Neal -- That's very useful info. I didn't realize there were so many obstacles to a clear signal. Is a central location (first floor) for the wireless router best to try to get reception from basement to 2nd floor? Or do you recommend a different location?
Thanks for your expertise. Sandy On Sep 23, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > As a retired architect, I should perhaps mention some problems anyone > will have with any type of radio reception inside a building. > > Wood construction is best for reception, but there are things included > in the average wood frame house that will block reception, such as old > fashion metal plumbing lines, and metal heating and air conditioning > ducts. Stay clear of bathrooms, and keep them out of your line of > sight, > if you live in an older house. Toilets and tubs of better quality are > steel, with enamal coatings. > > Some older houses, the better built ones, have plaster walls and > ceilings instead of drywall, these may offer some reduction, but if > you > happen to have an older house where plaster was applied to metal lath, > then you might as well give up and buy some wire. Also, most older > stucco houses used metal lath, so this would reduced radio reception > coming through their exterior walls. > > Finally, if you are in a stell framed building, the steel beams and > columns will play hell with reception. Most well built commercial > buildings are steel frame or reinforced concrete, which is just as bad > as steel. > > And don't forget that some houses have metal roofs. > > Neal Hammon Ky Architectual registration 345. > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is September 26. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is September 26. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
