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If it’s 180 y.o., is it built out of brick / stone? Not an RF expert but maybe you’ll need a totally different radio frequency for that. I would assume all the
by FredPret 3y ago
If it’s 180 y.o., is it built out of brick / stone?
Not an RF expert but maybe you’ll need a totally different radio frequency for that. I would assume all the tech is built around 2.5 - 5 GHz
- themerone 3y agoLathe and Plaster wall construction is not WiFi friendly. It was the dominant interior wall material during the Victorian era until drywall became popular in the 1930s and 40s.
- madaxe_again 3y agoYeah - I have had this repeatedly as I tend to live in old stone houses with meter thick walls. I’ve found powerline networking to work surprisingly well - over a hundred megabits on a crufty 70 year old power install, and I just jam them strategically in rooms that are separated by a thick wall. At home, I throw regular 802.11n half a kilometer through empty air with a yagi, but that’s a different story entirely.
- ghaff 3y agoI got it working a few years ago in my house. But it took a certain amount of shifting stuff around plugs to do so.
- mping 3y agoSame, I have two powerline APs that deliver ethernet+wifi, more than enough for chromecast/netflix/etc. The only issue i have is sometimes clients don't choose the best APs.
- madaxe_again 3y agoCounterintuitive, but try turning the transmit power down on your APs - it’ll reduce the intersection without compromising signal quality where you actually want it. I used to almost reflexively turn them all up to full, but that, it turns out, is a fool’s errand.
- fmajid 3y agoTurning up transmit power on the AP does nothing to strengthen the signal from the mobile station, and you need a strong signal in both directions.