The latest audiophile streamer craze

This idea has been around for a very long time.  I remember reading about the cantenna over 10 years ago.  

How to Make a Cantenna: 10 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

@jon_5912 Cantenna is a little different. It’s about long range from point to point, like if you needed to get Wifi in a remote location and had line off-site. As I recall, you need 2, one on each end, the idea being that the far side would have a router/switch there that would extend your LAN.

The article I linked to is more about signal shaping. Like your router is on the west side of your house and you lacked signal on the east.

But seriously though the author fails to point out that the culprit is often not signal strength but congestion, and in the modern world of mesh routers I wonder if anyone really cares.

Used to have aluminum foil flags on the rabbit ears TV antenna. Worked a dream, some days could get Cheyenne and Denver!

@drmuso I believe you. :)

I only meant that with mesh networks the overall need for aluminum foil tweaks goes down.

I think the article is correct for the physics. I just think most consumers would opt for moving the router or using a mesh network to extend it first.

There is of course the benefit that shaping your wifi footprint away from neighbors and the street can make it harder for crackers to drive by and hack into your network.