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Re:PirateBox 1.0 by niels_olson on Friday May 30, 2014 @06:06PM (#7824356)
Power dissipates with r squared and interference is always an issue. So if I set one of these on top of a refrigerator in the middle of the lab, I could probably hit most of the resident offices and some of the staff. But most of the residents couldn't get to each other with just their iphones.
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Re:PirateBox 1.0 by gcb0 on Saturday May 31, 2014 @06:14AM (#7825712)
you just moved things around. if my phone is then closer to other people while this device is on another floor, they would have better acces on my phone wifi.

unless this evolves to a mesh it is just a hyped AP

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Re:PirateBox 1.0 by niels_olson on Saturday May 31, 2014 @01:16PM (#7826546)
> while this device is on another floor

Where did another floor come in?

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Re:PirateBox 1.0 by gcb0 on Sunday June 01, 2014 @01:42AM (#7828283)
same place where "top of a refrigerator" in your post. just moving stuff around as well.
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