[Cialug] wifi router

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

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?

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>wrote:

>  Wow, the things you can learn on the Internet....
>
> or....
>
> "sure, that's funny... Until you hear your mom quoting it to her friends
> like she is Vint Cerf's assistant."
>
> -Nate
>
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> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Matthew Nuzum
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:16 PM
> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Cialug] wifi router
>
>  On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:53 AM, David McLaughlin <
> thorgrim at imaginarytower.org> wrote:
>
>> I've had much better luck with range by placing the router as high as
>> possible within the house.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> ;-)
>
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