Wireless network ‘conduit’

Since I’m too lazy to try to find such a product, and not motivated enough to create and market it if it doesn’t already exist, I’ll just describe this thing, float the description gently on the ether, and maybe by the time I need one, it will materialize for me. By the way, if you find yourself motivated enough to market it, you could give me the motivation to create it by consulting with me to do so. You take the risk, I provide the skills :-).

I am in the early stages of getting ready to buy a house. I will need a whole-house network. I will not want to make this network wireless because I don’t feel confident in the security, I’d like to reduce spurious radiation if possible, and I want the speed and reliability of wired LAN that wireless just doesn’t seem to match.

On the other hand, I may not want to bore holes in ceilings and floors to run conduit, should it not be in place already. But, it seems to me that a purpose-tuned application of wirless network technology could be used to patch across the gap, while simultaneously avoiding the (perceived) shortcomings of wirless. Given that the stations are fixed and close to one another, highly directional antennas with just-enough power could be used to increase security and reduce radiation. That the stations don’t have to talk to anyone but their single partner gives some potential advantages in security, speed and ease of installation.

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