Another thing I like with the controller software is that you define the wireless networks there. I decided that I needed an access point in our cafe to guarantee that we had good coverage there. So I strung the cable mounted it in the ceiling and then "adopted" it into our existing system. No need to do anything to the AP other than I named it and set it's fixed IP address.
It's nice to have one place to define the wireless network configuration that will be pushed to however many access points you have. And to manage firmware upgrades centrally. jacques On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 9:57:54 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Wifi repeaters...kind of suck. You've gotta figure you're taking a > relatively unreliable wireless connection, trying to catch it out of the > air, and then rebroadcast it. There's SO much that can go wrong unless you > have high end point-to-point gear. > > It's worth running even a single Ethernet cable to connect a switch in > your new space into your existing system, and then patch new > wireless access points into the switch. Even if you go on the higher end of > consumer, unmanaged switches (like Netgear, ~$100), you'll get MUCH better > performance than trying to repeat wifi. > > -Alex > > > > > > On Thursday, April 9, 2015, Jensen Yancey <jensen...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> So, we're in the process of expanding our location (in the same building, >> taking over our neighbor's space) and the wifi doesn't quite reach to the >> edges of the new space, what's the best way to get great coverage for the >> whole building? >> >> Jensen >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
