Another totally doable option is Ethernet over Power adapters. If there is good modern wiring in the shop these are actually really good these days. Kiernan Gulick-Sherrill Green Earth Computers - Computer & Smartphone Repair 20A Crafts Ave Northampton, MA 01060 www.greenearthpc.us 413-282-8324 See what people are saying -- Check us out on Yelp! <http://www.yelp.com/biz/green-earth-computers-northampton-4> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > At Fri, 1 Jul 2016 12:39:11 -0400 Spike McLarty <spike.mclarty at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Anybody on the list who's worked with WiFi (or any other wireless digital > > networking) in a hostile environment? By 'hostile' I just mean a factory > > or machine shop with lots of intermittent, bursty RFI from unknown > sources. > > Not, like, bad guys with jammers ;-) > > > > I'm imagining somebody who actually understands WireShark filters and has > > used a radio-spectrum analyzer. > > > > I work at machinemetrics.com - we do production equipment monitoring and > > analytics, and we've gotten outside our zone of expertise trying to do > WiFi > > at some customer machine shops where the WiFi part of the spectrum is > > really messy. > > Question: Is *wireless* a requirement or just a convience? My > understanding of > machine tools is that they are not something that are moved -- they tend > to be > bolted to the floor (or are just so heavy they might as well be). The > *easy* > solution would be to just run Cat 5e or Cat 6 cables (in armored conduit!). > Even if the machines themselves are not networked, having a RJ45 jack or > two > handy by each machine or work area and then jacking in laptops with > Ethernet patch cables might be a workable solution. > > Big electric motors, especially DC (and AC/DC) ones, give off all sorts of > RF > 'noise'. Fixed speed AC ones are not as bad, but can also be noisy. > > > > > -spike _/\_ > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20160701/44bf1c54/attachment.html