Of course, this belittles the reason the FCC _had_ to make such rules. In the recent past, the power limits were much higher. Consumers know nothing about anything. When they see a knob that goes to "100" (mW), they crank it all the way up - because more is always better, right? (do you keep the volume knob on your TV set to max? No. Of course not.) The answer to your neighbor setting up an access point was obviously to turn yours up. They also don't understand how channels in the 2.4GHz band work. 1, 6, and 11 are the only ones that don't overlap. But people see 1 in use and jump on 2. The ideal setting is the lowest power that still works for you. If you both turn the power down low enough you can hear each other, neither will have any interference, and both will work better. Yes, 5/6GHz won't go very far, even through open air, but we know how to make astoundingly sensitive receivers. (cell phone have used them for a long time.) Of course, it doesn't help that we're trying to push multi-gigabit _through the air._ (Or, in my case, when I could see 30!!! APs from my apartment... I reached in the archive for the Breezecom gear. This stuff predates even the 802.11 Working Group. It uses the entire 2.4GHz ISM band, with a selectable channel width, hop spacing, and dwell time. Even a baby monitor sitting on top of it can't jam it. Of course, it only does 1Mbps.)
I don't really know what to think about this topic. Yes it's sad when WIFI devices can't deliver the signal thru 2 or 3 walls, but it's perhaps a good thing when you are 1 meter away from the device most of the time (like I do) and you don't receive so much power in your balls :)
It's just the facts, FCC limits RF unlicensed transmission, this is true in Canada and Europe also. The reason is not evil but very practical, FCC does not want RF interference that can impact other devices owned by other citizens. Engineers have the challenge of making it work.
OK, but here *has* to be a workaround, doesn’t there? What about using high power/long range APs (that are meant for outdoor use) INDOORS? What about hacking your mesh routers to increase their power beyond the limitations that the FCC imposes? (Yeah, I’m sure that’s illegal but I doubt that the FCC is going to send out a bunch of agents with signal strength meters, looking for people to bust.)
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Of course, this belittles the reason the FCC _had_ to make such rules. In the recent past, the power limits were much higher. Consumers know nothing about anything. When they see a knob that goes to "100" (mW), they crank it all the way up - because more is always better, right? (do you keep the volume knob on your TV set to max? No. Of course not.) The answer to your neighbor setting up an access point was obviously to turn yours up. They also don't understand how channels in the 2.4GHz band work. 1, 6, and 11 are the only ones that don't overlap. But people see 1 in use and jump on 2.
The ideal setting is the lowest power that still works for you. If you both turn the power down low enough you can hear each other, neither will have any interference, and both will work better. Yes, 5/6GHz won't go very far, even through open air, but we know how to make astoundingly sensitive receivers. (cell phone have used them for a long time.) Of course, it doesn't help that we're trying to push multi-gigabit _through the air._
(Or, in my case, when I could see 30!!! APs from my apartment... I reached in the archive for the Breezecom gear. This stuff predates even the 802.11 Working Group. It uses the entire 2.4GHz ISM band, with a selectable channel width, hop spacing, and dwell time. Even a baby monitor sitting on top of it can't jam it. Of course, it only does 1Mbps.)
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I don't really know what to think about this topic. Yes it's sad when WIFI devices can't deliver the signal thru 2 or 3 walls, but it's perhaps a good thing when you are 1 meter away from the device most of the time (like I do) and you don't receive so much power in your balls :)
It's just the facts, FCC limits RF unlicensed transmission, this is true in Canada and Europe also. The reason is not evil but very practical, FCC does not want RF interference that can impact other devices owned by other citizens. Engineers have the challenge of making it work.
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OK, but here *has* to be a workaround, doesn’t there? What about using high power/long range APs (that are meant for outdoor use) INDOORS? What about hacking your mesh routers to increase their power beyond the limitations that the FCC imposes? (Yeah, I’m sure that’s illegal but I doubt that the FCC is going to send out a bunch of agents with signal strength meters, looking for people to bust.)
Mesh is the answer, and it works very well the drawback is expense.
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