In article , "The Natural Philosopher"
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Alistair Robert Harley wrote:
if the wireless router is in a room with foil backed plasterboard..........
will it work in that room?


yes, but not to stations outside it, is my experience.

Agreed - unless the signal can get in through the door, window, floor or
ceiling. The PC in another room to the wireless source is often found to
work well only in certain places and when people weren't walking about.
(standing waves?). You could use a powerline wireless access point in
the room, such as: www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-av-pew.htm - but be
careful of the amateur radio brigade complaining about powerline
networking interference... :-)

My preference would be to install a wired system, as I've done a few
times in a similarly constructed houses. The plasterboard walls over
insulated cavities make for a very easy installation, using a Bosch PMF
180E and Maplin N86CU or equivalent cable draw rods.

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