Subj : Re: old houses and wifi
To   : MRO
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Oct 14 2023 08:57 am

-=> MRO wrote to Digital Man <=-

> I used power-line network adapters to create WiFi bridges and repeaters and
> the best solutions I've found are the mesh network systems:
> https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/

MR> oh boy those are expensive.


I ran powerline for years, as long as you have one breaker box they're
great. I have 2 boxes, and signals on two powerline adapters on
different boxes would drop every 2 weeks or so, requiring me to go to
two floors and power-cycle them.

I think I paid $35 for the first two, and bought another for about the
same price. Got about 100 mbps between the two on the same box, 40 when
traveling across breaker boxes.

If you have a high-end thrift store around, keep your eyes out. I just
saw a 4 node orbi system for $79, bet it works great. This place often
had cisco and fortinet gear and rack-mounted switches - not your normal,
run-of-the-mill Goodwill.





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