RE: Aesthetic ceiling mounted wi-fi access points

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hoye  Sent: 03 March 2004 15:08
>
> > Put a standard AP in the bottom of an upstairs cupboard /
> > wardrobe ? I wouldn't have thought the attenuation from a bit of
> > plasterboard was worth worrying about :-)
>
> Unless it's foil backed plasterboard - that might have an affect...

Initially, I would've agreed, but then I remembered a test I did. I've got
a Linksys WAP11 and I put this in a metal locker with steel sides approx.
1.5 mm thick. Closed the lid and saw very little, if any signal degradation
when monitoring via NetStumbler.

Dunno why it worked as I was expecting the signal to disappear, but it
didn't. Odd eh ?

YMMV, of course :-)


Cheers,

Tim.
(all explanations welcome, BTW)

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