Shield WLAN - these methods work best
You should shield WLAN radiation if too many foreign networks interfere with your own reception, or if you feel that the high radiation exposure is harmful to your health. We show you how to reduce radiation.
Preparation for shielding from WLAN radiation
In order to specifically shield WLAN, you need a measuring device and a clear objective:
- Current electrosmog measuring devices record at least the conventional 2.4 GHz WLAN. Buy or rent one to detect WiFi radiation.
- You can temporarily shield yourself from the WLAN with double-sided adhesive tape and a few meters of aluminum foil or a few emergency blankets from your first-aid kit.
- Do you want to lock out someone else's WiFi signal to better receive your own? Then you can use reflectors, such as vapor barriers, to reflect both signals back to their area of origin.
- If you want to minimize WLAN radiation in general, you need absorbers that extract energy from the radiation.
How to shield WiFi
You can shield WiFi in just a few steps:
- First switch off all sources of electrosmog, such as WLAN routers and repeaters, every DECT telephone, computer and cell phone, or go into airplane mode. This also includes smart home devices with radio.
- Use the meter to find the areas with the greatest values along the walls.
- Stay in each place for several seconds and look at the peak values.
- The WLAN immission takes place where the value is highest. Attach aluminum foil to the wall as completely as possible.
- The radiation value should now have dropped significantly.
- If you want to get rid of WiFi signals from the outside in the long term, attach a vapor barrier instead of aluminum foil.
- If you also want to clear the area from your own WLAN signal, you need microwave absorbers.
- You will not find microwave absorbers in the usual online shops, but rather at specialized suppliers that you can find via search engines.
In the next CHIP Onine practical tip, we will show you how to protect yourself from cell phone radiation.