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From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Bob McMahon <bob.mcmahon@broadcom.com>
Cc: Jannie Hanekom <jannie@hanekom.net>,
	 Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] 2.4Ghz hybrid wiring for nest protects
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 17:09:29 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2105181705040.16154@qynat-yncgbc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHb6LvodYvRBh7qTLSihZJVSw9ub9CHcckKLKD8OxDmSQ6CxFw@mail.gmail.com>

passive repeaters (two antennas connected together with no electronics) work 
much better than most people realize.

I would do floor-by-floor antenna pairs, and if each device going off should 
trigger the one on the next floor, I'd consider spacing them out so that you 
don't have one antenna pair feeding a strong signal to the next pair.

If the only purpose of this is to relay the fire alarm signals, use high-gain, 
narrow beamwidth antennas pointed at the alarms, this will do wonders at 
overcoming the general noise on 2.4GHz

I have too much radio experience to be happy trusting anything wireless for 
critical things, but where the alternative is no connectivity, it's better than 
nothing.

David Lang

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-19  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-17 18:09 Bob McMahon
2021-05-18 16:02 ` Aaron Wood
2021-05-18 20:27   ` Bob McMahon
2021-05-18 21:57 ` Jannie Hanekom
2021-05-18 23:32   ` Bob McMahon
2021-05-18 23:52     ` Bob McMahon
2021-05-19  0:09       ` David Lang [this message]
2021-05-19  4:47         ` Bob McMahon
2021-05-19  5:27           ` David Lang

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