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Comparing wifi cameras to hardwired on a 4 story apartment building made me a believer
Installed 12 Ring cameras on a building downtown last week and after 3 resets due to signal drops, I swapped them all out for some basic PoE units and the difference in reliability was night and day, has anyone else had to tell a client their fancy gear is just not built for big structures?
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paige3315mo ago
Does your client have metal studs in those walls? That'll kill wifi signals faster than anything...
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mark4365mo ago
Metal studs will kill wifi signals faster than anything" - man, you're not wrong. I helped a friend wire up his basement workshop last year and he had metal studs in there. Couldn't get a signal past two rooms. Ended up running ethernet drops to every corner, it was a pain. Reminded me of my cousin's old place with lath and plaster, that stuff was like concrete for wifi too.
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lewis.terry5mo ago
My buddy ran a network through an old farmhouse that had horsehair plaster... that stuff was like a signal fortress, dead zones everywhere.
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