[Cu-wireless] Re: tentative wireless penetration table

[Zachary C.Miller]

I did some testing with my 2.4Ghz Audio/Video sender and within my
house it is easily able to transmit through furniture and the floor to
get an AV signal from upstairs to downstairs. There are a few monitors
(not powered up) and a wood floor in the way. It is _very_ directional
though, bump the antenna and the signal is lost.

Outside without obstruction the signal goes a good 300-400 feet. Again
very directional and a human or a tree will screw up the signal.

This is all really not much more useful than the aforementioned
"table" since it involves a device that is not an ethernet card and
that has a special directional antenna.

I'd like to know whether the "wireless ethernet base stations" get
more range than the individual wireless cards or whether they are just
simply routers with standard issue cards in them.

I think propagation is going to be all about custom antenna design. 

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