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I recently moved into an all-brick house, it's really quite amazing to me just how much it kills 5 GHz wifi. I knew it was a thing that happened, but it was int
by gregmac 5y ago
I recently moved into an all-brick house, it's really quite amazing to me just how much it kills 5 GHz wifi. I knew it was a thing that happened, but it was interesting to walk around with a signal tester and observe it first-hand. Even 2.4 isn't very strong. It's noticeably better when you are lined up with a window and AP, but still very spotty.
As I'd like to be able to work sitting out on the deck, one of my spring projects is to trench some ethernet out to a shed (plywood and vinyl siding construction) and add another AP.
- nickphx 5y agoI would run fiber between house and shed to reduce the risk of surge from lightning
- gregmac 5y agoI was going to put ethernet surge protectors on both sides. My plan was a PoE switch (Ubiquiti flex) with two cameras and an AP, powered by my main switch which is on a UPS. How much safer is using fiber, and giving up on battery backup? I'd also have to redo a bunch of power; the shed does have 120V but it's switched from inside the house and hardwired to a couple outdoor lights (on posts), so I would have to basically run a new power line either to the shed or to the lights; something I might eventually do but wasn't planning on this year.
- nickphx 4y agofiber is safer by not conducting any potential lightning strikes to the equipment