I've never been a fan of wireless mesh anything. Too many "invisible" parts. I
would lean toward Sterlings original idea; a separate WAP on each floor;
interconnected via ethernet. You might test it with powerline adapters. If
those work; continue. Maybe keep them permanently.
On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 12:01 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I should mention, I have a three level house too. Routers are on the middle
floor. About as central to the whole house as possible.
I wonder if concrete has more attenuation than my subfloor?
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McCown
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 12:55 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] In Home Wireless Extension
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?
