Hi!
In our new build, there is a provision for a satellite system as well as multiple satellite outlets in every room. Now I’m wondering, is that really necessary? Will my children ever watch anything on free-to-air TV?
My children and I mainly watch Netflix/Amazon, and only my wife occasionally watches crime shows on free-to-air TV.
So my thought is to skip the whole satellite setup and instead install more LAN ports...
How have you handled this?
In our new build, there is a provision for a satellite system as well as multiple satellite outlets in every room. Now I’m wondering, is that really necessary? Will my children ever watch anything on free-to-air TV?
My children and I mainly watch Netflix/Amazon, and only my wife occasionally watches crime shows on free-to-air TV.
So my thought is to skip the whole satellite setup and instead install more LAN ports...
How have you handled this?
Please clarify, but 5 GHz is actually not meant or suitable for penetrating walls. Its intended use is rather the opposite.
Of course, it always depends on the individual case and the frequency bands used by neighbors. Our router is located in the basement, and on the ground floor there is stable Wi-Fi only with an access point. On the first floor, the access point from the ground floor is only reachable with unstable connection, and on the second floor the network can no longer be detected at all. As technically expected, the performance is significantly worse at 5 GHz.
Of course, it always depends on the individual case and the frequency bands used by neighbors. Our router is located in the basement, and on the ground floor there is stable Wi-Fi only with an access point. On the first floor, the access point from the ground floor is only reachable with unstable connection, and on the second floor the network can no longer be detected at all. As technically expected, the performance is significantly worse at 5 GHz.
Fuchur schrieb:
Explain this to me, but isn’t 5GHz actually not designed/suitable for penetrating walls? With my old laptop, 5GHz was almost unusably slow whenever I was more than 5 meters (16 feet) away from the access point.
I can’t really say what the cause is, I’m not an IT expert. Apparently, switching to the new laptop made the difference.
I don’t want to go further off-topic here (although I don’t actually think it’s off-topic, since that’s how I watch TV) :-P
Well, modern Wi-Fi, small house, Ytong wall, today I connected my laptop to the TV with an HDMI cable, then streamed the Cranberries live in Santiago on YouTube, wonderfully over Wi-Fi, great picture, good sound, no buffering, and the sadly recently deceased Dolores O’Riordan was so beautiful.
Wi-Fi usually works smoothly with a single device.
It becomes more interesting when multiple devices access the access point simultaneously. As far as I know, Wi-Fi processes each request sequentially. If smartphones gather in front of the TV, it can happen that the TV’s buffer runs empty and causes stuttering. In that case, the only option might be to adjust the QoS settings.
It becomes more interesting when multiple devices access the access point simultaneously. As far as I know, Wi-Fi processes each request sequentially. If smartphones gather in front of the TV, it can happen that the TV’s buffer runs empty and causes stuttering. In that case, the only option might be to adjust the QoS settings.
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