Certain things are sent to wide me up, and wireless access is one of them. The job of being a web manager means I need to use a laptop, some of the time on a wireless network.
At home this is OK. My £50 DLink router always connects first time, never drops out and I can work from any room in the house.
Why is it then, that at work with millions of pounds of IT systems, it always takes several minutes to find the network, which frequently drops out and is patchy around the building?
It seems the second two problems might have a cure from researchers at a couple of UK universities and one from New Zealand.
This blog from New Scientist suggests that using specific materials when building walls can help route wireless signals around a building. Hooray.
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