And 5Ghz does NOT play well with glass or metal; the losses and scattering are huge, to the point where if you have a glassed-in conference room, you’re better putting in an access point for just that room, then dialing down the RF level so it doesn’t just splatter all over the place because of the reflections from the glass.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Feb 26, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Neil Andersen via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 5GHz is closer to light and propagates differently. It is goo for distance > with a directional antenna and an unobstructed path. The fewer the > obstruction, the better at 5GHz. > > The differences in signal propagation between 2.4 and 5 is one of the reasons > for the new Wi-Fi standards that use both. > > Neil Andersen > 20691 Jamieson Rd > Rock Hall, MD 21661
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