XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 05:54:02 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   > My situation is very different from yours.   
      
   Hi Mike,   
      
   I understand that every situation is different, and, one of my key points   
   on versatility ot good tools is that even your situation is different today   
   than it might be five years from now (where you can repurpose stuff you   
   bought if it's versatile).   
      
   > I only needed to move the wifi AP from the router by about 30' because   
   > the location of the router is in a little 'Faraday cage' surrounded by   
   > computers and electronic devices above beside and 'around' it in   
   > addition to being on the floor (ground/slab) in a corner of 2 outside   
   > stucco walls which are made with chicken wire netting for lathing.   
      
   Understood. The beauty of the switch (or router) being separate from the   
   access point is that you can place the access point anywhere you like.   
      
   One thing you might consider, Mike, which works GREAT for me because I   
   don't want to 'climb through walls' is you can position the access point   
   OUTSIDE the house pointing back at the house!   
      
   This idea works GREAT for me!   
      
   I'm nestled into the side of a hill, which helps, as I can see the roof   
   from my back yard, where every instance is different topographically, but   
   even on a flat yard, you can still paint the entire house with WiFi simply   
   by snaking a cat5 cable to the clotheslines pole, so to speak.   
      
   The geometry works out such that one side of the house only has a wall and   
   windows to penetrate (out here, windows are solar reflective/absorptive by   
   code).   
      
   > So, for me, the important 'distance' from the router is to move the   
   > radio to a location which is just free airspace in every direction   
   > instead of being in a tight cage.   
      
   Understood, Mike, where it's refreshing to converse with someone like you   
   who has real needs and thinks of real solutions instead of having to deal   
   with the too many trolls who outnumber us 20:1 who simply post on Usenet   
   for their own amusement.   
      
   Given your needs are simply that the antenna needs to be in a different   
   location from the router/switch, I'm curious of you've looked at those   
   routers where the antenna itself is easily detachable and relocatable?   
      
   --   
   The beauty of good tools is that they work in a variety of situations.   
      
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