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 [email protected] 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
