Re: Inexpensive point-to-point solution needed

On Dec 18, 3:41 pm, JJ <j...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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?  

Should be obvious. If WiFi needs a direct line of sight, then it
does not work in the house between rooms. If you system can detect a
WiFi signal using conventional hardware, then the same system using a
directional antenna will be even more reliable.

You can take that one step farther by purchasing two identical WiFi
stations that operate in a bridging mode. A direction antenna on both
would mean an even more reliable connection and higher data rates.
Then when leaves arrive, the data rate is not diminished.

Of course, directional antennas can be mounted outside - the WiFi
transceiver / routers nearby and inside. Just another advantage to
simplify the installation. Just another in a long list of reasons why
even cutting tree branches is too much labor.
.

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