alt Hacker NewsAlso so that any electronics don't get fried. Wi-fi board borking itself would be good, but I'd be worried about it affecting something else down the line.
Also so that any electronics don't get fried. Wi-fi board borking itself would be good, but I'd be worried about it affecting something else down the line.
Exactly. That's part of what I meant by "none the wiser." The other being that the xmitter could in theory detect a missing antenna from the impedance mismatch and try to increase its power (assuming it knows how to do so without frying itself).