Then how do you explain why my ethernet lines don't way a couple dozen tons and crash through the floor? Do the packets become weightless in copper?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nathan C. Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Wow, the things you can learn on the
Internet....</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">or....</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">"sure, that's funny... Until you hear your mom quoting it
to her friends like she is Vint Cerf's assistant."</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">-Nate</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org" target="_blank">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew
Nuzum<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:16 PM<br><b>To:</b>
Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cialug] wifi
router<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, David McLaughlin
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thorgrim@imaginarytower.org" target="_blank">thorgrim@imaginarytower.org</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've
had much better luck with range by placing the router as high as<br>possible
within the house.<br></blockquote></div><br clear="all">That's because the newer
wifi signals are actually slightly heavier than air so they fall down
gradually after they're broadcast. Kind of like the branches of a willow
tree.<br><br>It works good for streaming video, which is download heavy, but
if you're actually sending a lot of packets you'll want your router to be
below the sending machine since it takes more strength to get the weighty
packets up to the router at a reasonable rate.<br><br>This is also why it's
taken so long to get Internet access on airplanes. It takes an incredible
amount of energy to get the packets up that high.<br><br>There's also been
evidence that some packets are heavier than others. For example, twitter and
web comic packets seem to have better range than, for example, a web page from
the Mayo Clinic or the Wall Street Journal.<br><br>;-)<br><br>-- <br>Matthew
Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca" target="_blank">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br></div></div></blockquote></div>
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