[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by LenMackin

I notice that even on the instructions issued by VM on setting up the SH it states that even a 'fish tank can reduce signal strength' and heaven forbid that you put it on a 'bookshelf between two books'. Not much chance through walls then?

It isn't just VM that say it

http://support.draytek.net.au/index....reless-network

Sheets of metal (such as filing cabinets) reflect wireless signals (causing ghosting like on a TV). Large bodies of water such as fish tanks (and human beings) absorb wireless signals. The closer your router is to these obstructions, the more severe the interference, and the weaker your connection will be.

Wireless signals going through walls and furniture will reduce the strength of your router's wireless signals. Also the angle at which the signal passes through the wall is significant, since wireless signals travel basically in a straight line.

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/51162

On a serious note here folks, propagation studies here in "End-of-the-Earth", Oregon for some local hotels have, time and again, shown that water features and other decorative structures both degrade the signal AND cause some truly bizarre reflections.