XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:22:51 -0000 (UTC), Lewis wrote:   
      
   >> Ethernet is a cable format.   
   >   
   > Not accurate. There are many types of Ethernet connections. The first   
   > Ethernet I used was a coax cable. My office is connected via a   
   > fiber optic Ethernet connection.   
   >   
   >> It will not recognise a radio signal.   
   >   
   > This is true, but generally the change from Ethernet to radio and back is   
   > seamless to the user (like in WiFi), and nearly never of any importance   
   > to anyone at all.   
      
   Thanks Lewis for helping to clarify, for Lucifer, what's possible, since   
   Lucifer, like nospam, seems to brazenly & repeatedly deny what the rest of   
   us know works just fine, even down to denying that decibels are used to   
   indicate power (where Lucifer & nospam appear to be twins in their ability   
   to brazenly deny what everyone else already knows to be facts).   
      
   To further illustrate switching from Ethernet to Wi-Fi & vice versa,   
   this picture graphically shows the mechanical components inherent in this   
   common and constant switcheroo between Ethernet & Wi-Fi & back:   
      
      
   This home-built $50 WiFi-to-Ethernet-and-Ethernet-to-Wifi setup also works:   
      
      
   Using the term "modem" for my "transceiver" so people with cable can better   
   understand, the Internet signal goes from the "modem" inside the house, to   
   the SOHO router next to the "modem", and then out an RJ45 port on the SOHO   
   router to this radio & antenna which is outside the house, which either   
   points back at the house, to "paint" the inaccessible regions of the house   
   or ...   
      
   Or ...   
      
   You'll notice the antenna is on a loose swivel, which allows me to turn it   
   around to paint the pool, which is a few hundred feet from the house, where   
   painting the pool allows cellphones to connect to this AP, where the pool   
   is too far from the house for cellphones to connect to the SOHO router WiFi   
   connected to the "modem" inside the house.   
      
   In quite a different setup, this similar setup allows a desktop, say one   
   that is outside, say, in the barn which is too far from the house, to   
   easily connect back to the WiFi at the house, or, if desired, to a WiFi   
   access point which can be miles away from this stand-alone desktop PC:   
      
      
   And still get great signal strength of around -55dBm of power:   
      
      
   In fact, there are so many things you can do with these inexpensive radios,   
   that I have them scattered all over, since I have plenty of them to play   
   with to connect anything I want to connect to, if it has Internet and if I   
   know the security setup keys:   
      
      
   What's nice, also, is you get great graphics out of the signal strength   
   debuggers on Android phones, which allow you to ascertain exactly which   
   access points have the best signal strength in whatever spot you're in:   
      
      
   Given this all "just works", I'm not sure why Lucifer, who claims to have   
   been a "communications technician", says it doesn't work, so I appreciate   
   that Lewis attempted to clarify that the switcheroo between Ethernet and   
   Wi-Fi and from Wi-Fi to Ethernet ... is so simple ... it just works.   
      
   --   
   I take the time to post pictures becuase I care about my credibility.   
      
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