foil sheets on the wall.

ISP downstream plan:100Mbps
Speed acquired from wired connection: avg. 80Mbps
Speed acquired from wireless N: avg. 50Mbps
Speed acquired from wireless N with alumunium foils: avg. 60Mbps

i recommend this for those who have their routers wall mounted, because it only takes minutes and the speed gain is quite worth the effort. i believe alumunium can will be a better candidate for this project.

learninmypc · Nov 10, 2011

nismo91 said:
few years back i thought the aluminium trick was worthless. recently i got a new N router with rapid internet downstream. the router was wallmounted and the antennas are at close proximity with the wall. what I did was stick 2 aluminium foil sheets on the wall.

ISP downstream plan:100Mbps
Speed acquired from wired connection: avg. 80Mbps
Speed acquired from wireless N: avg. 50Mbps
Speed acquired from wireless N with alumunium foils: avg. 60Mbps

i recommend this for those who have their routers wall mounted, because it only takes minutes and the speed gain is quite worth the effort. i believe alumunium can will be a better candidate for this project.

Interesting, thank you.

Velokki · Nov 23, 2011

It's the same as the good old Aluminum foil trick... worked every time @ my last apartment.

learninmypc · Nov 23, 2011

Velokki said:
It's the same as the good old Aluminum foil trick... worked every time @ my last apartment.

Thanks, but I think the beer can would be more durable.

skipro_98 · Dec 3, 2011

Anyone ever see the directional antenna made from a pringles can? Buddy of mine works on a drawbridge so he has long periods of waiting for boats. So he made one and could get three bars from condos a half mile away. They were line of sight.

learninmypc · Dec 3, 2011

skipro_98 said:
Anyone ever see the directional antenna made from a pringles can? Buddy of mine works on a drawbridge so he has long periods of waiting for boats. So he made one and could get three bars from condos a half mile away. They were line of sight.

Interesting.

skipro_98 · Dec 4, 2011

learninmypc said:
Interesting.

Look it up on you tube.

learninmypc · Dec 4, 2011

skipro_98 said:
Look it up on you tube.

I did, thats why I said interesting.

Relic · Dec 4, 2011

skipro_98 said:
Anyone ever see the directional antenna made from a pringles can? Buddy of mine works on a drawbridge so he has long periods of waiting for boats. So he made one and could get three bars from condos a half mile away. They were line of sight.

Pretty cool, never been that successful with mine might have to try it again sometime.

captaincranky · Dec 5, 2011

It's all sort of biblical really. After you finish up beating your swords into plowshares, you can relax by beating beer cans into WiFi antennas.

This also raises the question, do you think beer cans will replace tinfoil for hats?

Tedster · Dec 30, 2011

I've seen numerous CAN-tenna projects. I built one and didn't really notice an improvement. It wasn't very pretty though. I suppose if I did it right it may have worked better though.

Obi-Wan Jerkobi · Jan 10, 2012

:haha: Hahaha, that reminds me of all the cantennas me and my friends would make at this one friend's house. We would have lan parties in his garage, but the wireless router was in the actual house so the signal was awful. We would all set up cantennas with wireless adapters and play CS 1.6 through all the insurmountable lag.

Good times.

learninmypc · Jan 10, 2012

I'll be finding out if the beer can actually works next week, I hope.

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