network cables and wifi with metal wall studs

velocci

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Hi all, I'm finishing my basement this summer and there are alot of network cables in the basement along with my modem, wireless router and switch. Will metal/aluminum wall studs affect any of this?
 
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Yes - but probably not too much. I live in a stucco house. The stucco is applied over a wire mesh and it stops my wifi completely. But I put a repeater next to a window and it worked outside.

ehmkec

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Yes - but probably not too much. I live in a stucco house. The stucco is applied over a wire mesh and it stops my wifi completely. But I put a repeater next to a window and it worked outside.
 
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