[kwlug-disc] Extending WiFi Range

[Mark Steffen]

Going to agree with Andrew.  To get my company provided VPN router hooked
up (and the VOIP phone behind it) running cable was the only option for a
solid connection (my Internet also terminates in the basement).  Putting a
wifi router in the basement and expecting it to serve your backyard wasn't
realistic, it sorta kinda worked in certain parts of the house.  Consider a
POE adapter and routing the cable to wife-acceptable levels of stealthiness
and get your router on the middle floor somewhere that the signal
propagates well.  Repeaters just suck and most of them halve your bandwidth
(unless you use multi-band multi-radio ones, but then you're into hundreds
of dollars to get decent gear to make this work properly).  I also tried to
raise it up into "just below the floorboards" of the first floor but it
didn't make much difference.

*Mark Steffen*
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca> wrote:

> Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) wrote on 2017-03-29 08:40 PM:
>
> Perhaps not what you want to hear, but I solved my wifi problems by
>> running a 2” plastic conduit from the basement,
>>
>
> IMHO, that's the correct(™) way to do it.
>
>
> But there are other ways, and ArsTechnica.com often covers various
> technologies for it:
>
> 802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks
>> The good news is that it doesn't have to suck, if you build it out
>> properly.
>>
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/802-
>> eleventy-what-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/
>>
>
>
>
> Review: Comparing Google Wifi to other mesh networking heavyweights
>> Which should you use to drench your house in sweet, sweet Wi-Fi signals?
>>
>
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/review-comparing-
>> google-wifi-to-other-mesh-networking-heavyweights/
>>
>
>
>
> Going hands-on and behind the scenes at the Plume Wi-Fi HQ
>> We like the tiny pluggable Wi-Fi mesh system—and here's how they designed
>> it.
>>
>
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/going-hands-on-and-
>> behind-the-scenes-at-the-plume-wi-fi-hq/
>>
>
>
>
> Multi-hop matters: the state of wireless mesh networking
>> After many years of hype, multi-hop mesh networking has finally become an
>> …
>>
>
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/12/mesh-networks-come-of-age/
>>
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