On 05/06/13 10:59, Martin Brown wrote:
On 05/06/2013 10:43, Roy Brophy wrote:
Martin,
Thanks for your response.

Good thought - I will give wifi a try first.

Im a bit concerned that the wifi signal will be shielded by the foil
on the Celotex insulation that will be in the walls, ceiling and floor.

Am I worrying unnecessesarily?

Provided there is a window facing about the right direction I expect
the Wifi signal will get in fine. If all else fails I have run Wifi
over distance using a simple £8 USB Wifi with detachable aerial and an
external high gain antenna. That takes a bit of setting up but has the
big advantage of no risk of lightning ground emf destroying kit.

My first (expensive) Boca dialup modem was killed by a lightning strike.

Quick way to find out is to test it with a portable and a Wifi survey.

I've lost - or been handed the kit, broken - at least three wifi
equipped routers that dies postmajor thunderstorms.

In short lightning kills anything. Its at least unlikley to destroy a
cable buried underground, even if the kit at each end goes pear shaped.

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