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Re: 10 Mbit/s problem in your network
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:12:27 +0100 (CET)
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. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike () swm pp se
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