I’m definitely not talking about putting aluminium foil inside the microwave because that’s stupid and dangerous.

I’m wondering if you cover the microwave in aluminium to lessen interfere or block interference by blocking the interfering signal with aluminium foil.

I can’t move my microwave because I already moved it from a spot before that made the door inconvenient to open and hard to grab food from and I live in a rental house so can’t move the jack

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    What’s the purpose for this? How often are you microwaving that you’re concerned about interference? Have you actually noticed a measurable drop in speeds when microwaving?

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      OP wants to protect the microwave and the food therein from the wifi signal.

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      I used to have a Google speaker on top of the microwave and it sometimes lost signal for a bit while microwaving. But it picks right back up and normally you’re not microwaving for extended periods so it would seem a waste of energy to try and prevent it.

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        Yeah mine does the same to my Bluetooth headphones if I’m near it, but for like the two minutes that I’m microwaving my lunch, who cares. I want to know what the hell OP is using their microwave so much for.

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      My first thought is its not the microwave unless they’re multitasking TV dinners and League of Legends a few times each evening.

      I just got this hunch it’s something like clogged channels or something, but OP thinks a microwave just sitting there is the issue. But that seems just as unusual.

      • Also microwaves are only 2.4ghz. Any modern device should have a strong 5ghz connection in what I assume is a cramped apartment.

        5ghz also has less interference problems, but it’s not immune.