Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A little, after lunch
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 18/08/2026 23:00, Rich wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 18/08/2026 14:36, Rich wrote:
>>> c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>     Best, shitty, fix is to have multiple repeaters in house and then
>>>>     pick the BEST one to connect to in any given part of the structure.
>>>
>>> Yes, that is the best way, but also the more complicated way, so most
>>> non-techie folks won't end up going that route.
>>>
>> The best way is to wire the house with CAT 5
> 
> Indeed, yes.  That avoids all issues with WiFi, at least for those
> devices that can be connected to a CAT5 wire.
> 
Even if they cant, my decision to put CAT 5 everywhere - originally for 
phone but now for Ethernet, means that I can drop a WAP in anywhere in 
the house that needs it


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