Re: [Starlink] Debugging connection through Starlink (POINTR)

[David Lang <david@lang.hm>]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2023, Ulrich Speidel via Starlink wrote:

> I remember years ago when WiFi in our lecture theatres was new, they'd put 
> the access point in the now surplus projectionist's booth at the back. It 
> would reach the lectern at the front, so those of us needing WiFi for 
> teaching there could set up with connectivity. But then your class would 
> enter, and before you knew it, there'd be a couple of dozen laptops and other 
> WiFi-enabled devices closer to the access point, and poor me at the front 
> would lose connectivity. Of course, any complaints to the powers that be 
> would be investigated with lecture theatre empty, and deemed frivolous!

There's also the fact that bodies (full of water) are rather absorbant in the 
2.4GHz band, so when there are a lot of people in the room the signal doesn't go 
as far.

When I'm setting up wifi for a conference, I take advantage of that to let me 
deploy more APs (re-using the channels at closer distances than I could normally 
get away with)

David Lang