[Cu-wireless] tentative wireless penetration table

[David Young]

Y'all,

I have made this table of materials and the, err, qualitative likelihood
that wireless ethernet will pass through them. Can anyone confirm or
deny my totally off-the-cuff, unscientific judgments?  Anybody know a
resource on the Web for this sort of info?

Material             |       Prospects for 2.4GHz to Penetrate
---------------------+----------------------------------------
dry wood             |       good
                     |
wet wood             |       bad
                     |
tree leaves          |       bad
                     |
other foliage        |       equally bad
                     |
glass                |       sure thing!
                     |
metal                |       very bad
                     |
steel-reinforced     |
concrete             |       quite poor
                     |
non-reinforced       |
concrete             |       dim
                     |       
brick                |       dim
                     |       
people               |       doubtful
                     |       
aquarium             |       shya, right!
                     |
plastic              |       good
                     |
cloth                |       good
                     |

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David Young                   On the Job Consulting
dyoung at onthejob.net     Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933