Wireless direction relative to house

[thiggins]

And while all this theoretical information is handy to understand at some fundamental level, the orientation of the router does make a difference in specific real-world environments I've seen.

How about some more details on those "specific real-world environments"?

 

[L&LD]

Here is a couple of posts with more details. You may want to start with the last couple of links, first.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/s...u-go-with-the-rt-ac1900p-v3.34748/post-281391

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/speed-over-wifi-vs-wired.55954/post-478439

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...eds-reasonable-expectations.57170/post-499055

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/antenna-direction-and-replacement-questions.61200/post-541296

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/a...-details-in-the-description.55582/post-472051

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/rt-ac88u-5g-range-less-than-2g.35929/post-292678

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/r...om-rules-and-inner-workings.36836/post-492245

[Release] FreshJR Adaptive QOS (Improvements / Custom Rules / and Inner workings)

the install routine didn't recognize my system as Merlin, so I had to answer the "stock or not" question. Is that normal? AC3200 w/ 384.11. What's the output of "uname -o"? That's the only check it does to determine Merlin. It should be "ASUSWRT-Merlin"

www.snbforums.com

 

[lindros2]

And while all this theoretical information is handy to understand at some fundamental level, the orientation of the router does make a difference in specific real-world environments I've seen.

Our homes, businesses, and surrounding AP's don't follow ideals. They follow reality.

and then outside of utopia land, my home and businesses have things called walls. Shoving my AX11000 in the corner of a room, with antennas in no particular order, has the same net effect as a pristine spot in the center of same room, on a table, with antennas in perfect alignment and harmony.
As part of my testing, walls - and beams, posts, legacy wiring, mouse/rat traps, conduit, ducts - have a say in how 2.4 and 5Ghz signal flows - or bounces.

 

[L&LD]

In a room? Well, yes.

 

[cooloutac]

The RT-AX88U has no internal antennas.

regardless though, the position of the router determines what kind of spread and angles can be obtained with the external antennae. and please stop throttling my account lol.

 

[cooloutac]

and then outside of utopia land, my home and businesses have things called walls. Shoving my AX11000 in the corner of a room, with antennas in no particular order, has the same net effect as a pristine spot in the center of same room, on a table, with antennas in perfect alignment and harmony.
As part of my testing, walls - and beams, posts, legacy wiring, mouse/rat traps, conduit, ducts - have a say in how 2.4 and 5Ghz signal flows - or bounces.

Are you implying position of the router in the home also does not play a part? Because imo that is more of a factor then even the position of the antennae. The reason you probably don't see a difference with either is you are not testing from a far enough distance which is where it matters most. especially through those walls, beams and ducts.

 

[dlandiss]

Theoretical is great.

And in this case is supported by operational observations.