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   micky wrote:   
      
   >>And one can then enjoy, a degraded connection speed much worse lag/ping   
   >>and have a network prone to intereference   
   >>   
   >>An advantage?   
   >   
   > It would be an advantage if the router is out of cable range, or you   
   > don't have a cable long enough to reach it.   
      
   My Internet comes from miles miles away LOS. Nobody has a cable that long.   
     Typical range for WISP service   
      
   > Or you'd have to run the   
   > cable down the stairs and your wife says no because someone will trip   
   > over it and I just don't want it there. (and you agree because you did   
   > trip over one once.)  Etc.   
      
   That's where plugging a Wi-Fi transceiver into an Ethernet port comes in   
   handy as it doesn't need any wires except for the first six inches.   
     Horns extend laptop Wi-Fi range   
      
   > I'm sure it's situations like that that Andy had in mind.   
      
   Plugging a horn into the Ethernet port of a laptop is only one solution.   
     Laptop to horn   
      
   One fantastic way to paint a home sections far from the central router is   
   to send a wire outside to an antenna pointing right back _at_ the house.   
     Bullet M2   
      
   The best part is the cost for pro equipment is about the same as the cost   
   for the consumer equipment most of us buy out of the box stores.   
     Peplink Balance 30 router   
   --   
   Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information   
   which, in this case, is to let people know Wi-Fi in Ethernet is useful.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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