On Sep 30, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Sep 30, 2011, at 12:21 AM, QuoVadis wrote:
@Dan: If only I could get an Ethernet cable to the G4.. I've thought
about it, but it means drilling through three walls and the floor. I
don't know about houses in the US, but here in the Netherlands
drilling through the floor means drilling through almost a foot of
concrete..
A foot of concrete, cris-crossed with mesh and rebar makes for a
dandy RF shield, if it's grounded. Plumbing piping going through
the floor often makes electrical contact with the reinforcing grid,
and household grounds are often attached to the plumbing pipes. If
electrical conduit is used it'd definitely grounded.
Try moving the G4 to different spots in the floor, you may have to
live with it in a different place. A professor here had a weird
'dead zone' in her house with her Airport setup….moving her
computer 4 foot to one side or the other made for much better
reception.
I had TERRIBLE wireless going to my Mac at home. Only 20 feet, but
about the only way I could set everything up meant the signal was
going through the plumbing/ HVAC stack.
I went back to using ethernet over powerline. Full bandwidth that I
get from Comcast comes through over the home electrical lines.
Great solution with one main drawback. You are supposed to plug them
straight into outlets, not into a surge protector. One VERY close
lightning strike and I had to replace them due to them being blown
out by the surge. No, I do not have a whole house surge protector.
Len
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