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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
You see all those transmitters outside that are on masts?
See any TV or mobile transmitters lying flat on the ground?
See all those hundreds of businesses with professionally installed wireless networks where they are all attached high on walls or the ceiling? Seen any who installed their wifi access points on the floor?
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Phone/TV masts are up high to clear as much clutter as possible, eg trees/bushes/houses/walls. I don't think you can look at a short range WiFi network in the same way. 5 inches isn't going to make that much difference, although then you're in danger then of starting to look at polarisation of antennas etc.
Good point about professional installs being up on the ceiling. The same wall mount points would work on the ceiling, so the point still stands. If the cables were in a sensible place for wall mounting it would be way better. That's why I'm about to buy a wireless AP with PoE, so I can screw it to the ceiling and still be able to reset it without a chair. That will replace the pitiful SH1 WiFi that I'm left using.
I can cope with it being terrible, I'll happily buy my own kit to get around that issue. I just want the ports in a sensible place so I can have it out of the way. Or, better still, just give me a modem...