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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Sep 3, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Steven Champeon wrote:

> on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 01:51:08PM -0400, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> > I've been tasked with getting wifi into our new school (The Riverrock
> > School on the Haw), and on a limited budget everyone is asking me  
> > why we
> > can't just use the wifi signal from the  Saxapahaw General Store  
> > which is
> > in the same building given we have permission from the store  
> > owners.  The
> > problem is this is an old textile mill, with really thick walls and  
> > floors,
> > and we're 300 feet at least from the store directly through many  
> > walls and
> > two floors.  Even if I could convince the people responsible for  
> > the rooms
> > between us to put in wifi repeaters, we'd still have to get the  
> > signal
> > through two floors and several walls, and I can't imagine that  
> > would work
> > well.
>
> Brick didn't seem to stop the wifi signal back when we were at the
> offices at Brickhaven, FWIW. Have you tried it?

The wifi signal doesn't even cover the entire general store let alone  
make it through the wall next door. The store owner is amenable to  
upgrading his hardware, which would be the first place to start.

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Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC


"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons  
exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." ~G.K.  
Chesterton
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