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Old 11-15-2006, 07:18 PM
Axel Hammerschmidt
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Default Re: extending range: torn between "expensive but supposedly safe" and "risky, but cheap and geekishly rewarding"

John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:54:36 +0100, hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel
> Hammerschmidt) wrote in <1houuy5.l87fkb1ky486eN%hlexa@hotmail.com>:
>
> >Swann <swann@tempsperdu.fr> wrote:
> >
> >> "Axel Hammerschmidt" <hlexa@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> >> news:1hourie.10jqya81g1efxhN%hlexa@hotmail.com...
> >> >>
> >> >> how about the "half bandwidth" stuff?
> >> >
> >> > How fast is your internet connection?
> >>
> >> *nominally* 6 Mbps... why?

> >
> >Then you probably won't notice the "half bandwidth" -

>
> For Internet access, no; for local networking; yes.
>
> >if say you nominally start at 54 Mbps.

>
> Almost certainly not running at anything close to that.


Nor at 6 Mbps either. I was using nominal values to make a point. For
special lokal networking tasks the Op can do a lot of things, like
shutting down his repeater, or moving his laptop and use cable. Wireless
is for laptops, after all...

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