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On 12/10/25 04:47, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 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
It can be good for some stuff, alas not IP
cams and other higher-bandwidth devices.
Hmmm ... maybe 300 Hz ? Goes everywhere !
>> 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.
IMHO it barely matters ... if you have a router/AP
then you can link extenders. Those can, cheaply,
deal with certain blank spots in the wifi coverage.
>> 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.
"Bars" ??? How CRUDE ! :-)
I wanna SEE colors on the walls.
Maybe next year.
Hmm, just found an article about new quantum
tech to finely analyze 5+ ghz comb signals.
> 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 ...
DID add a wlan1 ... but, as was, not really useful.
You could connect to one, or the other, but there`s
no inherent fail-over. Apparently there IS some
software, and/or evil config/iptables, fixes ...
but kinda icky.
MIGHT be some bridging fixes less odious. Have to
research that further.
What we WANT is for a device connection to use
the BEST signal - whether that`s the primary
router or an extender - and switch back and
forth automatically depending on the connection
quality. Looks like it CAN be done ... but ....
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