[115436] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Wireless Network Strength Dependent On Wired Network?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Sat Jun 20 04:39:07 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <77e4079b0906192347k74f0703dw986e3b7bd67f9310@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:38:01 +0100
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Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any errors.
On Jun 20, 2009, at 7:47, Neil <kngspook@gmail.com> wrote:
> Consider the following setup:
> internet pipe -> wired network -> (wireless router) wireless network
> ->
> computer1, computer2
>
> Suppose the signal coming in on the pipe is good, but the signal
> deteriorates rapidly in wired network (old & bad wiring). Now, the two
> computers are connected via the wireless network only. computer1 has
> a great
> connection (it's in the same room as the wireless router), but
> computer2 is
> far away and drops the wireless connection frequently.
>
> Now, a former electrical engineer is claiming that if we improve the
> wired
> network so that the signal comes across better, then computer2 won't
> drop
> the wireless connection so frequently. (He says that the signal
> emitted by
> the wireless router will be improved by feeding it a better source
> signal.)
>
> I argue that there are two separate signals: the internet connection
> signal
> coming in on the pipe, and then the wireless network signal being
> emitted
> from the wireless router; and their strengths are independent. In
> other
> words, if we improve the wiring, the wireless signal will not get any
> stronger.
Your EE friend is highly confused.
Get a stronger WiFi transmitter or repeater.
--
TTFN,
patrick
