[FRIAM] wifi repeaters?!

[Frank Wimberly]

We have such an extender in our guest house and it works seamlessly.

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Frank C. Wimberly
505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 6:29 PM Russell Standish <lists at 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
>
>
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