Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:59:54 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know > > nothing about their suitability for this application however. > > Powerline Ethernet (usually called Hom

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/19 3:59 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 10/01/19 17:29, Ed Greshko wrote: So, what did you "hope for"? Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know nothing about their suitability for this application however.

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 10/01/19 17:29, Ed Greshko wrote: > > So, what did you "hope for"? > Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know > nothing about their suitability for this application however. Powerline Ethernet (usually called Home

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/1/19 2:41 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 10/01/19 17:29, Ed Greshko wrote: So, what did you "hope for"? Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know nothing about their suitability for this application however. They are very suitable for this case, I use one at home even

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 12:09, Bob Goodwin wrote: > . > Does anyone have experience with the so called "mesh wifi" systems. My > daughter suggested that I need one after reading a review. All I can > find is a lot of hype devoid of the things I would like to know, mainly > how are the units interco

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/01/19 17:29, Ed Greshko wrote: So, what did you "hope for"? Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know nothing about their suitability for this application however. -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA ___ users mailing

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/2/19 3:52 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 10/01/19 13:39, SternData wrote: I'm using a Netgear Orbi system. There's a base unit that is also an access point, then satellite units. The satellites have a "private" 5GHz channel for talking to the base. . I think that is the one she read about in

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2019-10-01 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 10/01/2019 03:52 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 10/01/19 13:39, SternData wrote: I'm using a Netgear Orbi system. There's a base unit that is also an access point, then satellite units. The satellites have a "private" 5GHz channel for talking to the base. . I think that is the one she read abo

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/01/19 13:39, SternData wrote: I'm using a Netgear Orbi system. There's a base unit that is also an access point, then satellite units. The satellites have a "private" 5GHz channel for talking to the base. . I think that is the one she read about in Consumer Reports. All I saw with some g

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/01/19 13:39, SternData wrote: I'm using a Netgear Orbi system. There's a base unit that is also an access point, then satellite units. The satellites have a "private" 5GHz channel for talking to the base. . I think that is the one she read about in Consumer Reports. All I saw with some g

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2019-10-01 Thread SternData
On 10/1/19 10:08 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > . > Does anyone have experience with the so called "mesh wifi" systems. My > daughter suggested that I need one after reading a review. All I can > find is a lot of hype devoid of the things I would like to know, mainly > how are the units interconnected? I

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/01/19 11:35, Clifford Snow wrote: Bob, I recently installed a mesh system in my house. While the house is relatively small, it did have some dead spots with my old system. My old system was a router with a repeater. The new system has a router with two mesh devices. Coverage is complete

Re: Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Clifford Snow
Bob, I recently installed a mesh system in my house. While the house is relatively small, it did have some dead spots with my old system. My old system was a router with a repeater. The new system has a router with two mesh devices. Coverage is complete but the reason I upgraded was to avoid having

Wifi systens -

2019-10-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
. Does anyone have experience with the so called "mesh wifi" systems. My daughter suggested that I need one after reading a review. All I can find is a lot of hype devoid of the things I would like to know, mainly how are the units interconnected? It occurs to me that they might use Ethernet v