Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman 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: 19 Aug 2026 03:58:12 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <2GydnQzeBfrDX-L3nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <115ps76$3eh3q$1@dont-email.me> <115vn8q$189l9$1@dont-email.me> <115vp49$19eg9$1@dont-email.me> <115vs1t$1af77$1@dont-email.me> <072dnayJNZh1Xh73nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <1161n58$1rflc$1@dont-email.me> <11620kt$1v4qd$3@dont-email.me> <_46cnQoXs58ohRj3nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VQfA18fiywdrxZBItXl+gg8Pii1LbsDSMbylqXpjCCmcJQQZrt Cancel-Lock: sha1:Eec8+aahZ9xoJuQ7cSFG0AZkB6A= sha256:Z4mwb68IRupHglwHW3bZZn23H8FUT3VoT6E2ONBGcNw= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:90095 On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:45:09 -0400, c186282 wrote: > The 400mhz and 900mhz data bands were pretty good, > and a number of devices are still made for them. They'd get through > walls and trees and tropical rainstorms - often a mile+ range. Still, > alas, yer data SPEED isn't gonna be like modern wi-fi. They're more > like 'radio-linked modems'. I don't know where they're located but I can pick up the outdoor temperature and humidity from a couple of devices on 433 MHz. The Accurite has both while the other one only has temp. It's a short packet every 15 seconds so it's not pushing hard. They're not as popular as they were but I have some nfr24l01 boards that operate on 2.4GHz. Supposedly you can get 2 Mbps but the 250 Kbps is fine for me using the printed antenna rather than the external models.