Thank you Lee, as always….your so much help..
John > On Mar 30, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 30, 2017, at 7:12 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Those in the know, what is the opinion of the new Linksys Mesh Wi-Fi’s? > > I don’t know about the Linksys version, but I helped install an Eero > <https://eero.com/> mesh several weeks ago in a big house and it worked > really well. > >> Good, bad, indifferent? > > If you have a big house or one with impenetrable walls, a mesh or extender > would no doubt help get strong WiFi to the secret nooks and crannies. For > most people, with reasonably-sized homes, a centrally placed single unit is > probably just as good. > > In my house, which is of normal size, I have a single router in a closet near > the center of the house and there are no signal problems anywhere. If I had > to put the router in a corner of the basement instead, I’d probably be > thinking about an extender or a mesh system. > > It’s a current fad. During the last couple of years all the consumer-grade > router companies have come out with these mesh systems. > >> Is the technology real or tech talk? > > Yes it’s real. This is how the pros have been covering big venues for many > years. It’s well-tested technology that’s just now trickling down to the > consumer level. > >> SAFE? > > It’s probably no less safe than any other router. All the traffic on the mesh > is encrypted. > > L^2 > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his > ability. — Oscar Wilde > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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