low-emissivity or low-e glass is very common in multi-pane windows. Often it is a silver oxide coating. By design it reflects infrared and longer wavelengths.
Regards, John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tony Del Porto Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: [BAWUG] 75 feet 11dBi = inconsistent signal On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a d-link 614+ and I just recently mounted a 11dBi 90 degree > vertical sector panel antenna > http://www.superpass.com/SPDG13F.html I am merely trying to get the > signal across the street to my > neighbor which is no more than 75 feet across, with a window to the > living room. I had a similar problem, though the distance was much less: ~25 ft (5 feet between buildings, AP in my window sill, client 20 feet beyond a window opposite mine with LOS more or less to AP). The interesting bit was that when our windows were open, the signal was strong and fine. After moving the AP outside and mounting a homebuilt 5dBi omni the client finally got a reliable signal. I've heard that dual-pane windows are coated with something that wi-fi doesn't like. Try having your neighbor open his/her window and see if the signal becomes reliable. If so, your neighbor will likely need a directional antenna of his/her own, or a warm sweater. Hope this helps, Tony Del Porto -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
