Re: Inexpensive point-to-point solution needed

I appreciate all the discussion of the merits of cable Vs. wireles. I
totally believe that a cable would provide a much better signal, but
really, a cable is just not going to happen, buried, strung up, or
just lying on the ground.

So, back to wireless signals. I looked more closely this morning at
the tree situation, and what I noticed was, that by sheer luck, the
desk where the dell laptop sits that gets wireless reception just
happens to coincide with what is just about the only decent line of
sight from anywhere in our house to the room in my neighbor's house
where the wireless router sits. Just one scrawny bare ~3" trunk in an
otherwise unobstructed 6-8' wide swath - and I'd happily cut that
sucker down. Everywhere else is fairly crowded, so the antenna
location would be pretty obvious.

Another question about obstacles though. What about the walls of the
house? In this case, on our side, there is no window, just a wall.
On their side, a sliding glass door. With all this talk of Fresnel
distance and obstacles in the path, etc, what's up with the walls?
How much signal am I losing by going through the walls? If I put my
power-station 2 (or whatever) inside the house as opposed to mounted
on the outside, how much of the signal strength am I really losing?
Are trees more of a show-stopper than the walls of a house because
they contain water?

Thanks.

-J
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