[Cialug] wifi router

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

Ah, that must be like the twisted steel cables that are used in 
suspension bridges. If that material is strong enough to hold up a 
bridge, it stands to reason that it can hold up an ethernet.

On 2010-01-14 at 16:12:31, Josh More wrote:
>CAT5 uses twisted pair to prevent the weight issues.  WiFi can't.
>
>-Josh
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>---- Original Message ----
>From: "jrnosee at gmail.com" <jrnosee at gmail.com>
>Date: 10/1/14 16:04
>To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
>Subj: Re: [Cialug] wifi router
>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
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org]
>
>*On
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>> 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
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>the
>
>> sending machine since it takes more strength to get the weighty
>
>packets up
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>> to the router at a reasonable rate.
>>
>> This is also why it's taken so long to get Internet access on
>
>airplanes. It
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>> 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.
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>For
>
>> example, twitter and web comic packets seem to have better range
>> than,
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>for
>
>> example, a web page from the Mayo Clinic or the Wall Street Journal.
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> --
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