You power them by plugging them in. They are small pods that just sit around the property. You can mesh as many as you want together they come in boxes of 1 3 and 6 I believe.
> On Jun 11, 2017, at 4:48 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Yeah that I understand but the actual quality of it once it’s up and working > is what I’m looking for. > > The mesh networking idea as you say has been around for a while but putting > it in the home will make life easy for full coverage. > > But I was wondering how you power the repeaters or units around the house, > Does each one need to be plugged in to a power socket? > > I’m kind of wondering if this might be a problem solver for my place and my > neighbours to allow us to share an internet connection therefore me make some > extra cash each month. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Sunday, 11 June 2017 12:02 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Blume Wifi > > Hi Simon, > > The way it seems to work is you connect via 1 or 2 gigabit ports to your > network. Either by placing the master unit in router mode and having it > handle the whole internet connection or in bridge mode where it provides the > access point function but you provide your own routing hardware. (This will > be my config). Once connected you start an app on your phone (iPhone in my > case but both platforms are supported) and you configure the first plume > device. Then you power up and add each new device to the mesh. You don’t > run physical wires to anything but the controller or master access point. > The rest use backhaul channels to build the mesh. Once you’ve added all the > access points you want, you get a box of 6 for $320 US, they connect to a > cloud application where the mesh starts to optimize itself. The meshes can > either direct connect back to the control access point and or hop from one to > another if that’s more optimal. The cloud software and access points will > steer the clients to the best frequency and access point based on it’s > location with in the mesh. IF 2.4 ghz suddenly becomes more speedy you’ll > drop to 2.4 and then be steered back up to 5 ghz if that returns to normal. > Also uses tactics to isolate you from your neighbors and so forth. Cool > stuff. Google is also working in this space as is Netgear and Niro. Plume > seems to rate the highest and perform the best in testing from the reviews > I’ve read though. > > Cool stuff. Mesh WiFi was usually the stuff of big enterprises, nice to have > it in the home now. > > On Jun 10, 2017, at 2:34 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com > <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > When You test drive these blume wifi devices I’m interested to know how they > go > > They sound bloody interesting > > I’m wondering though how you get them connected to your network. > > Cheers, > > > Simon f > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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