Subj : Re: old houses and wifi
To : MRO
From : Charles Blackburn
Date : Sun Oct 15 2023 05:53 pm
Re: Re: old houses and wifi
By: MRO to Charles Blackburn on Sat Oct 14 2023 16:55:49
> Re: Re: old houses and wifi
> By: Charles Blackburn to MRO on Sat Oct 14 2023 10:47 am
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> > how thick are the walls? what are they made from? any way you can put some pics up that we can take a butchers at?
> I don't know i didn't drill a hole in a wall and i don't know what they are made from. i would assume thick plaster and lath. the house is like 1900's.
> I have bent a nail trying to hammer in nails in some places.
i've done that before now.
> > and you say the ap is pretty close... define.. close :D
> like 60-70 ft for downstairs.
> upstairs one is directly above it and works the same sometimes. it fluctuates.
60-70 feet should be ok. it's at the limit for sure though
> in the back i have a camera even farther away that is on my garage pointed at the house. the signal is listed as best possible. it's even farther than the cameras in the
> front. Also i have old aluminum siding. so maybe the front wall of my house is super shielded.
the siding could definately be the issue. I would try definately a repeater about halfway between the AP and the camera.
