Re: 10 Mbit/s problem in your network

[Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2013, Owen DeLong wrote:

> Greater attenuation is an oversimplification.  5Ghz penetrates things 
> like stucco and concrete better than 2.4. OTOH, 2.4 gets through trees

My empirical experience with 5GHz says it penetrates concrete a lot less 
than 2.4. For instance, in one building I was in, 5GHz didn't penetrate 
the floor so it was only available on the same floor as the AP, but 2.4 
GHz worked well both on the floor above and below the AP. This was in a 
building with quite thick concrete floor, a 3 story town house with the AP 
placed on the middle.

In my current apartment, I moved my AP out of the clothes closet (fairly 
thin "light concrete" (don't know what it's called) and put it on the wall 
in my hallway, this increased performance on 5GHz substantially.

So I'd like to know where you got your information from because I'd like 
to read up more because my experience says exactly the opposite.

Apart from that, 5GHz is great. More bandwidth, less crowded.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se