Is the Netgear R7000 really as bad as people here make it seem?

[azazel1024]

OK thanks.

OK so if it doesn't affect 2.4 GHz now then it should be fine? Never used 5 GHz before.

Re-reading, this sounds like an interior glass parition? If so, then it isn't likely to have a metalized coating, unless it is leaded glass (unlikely), or possibly some other kind of decorative glass with metal in it (pretty much any kind of colored glass).

Glass is not transparent to microwave/RF bands though. Though glass isn't perfectly transparent to visible light either (regular silicon based glass is about 90% transparent with zero coatings, which means a double pane glass window with no coatings is about 79% transparent at best). You are going to want to figure something from 1-3dBm of signal attenuation in 2.4GHz per pane of glass. I really am not sure its exact attenuating value, but it will do SOMETHING. 5Ghz a little more than 2.4GHz.

 

[sfx2000]

Re-reading, this sounds like an interior glass parition? If so, then it isn't likely to have a metalized coating, unless it is leaded glass (unlikely), or possibly some other kind of decorative glass with metal in it (pretty much any kind of colored glass).

Glass is not transparent to microwave/RF bands though. Though glass isn't perfectly transparent to visible light either (regular silicon based glass is about 90% transparent with zero coatings, which means a double pane glass window with no coatings is about 79% transparent at best). You are going to want to figure something from 1-3dBm of signal attenuation in 2.4GHz per pane of glass. I really am not sure its exact attenuating value, but it will do SOMETHING. 5Ghz a little more than 2.4GHz.

metalized coatings on glass - count on a 3dB hit from 800Mhz to 2.4Ghz... higher for 5Ghz at 5 dB - basically all things are radiated - so if tint decreases light by 50 percent, radios will also be impacted...