Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:43 AM Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 04:43:38AM -0400, Michael Grant wrote: >[...] > > To be clear, the wifi is the part that is at your property. There are > > some providers termed WISPs (wireless internet service providers) that > > use wifi (not

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-29 Thread Curt
On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 03:13:26PM -, Curt wrote: > >> On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: >> > but I'd rather not. Since the wifi signal will permeate the whole house, it >> > seemed more reasonable to plant a device in each room which could pick up >>

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread eben
On 5/28/24 14:04, Paul M Foster wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 03:13:26PM -, Curt wrote: On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: but I'd rather not. Since the wifi signal will permeate the whole house, it seemed more reasonable to plant a device in each room which could pick up the wifi, and

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 03:13:26PM -, Curt wrote: > On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: > > but I'd rather not. Since the wifi signal will permeate the whole house, it > > seemed more reasonable to plant a device in each room which could pick up > > the wifi, and provide wired internet to

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You're spending the money on a house, which is $LARGESUM. Spend > > the comparatively small amount of extra money on some form of > > wiring before you move in, so you don't end up frustrated for > > two

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread eben
On 5/28/24 11:13, Curt wrote: On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: but I'd rather not. Since the wifi signal will permeate the whole house, it seemed more reasonable to plant a device in each room which could pick up the wifi, and provide wired internet to that room. I don't see why that

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Curt
On 2024-05-28, Paul M Foster wrote: > but I'd rather not. Since the wifi signal will permeate the whole house, it > seemed more reasonable to plant a device in each room which could pick up > the wifi, and provide wired internet to that room. > I don't see why that would be more reliable than

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: > > We're moving across the state, and from what I've seen, providers there > > will do something similar-- provide a router and/or modem which has wired > > and wireless capabilities. However, because the house

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M Foster wrote: > We're moving across the state, and from what I've seen, providers there > will do something similar-- provide a router and/or modem which has wired > and wireless capabilities. However, because the house is not prewired for > internet, we must solve the problem of getting

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 04:43:38AM -0400, Michael Grant wrote: > When you say your provider wants to provide you a "wireless router", > are you implying that you do not have any physically wired > high-speed internet to this property. As in, the old copper either isn't > good enough for decent

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Michael Grant
When you say your provider wants to provide you a "wireless router", are you implying that you do not have any physically wired high-speed internet to this property. As in, the old copper either isn't good enough for decent internet and no fibre yet, no cable modem either? I read your original

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-28 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:18 AM Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:43:14PM +1000, George at Clug wrote: > [...] > > If you had the money, I would get a cable installer to do a proper job of > > running cables. I used to be an Electrician, hence I am familiar with > > running

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-27 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 12:43:14PM +1000, George at Clug wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 28-05-2024 at 12:05 Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 05:09:02PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > > > > > Folks: > > > > > > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired

Re: "Repeaters", etc. - FRITZ!Box 7490

2024-05-27 Thread George at Clug
On Tuesday, 28-05-2024 at 12:05 Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 05:09:02PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired > > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local > >