[wellylug] WiFi

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Lindsay Hunter <lindsay at csw.co.nz>:

> No, it is not a big site. I am mystified why the signal is weak when 
> present, and disappears from time to time. I am guessing that there 
> could be other radiating sources interfering with the signal, but it is
> 
> coasal residential so would not expect industrial use to be the 
> problem. I used my laptop with Netstumbler to confirm the signal was 
> present but weak. The distance is perhaps 20 metres at most. And I am 
> using directional aerial which can go a long way if unimpeded. And 
> there is nothing in the house construction that would absorb the signal
> in any unexpected way. 
Coastal made my brains stir   ... I recall someone once 
telling me that a radar from a boat approaching the coast 
wiped out their WLAN.