Re: Re: old houses and wifi
By: MRO to Charles Blackburn on Sat Oct 14 2023 16:55:49
> Re: Re: old houses and wifi
> By: Charles Blackburn to MRO on Sat Oct 14 2023 10:47 am
>
> > how thick are the walls? what are they made from? any way you can put some
pics up that we can take a butchers at?
> I don't know i didn't drill a hole in a wall and i don't know what they are m
ade from. i would assume thick plaster and lath. the house is like 1900's.
> I have bent a nail trying to hammer in nails in some places.
i've done that before now.
> > and you say the ap is pretty close... define.. close :D
> like 60-70 ft for downstairs.
> upstairs one is directly above it and works the same sometimes. it fluctuates
.
60-70 feet should be ok. it's at the limit for sure though
> in the back i have a camera even farther away that is on my garage pointed at
the house. the signal is listed as best possible. it's even farther than the c
ameras in the
> front. Also i have old aluminum siding. so maybe the front wall of my house i
s super shielded.
the siding could definately be the issue. I would try definately a repeater abou
t halfway between the AP and the camera.
Charlie
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