Reminds me of the old 500 mile email problem:
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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I actually had one of these myself. I worked at a college help desk as a student, and I got a call and the guy said "every time I flush the toilet, Xbox live disconnects"
My first thought was that it was a joke, the absurdity of the thing right? I unironically asked if I was being pranked, and he said he knew we wouldn't believe him so he made a video. Sure enough, he walks into the bathroom, flushes the toilet, and like 5s later his Xbox shows a disconnection message on the TV.
Absolutely dumbfounded, I sent the networking guys up to his room, and like all of these stories, it does have a reasonable explanation. They ran the xbox's Ethernet cable under a rug that was in front of the bathroom. Every time someone went to the bathroom, they would step on the cable, and the Xbox would disconnect. The timeout was 30s or so, just long enough that they'd pee or flush the toilet or whatever before they noticed the disconnection.
Well let's just copy the whole hackernews thread and call it done then, eh?
(This is a light hearted jab, I mean no offense, but its hard to tell through text so this is my disclaimer)
That was a fun read
I was imagining an awning or something that was being set up when it rained
My thought was that it was going to be just about WiFi internal to the house and it was an issue with interference from neighbors (which then gets shut out in the rain).
This is why I moved to the Amazon. WiFi works great here.