[wellylug] WiFi

[David Murray]

On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 15:42, andrej at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> 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.

When I was working for the POSB in the mid-80s an ocean liner came into
the harbour with its deep-sea navigation/radar still switched on. It
knocked out for the entire day both the national and lower-nth-island
mainframes.

So to me is sounds very plausible that local fishing boats are running
interference with Lindsay's WiFi.


Regards,

David Murray