Techie fixed Wi-Fi dead zone with a drill

Welcome to another edition of On Call, The Register's reader-contributed column that celebrates the fine art of tech support. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Eddy," the one-person IT department for an assisted living company. "I have had quite a bit of trouble creating a stable Wi-Fi network," he admitted to On Call. "The space is crowded with multiple networks because seemingly every other resident has their own router blasting Wi-Fi throughout the building," he explained. After extensive troubleshooting, he managed to establish a stable connection everywhere except one hallway at the back of the building. "I was starting to question my sanity and competence as seemingly nothing would create a stable signal," Eddy told On...

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