I have a product called "warm board" as sub flooring. It is 7/8" thick plywood with aluminum sheeting bonded to one side. It has channels for my radiant heating system. It is also a very good RF shield.

My Calix 844E is usable throughout the whole house, but it has some weak areas. I am trying a router from IgniteNet that Harold sent me. I thought it was not as good, but after downloading an app that will give me wifi signals in dBm, it is showing 2-3 dB hotter than the Calix in the areas I have tested.

So far, I am sticking with one AP for the whole house.

-----Original Message----- From: Sterling Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:52 PM
To: 'af@afmug.com'
Subject: [AFMUG] In Home Wireless Extension

I have a customer with a "trendy" home that has concrete floors, three floors.

One AP isn't doing very well to reach the entire house.

They use Apple, so I'm thinking buying a bunch of refurbished Airport Extreme units and plugging them in on each floor via Ethernet.

I know it's not mesh, but I don't think Mesh is going to work at all through concrete.

I see this as the best option for them.

Any other opinions?


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