Ding Ding Ding! This right here. Unfortunately, they say one thing one day, and the opposite the other, and know their followers will latch onto the answer they want to believe/be true. It is exactly how religions work too.

This is golden.

Direct to your lungs, if you do it right.

Blend it into a course consistency, and then use a fertilizer spreader for even coverage. Works a charm. I have bits of Wi-Fi all over my small town with this proven method.

Cut the blue wire, strip it back to the rj45 plug, and then untwist the 4 wire pairs shaping them into antenna. Works every time. You will get signal for 2 city blocks. I promise.

In your motherboard settings, are you in UEFI boot mode? Try changing to BIOS/Legacy. Driver firmware can act differently between the two.