Wireless ADSL router - changing signal power ?
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Wireless ADSL router - changing signal power ?
18-02-2009 4:02 PM
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18-02-2009 4:10 PM
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You could select different protocols, but I'm not sure whether this actually changes the output power a great deal.
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18-02-2009 4:46 PM
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19-02-2009 12:49 AM
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You can use the reduced power to stop people getting into your router as they need to be closer to connect
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19-02-2009 10:00 AM
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19-02-2009 10:13 PM
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20-02-2009 4:10 PM
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All radio waves, including wi-fi, are non-ionising. They only way they could cause damage is by heating, when particular molecules resonate with the frequency and rise in temperature. This is how a microwave oven works. The power output from a wifi network is tiny, though, and will have next to no effect.
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20-02-2009 4:39 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Wireless ADSL router - changing signal power ?
20-02-2009 5:03 PM
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But if you are still concerned and you router doesn't have variable power, you can position it in the room / house so that the power level where you or your family are sitting is lower - i.e as far from humans as possible, or put it behind something metallic, put it in a tin box ( but leave the lid off to let some RF energy out ) etc etc. Play around so that it still gives you enough coverage to work successfully.
And if you are not using it - turn it off. So routers like the one provided by PN the Thomson TG585 have a button to turn off the WiFi, and likewise most laptops have a similar button.
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20-02-2009 5:13 PM
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And your DECT phone.
You could always enclose your head in a Faraday cage for the ultimate in protection.
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20-02-2009 5:26 PM
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20-02-2009 5:32 PM
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20-02-2009 5:44 PM
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Quote Many engineers that have received shocks and burns approach a conductive object with trepidation and reach out to touch it much like one would lightly touch a wall to see if the paint was still wet. This is absolutely the worse thing that you can do! When you touch an object with the tip of your finger, all the current flows through a very small area. If you grasp the object or touch it with the palm of your hand, the area that makes contact is about 100 times larger. And the current density is only about one percent as much. This is the reason that the IEEE standard for contact current is based on a grasp. It was felt by the committee members that limiting the field levels to a point where a point contact would not produce a shock or burn would result in very restrictive exposure limits. The standard would be based on concern for shock rather than body heating.
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20-02-2009 6:48 PM
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Not enough energy to burn - yet enough to draw a spark
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20-02-2009 7:37 PM
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Quote from: Axis You could always enclose your head in a Faraday cage for the ultimate in protection.
Would I still need to wear my tin foil hat?
The UK limit for WiFi is 100mW, but how often do you see a Police officer with the WiFi equivalent of a speed camera!
Quote from: Denzil All radio waves, including wi-fi, are non-ionising. They only way they could cause damage is by heating, when particular molecules resonate with the frequency and rise in temperature. This is how a microwave oven works. The power output from a wifi network is tiny, though, and will have next to no effect.
It just happens that the resonate with the frequency of the water in your brain is the same 2.4GHz that WiFi uses. For me it comes under the "Unnecessary risk" category, so I keep our WiFi switched off unless its being used, as the router is close to our sons bed room.
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