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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Broadening my horizons...
Field Lab internet making a 1,100-kilometer round trip from space.
and getting bumped out 500 meters from the router.
Keep in mind that this is an inexpensive wifi repeater so while the range in impressive, the speed is just so-so. Out at the edge I still have good signal strength - but that far away, I am only getting up and download speeds comparable to my old DSL line from Big Bend Telephone. I am using the 2.4 GHz band of this dual-band device (that's what the Wyze Cameras use) which has further range but much slower speed (less bandwidth) than 5 GHz.
Keep in mind that this is an inexpensive wifi repeater so while the range in impressive, the speed is just so-so. Out at the edge I still have good signal strength - but that far away, I am only getting up and download speeds comparable to my old DSL line from Big Bend Telephone. I am using the 2.4 GHz band of this dual-band device (that's what the Wyze Cameras use) which has further range but much slower speed (less bandwidth) than 5 GHz.
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