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

On 8/18/26 23:17, Rich wrote:
> c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 8/18/26 12:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 18/08/2026 14:36, Rich wrote:
>>>> 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
>>
>>    Quite true - 'reliable', just not FAST.
>>
>>    As for the 'FCC' ...  sorry, no Ministry Of Housinz detector vans
>>    running around.  They can't afford it and the VAST proliferation of
>>    signals makes a mess even an AI couldn't sort out.  Unless you're
>>    blasting half a megawatt over commercial/govt stations the FCC just
>>    doesn't *care* anymore.
> 
> That very much depends on what, or who, you happen to be stepping upon.

   As I said.

   Big-money commercial and/or 'security'-related
   govt freqs ... MIGHT be worth their time, maybe.

   The FCC seems more concerned with mass data feeds,
   sats, microwave towers. Oh, and of course, trying
   to keep Junior from seeking nekked titties.

   Anyway, if you start walking over StarLink then
   they WILL put in the time. Make a high-power
   ULF/ELF transmitter (difficult) and they'll get
   yer ass too.

> Stomp over the frequencies your local police/fire/rescue departments
> are using and you may get the Ministry Of Housinz detector vans roaming
> your area.

   MAYBE.

> Stomp over the frequencies used by a nearby airport for aircraft to
> tower comms and you *will* get the Ministry Of Housinz detector vans
> roaming around hunting you down.

   MUCH MORE MAYBE if it's aircraft/mil freqs.

> Stomp over Verizon's cell phone tower signals, well, maybe the vans
> show up, maybe not.

   Lots of money and campaign donations there, eventually
   they'll look into it. The freq-hopping aspect trick on
   newer devices tends to reject random signals though.
   Thank you Hedy Lamarr.

> Stomp all over your neighborhood 2.4Ghz WiFi free-for-all bands, yeah,
> nobody at the FCC will care one bit.

   Exactly. THAT kind of shit is beneath notice
   these days.

   Saw an article a few years back where they put
   a REAL antenna on a Pi-3. Range went up at least
   twenty times, they had stats ... miles and miles
   and miles.

   No vans showed up.

   Anyway, when "CB" became popular, the sheer VOLUME
   of transmitters became TOO much to cope with. It
   has exceed that by two or three orders of magnitude
   at this point.