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Longer range and better penetration means even more congestion in built-up areas. 2.4GHz is as low as you’d want to go in any application other than rural mansi
by simondotau 5y ago
Longer range and better penetration means even more congestion in built-up areas. 2.4GHz is as low as you’d want to go in any application other than rural mansions.
- denimnerd42 5y agoyeah the switch to 5ghz was huge when i lived in an apartment. i had an ap in each room and i barely received any congestion in that spectrum because the walls blocked it all. i imagine it’s great for schools and businesses in the same way.
- NegativeLatency 5y agoI’ve lived in several plaster and lathe buildings and other houses that would've benefited from longer range WiFi
- cameronh90 5y agoMy house is solid brick walls throughout. My WiFi is awful in any room without an access point.
- lostlogin 5y agoWe in wall access points (eg Unifis) are great for room coverage, and there are Ethernet ports on them too, so they provide a convenient switch too. However doing a whole house wouldn’t be cheap.
- philliphaydon 5y agoUnifis? Are they homeplugs? (Ethernet over Powerline) Homeplugs are awesome. Used them in Singapore due to concret walls everywhere which made Wifi basically useless. Had them in every room for Wifi + Ethernet.
- rejectfinite 5y ago> Unifis? Are they homeplugs? (Ethernet over Powerline) No, they are accesspoints > Homeplugs are awesome They CAN be awesome. Depends on the wireing. But if they work, they work well. I just had to replug mine every week or so but this weas a few years ago. I ethernet hardwire everything now as Im just in a small room.
- formerly_proven 5y agoBrick walls don't block wifi that much - there's probably steel or concrete (or both) in your walls and floors. That kills wifi pretty good. In a traditional brick house you can get wifi coverage on 2.4 GHz, and for the most part 5 GHz as well, into the last nook and cranny with a single, well-placed AP.
- cameronh90 5y agoThere's definitely no steel in my house, however there is lime plaster which is somewhat similar to concrete. I can get 2.4GHz fine, but it's pretty slow for a 1Gb/s connection. 5GHz only within the room of the AP in general (or the room immediately above/below, because the floors are just wood).
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- varenc 5y agoShouldn't we be able to trade off the higher speed for less conflict by having each client spend less time taking up air space? Like if we can achieve 5GBps, than presumably there could be dozens of networks operating at ~200MBps speeds all sharing the same frequencies.
- zamadatix 5y agoWi-Fi 6 and newer opted for OFDMA instead of TDMA but it achieves the same goal of splitting the bandwidth dynamically based on client workload. OFDMA isn't coordinated over multiple APs though.