wireless signal through trees (what does line of sight" mean)
I am trying to get a wireless signal from a router in my home to my shop 300 feet away and I have a few questions. (I know that distance- wise it is possible because the signal is received well at a location
300' in the opposite direction.) My question is what does "line of sight" actually mean... There are two trees in the way between the two buildings whose large trunks essentially narrow the "line of sight" to about two feet wide.. I am wondering if they are somehow weakening the signal. Is the wireless signal a wave that has a significant width that might need a larger space to freely transmit.. (I have placed the router on a pole outside of the first house and I can clearly see it from my shop but the view is narrowed on both sides by these two tree trunks.).. Is all that is needed is for the transmitting antennas to be visible from the receiving end.. In other words would a small foot square clear "tunnel" between the transmitting and receiving antennas suffice to allow the transmission of the signal.. Or do I need to cut down those two trees to allow a wider "tunnel"??? (Moving the router wouldn't help because it is all densely wooded and there is no clearer path) read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by david fraleigh in Wireless Networking
