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Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

From The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture
Date 2026-08-18 17:18 +0100
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On 18/08/2026 14:36, Rich wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>> On 8/17/26 20:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> On 2026-08-17, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 2.4Ghz will happily do a miles as many RC modelers have found. Just not
>>>>> with trees in the way.
>>>>
>>>> Living trees are quite full of lots of water, which is a very good
>>>> 2.4G signal absorbing medium.
>>>
>>> Good point.  There's a reason microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz.
>>
>>    Alas 5ghz interacts poorly with STRUCTURES.
> 
> 5Ghz is much more easily absorbed by structures.  Brick and concrete
> are very good absorbers of 5Ghz signals.  Brick and concrete also
> absorb 2.4Ghz signals as well, just not to the attenuation level that
> 5Ghz is absorbed.
> 
>>    I doubt there's a 'perfect frequency' that will
>>    get thru structures, veggies AND offer a good
>>    data rate.
> 
> There is no "perfect frequency".  Ignoring FCC rules that mean you
> can't use every frequency anyway, if you want more penetration (less
> attenuation) from structures you want lower frequency.  But lower
> frequency comes along with lower bandwidth for data, so lower data
> speeds.
> 
Its ironic that I could probably build a reliable data transfer for 50 
baud running on 27MHz


> Reality is you have tradeoffs, and have to decide which tradeoff is
> acceptable to you.
> 
>>    Best, shitty, fix is to have multiple repeaters in house and then
>>    pick the BEST one to connect to in any given part of the structure.
> 
> Yes, that is the best way, but also the more complicated way, so most
> non-techie folks won't end up going that route.
> 
The best way is to wire the house with CAT 5
-- 
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, 
diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx

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The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-14 23:33 +0000
  Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-14 21:35 -0400
    Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-15 07:13 -0700
      Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 02:14 -0400
        Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-17 19:26 +0000
          Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:58 +0100
            Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:47 +0000
              Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 22:31 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:36 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:18 +0100
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-18 22:00 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:33 +0100
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:45 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 03:17 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 01:57 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 06:20 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:51 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:58 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:20 -0400
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:19 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:36 +0100
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:47 +0000
                Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 02:48 +0000

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