Lookup the MikroTik hAP mini, even without case, or the 2-port mAP. I don't think that you can get smaller without extreme engineering.
On Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 8:35 PM Robert, <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > get a tempest > > On 8/16/22 12:36 PM, Bill Prince wrote: > > > > We have this Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station. We've had it for at > > least 12 or 14 years. For quite some time, we had it in our utility > > room where it was out of the way. Because the utility room was kind of > > central to the main part of the house, we also had our WiFi AP located > > in that room, and they both ran off a small (Netgear) 5-port switch, > > which relayed to our router at the far end of the house. Never had a > > problem with it. > > > > We recently started refreshing the utility room. Nothing drastic, just > > fresh floor, paint, and trim. In the process we moved the WAP to a > > place we call "the alcove", which is still fairly centrally located, > > but has better clearance to the outside/deck area. So we moved the > > switch there and put our VoIP phones on the switch with the WAP. > > > > So the weather station is now on a dedicated ethernet connection back > > to the router. Suddenly the weather station "stalls out" after a bunch > > of "excessive collision/speed mismatch" errors. Sometimes it runs for > > 4 or 5 hours, sometimes it runs a day or two, but always gets to the > > stalling out phase after a bunch of ethernet errors. > > > > So I started looking into the ethernet interface on the weather > > station. Turns out, it's an obsolete data logger contraption that > > Davis no longer makes, and it runs 10Base-T half duplex. Erg. I got > > into the router and set the port that it's on to 10/half dux, and it > > actually seems to run longer this way, but still gets to the too many > > errors condition after a while. > > > > I think I've come to the conclusion that the funky little data logger > > goober on the weather station is just not very robust. I think if I > > put another switch or ethernet repeater co-located with the weather > > station, I can get it back to the state of mostly working (or at least > > with a stall rate that is measured in months/years instead of > > hours/days). > > > > So what I'm looking for is the smallest/tiniest ethernet switch (or > > maybe just a repeater) that can be installed on the wall next to the > > weather station console as possible. This may be difficult, as the > > Netgear fast switch we had there is only 4x4 inches. Just wondering if > > there was something even smaller? > > > > The other option is (maybe) a Raspberry Pi that has two ethernet ports > > on it? We run the weather station with a Raspberry Pi 3 that is > > located elsewhere on the LAN, but it only has 1 ethernet port. If > > there was one with two, I could just plop the pi next to the weather > > station. > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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