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   On 10/12/2025 02:19, c186282 wrote:   
   > If monitoring 'emergency vehicles/installations'   
   >  ÿ is critical, maybe consider something using lower   
   >  ÿ frequencies than wi-fi ??? In USA I think there's   
   >  ÿ a designated comm space in the 400mhz band. It'd   
   >  ÿ still be good enough for a 1-fps camera feed.   
   >    
   465Mhz.   
   Its equally shit really.   
   I ought to resurrect 27MHz.. that is still free-ish   
      
   >  ÿ Ah ... POTENTIAL cheap solution. Haven't fooled   
   >  ÿ with it in about 10 years but I think it's still   
   >  ÿ possible with Linux. Just buy one of those wi-fi   
   >  ÿ extender/repeater thingies (about $50 USD) and   
   >  ÿ put it not far from the main router. Make it   
   >  ÿ wlan1. At least with wpasupplicant and dhcpcd.conf   
   >  ÿ you could designate an automatic "fall over" in   
   >  ÿ case the main signal got crappy. Not 100% sure   
   >  ÿ what happens now with apps if you list a wlan0 and   
   >  ÿ wlan1 at the same time - will the app just use   
   >  ÿ whichever, or both, without complaints ???   
   >    
   Depends how they are set up.   
      
   >  ÿ Between the two, 'shadow' areas ought to largely   
   >  ÿ go away.   
   >    
   >  ÿ Pity nobody makes a 5ghz "viewer" so you can   
   >  ÿ get at least a fuzzy picture of the signal at   
   >  ÿ different placesÿ ?   
   >    
   Well they do. Its called a smart phone.   
      
   If te phone has 5Ghz wifi then a wifi sniffer app shows all.   
      
   >  ÿ I have a repeater to reach an out-building. Gonna   
   >  ÿ try to add it as wlan1 just to see what happens ...   
      
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