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0 pointsdmd5mo ago0 comments

My tp-link ax6000 does that just fine.

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Oh, how I wish. I have 3 Firewalla AP7s to get decent coverage through my house. Its lath and plaster walls may as well be lead lined. You could put a CT scanner in my living room and not notice a thing 2 rooms away.

kjellsbells5mo ago

Lath and plaster walls have a distressing tendency to be lined with chicken wire mesh which really damages your chances of any radio signal getting through.

Pictures for anyone wondering what it looks like:

https://www.civilengineermag.com/chicken-mesh-for-plaster/

Wired wifi mesh or Ethernet all over would be my prescription. You basically have Faraday cages in every room right now!

kstrauser5mo ago

I’ve strung CAT 6e from one end of the house to the other to link 2 of them. The 3rd’s in a place not amenable to cabling without way more effort than I’m up for, but it’s close enough to one of them that they mesh alright.

esseph5mo ago

Ethernet/fiber is far better in that scenario. You may even have better luck using existing coax and moca adapters than wifi in those scenarios.

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kstrauser5mo ago

kjellsbells5mo ago

Lath and plaster walls have a distressing tendency to be lined with chicken wire mesh which really damages your chances of any radio signal getting through.

Pictures for anyone wondering what it looks like:

https://www.civilengineermag.com/chicken-mesh-for-plaster/

Wired wifi mesh or Ethernet all over would be my prescription. You basically have Faraday cages in every room right now!

kstrauser5mo ago

esseph5mo ago

Ethernet/fiber is far better in that scenario. You may even have better luck using existing coax and moca adapters than wifi in those scenarios.

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