Re: [OT] 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]>
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On 22/08/2026 05:10, Rich wrote: > The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 21/08/2026 02:57, c186282 wrote: >>> My easiest/cheapest solution was wifi extenders/repeaters. >>> Many make them, they DO work and aren't very hard to set up. >>> Increase your range, 'get around corners'. Not as fast >>> as Cat-6, but still very useful. If you have multiple >>> servers, bunch them together and, if needed, hardwire >>> THOSE together. >> >> Easiest cheapest is those sending data through your household mains. >> They are not reliable though >> >> Wifi is OK-ish Fairly reliable if short range,and a bit insecure. CAT5 >> goes further, CAT6 is marginal if you want top speeds - its only specced >> for a few metres. >> >> By all means wire with CAT6 but don't expect it to be any better than CAT5 >> >> >> Problems with wifi are : >> Performance degrades with many connections. >> Performance degrades with distance > > And, in a dense urban area, performance degrades with the number of > neighbors also running their own WiFi near yours. > Sorry. I forgot that. My nearest neighbours are outside air rifle range >> Its not as fast as gigabit >> Someone outside the house with a laptop can listen in to some extent, >> and if they get your password... >> >> I use wifi for devices that are simply too hard to hard wire or are >> portable. But te main network is CAT5 > > This is my method as well. All the fixed equipment is ethernet > connected. And, as well, /some/ of the portable equipment is also > ethernet connected when not being "ported around" (laptop, when it is > not being carried around is also connected to a CAT5 cable). The only > items that stay WiFi only are those that have no ethernet jacks (cell > phones). Well I have PI zero-Ws scattered in places that are never places I would have thought I needed a network back in the 2000s when I cabled this place. So I have three ZERO-Ws running WiFi, plus the IdiotPhone™ and the laptop. -- A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.