Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 19/08/2026 03:45, c186282 wrote: > On 8/18/26 12:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 18/08/2026 14:36, Rich wrote: >>> c186282 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 8/17/26 20:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>>>> On 2026-08-17, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> 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 > > Quite true - 'reliable', just not FAST. > No, 50 baud is not fast. But when the data is only 50 bytes to so every other hour it is more than enough >> The best way is to wire the house with CAT 5 > > CAT 6+ these days !!! > Well yes if you want 10 gigabits and a range less than a room width No. Cat 5e is better for whole house coverage and 1Gbbps > -- The lifetime of any political organisation is about three years before its been subverted by the people it tried to warn you about. Anon.