We have such an extender in our guest house and it works seamlessly. --- Frank C. Wimberly 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 6:29 PM Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:28:41PM -0500, Gary Schiltz wrote: > > Traditionally, the best solution is to put an access point in several > spots to > > provide coverage. Normally that requires ethernet cabling to be in place. > > Another solution is to use the electrical cabling in your house to carry > the > > packets to other rooms, where you connect other repeaters. That can > work, but > > not always. If you can't run cables, and there the ethernet over power > > solutions don't work, then mesh networks like has been discussed in this > thread > > are very good. They are more expensive, but prices have come down a lot > in the > > last year or so. > > > > There are also things called "wifi range extenders". These effectively > act as invisible extra access points that handle devices close by, and > fill out black spots. A lot of magic stuff such as handoff happens when a > mobile device changes location within the house. They'd implemented > around a mini linux computer. And quite inexpensive - around $30 in > local currency, somewhat less than a Raspberry Pi. > > We've got one here to help broadcast netflix to our TV, as the TV is a > little far from our main Wifi access point. > > Cheers > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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