On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-0000), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-0000), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> > >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. > >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting > >> its time between pretending to be an AP for a client device, and > >> pretending to be a client device to the upstream AP. > > > > Then I'm not sure why you wrote "Good deal". I'd be wanting the > > wireless connectivity described above as not needed, though obviously > > on a separate band/channel. Were you implying that that would kill > > throughput for everything too? > > If he's using the buffalo device to "repeat" the wifi signal (which he > isn't), then yes the throughput would tank.
OK, I'll just assume you don't know. Anybody else actually doing this (separate band (like 2/5 GHz) or channel (like channel 1/6/11) for the backhaul (inter-router) link)? Cheers, David.