Also in this week’s <\/span>AskWoody<\/a> Plus<\/a><\/em><\/strong> edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for the Askwoody Free<\/a><\/strong> signup; 100% free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for the AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/a> signup; no set price — pay what you think it’s worth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=5160<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong> on THIS ITEM?<\/strong> See the<\/em> Comment box<\/strong> at bottom of this page!<\/em> Sometimes, Wi-Fi just won\u2019t fly Steel-framed walls in my new apartment made Wi-Fi connections ludicrously slow and unusable in the home office. The router\u2019s \u201cSON\u201d (self-organizing network) features didn\u2019t help. But a hardware end-run got the office communicating again. That’s the subject of my column in this week’s AskWoody Plus. 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