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On 10/12/2025 02:19, c186282 wrote:
> If monitoring `emergency vehicles/installations`
> is critical, maybe consider something using lower
> frequencies than wi-fi ??? In USA I think there`s
> a designated comm space in the 400mhz band. It`d
> still be good enough for a 1-fps camera feed.
>
465Mhz.
Its equally shit really.
I ought to resurrect 27MHz.. that is still free-ish
> Ah ... POTENTIAL cheap solution. Haven`t fooled
> with it in about 10 years but I think it`s still
> possible with Linux. Just buy one of those wi-fi
> extender/repeater thingies (about $50 USD) and
> put it not far from the main router. Make it
> wlan1. At least with wpasupplicant and dhcpcd.conf
> you could designate an automatic "fall over" in
> case the main signal got crappy. Not 100% sure
> what happens now with apps if you list a wlan0 and
> wlan1 at the same time - will the app just use
> whichever, or both, without complaints ???
>
Depends how they are set up.
> Between the two, `shadow` areas ought to largely
> go away.
>
> Pity nobody makes a 5ghz "viewer" so you can
> get at least a fuzzy picture of the signal at
> different places ?
>
Well they do. Its called a smart phone.
If te phone has 5Ghz wifi then a wifi sniffer app shows all.
> I have a repeater to reach an out-building. Gonna
> try to add it as wlan1 just to see what happens ...
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