alt Hacker NewsThat works for fixed devices like a TV, but also tends to shrink the effective coverage area of the wireless network as a whole.
That can mean that the portable wifi speaker-widget (which itself doesn't need much bandwidth) might go from working fine on the back deck or well-enough about anywhere else in the yard, to not working at all outside.
> That works for fixed devices like a TV, but also has the effect of shrinking the effective coverage area of the wireless network as a whole.
Which is normally a good thing to push the clients to roam to a better AP, OR you walked out of the building and want you phone to disconnect. But yes, does impact overall coverage area size.