Frank van der Hulst wrote:

Don Hammer wrote:

Weight and cost, yes, complexity, no.


Matt



Maybe I don't understand what you are getting at. I put wireless in a
Gulfstream G-550. System was a short wire from the onboard server
(Part of the hight-speed data system) to the wireless hub and and
power to the hub. My other option was wires and jacks to each seat
and the cockpit from a hub. Why is wireless more complex?

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I think what he's getting at is the hidden complexity... the software,
chip design, etc.

For your wireless network to work reliably, all of that has to work
properly. And it is effectively untestable by the installer and
uncertified (implying (perhaps falsely) that it is incompletely tested).

Exactly. Wire is pretty darn simple. A wireless router is a rather
complex assembly of hardware and software. A few runs of wire have been
known to function for more than 50 years. I wouldn't bet much on a
typical router being function 50 years down the road.


Matt