Re: [Dorset] OT- Double mains sockets containing Wifi extenders

2024-06-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Victor, > 2. The Zen router comes with a default wifi password that is just > a string of twenty decimal digits. Worth about eleven alpha-numericals, just out of interest. Or half-a-dozen words from a small list: ‘correct horse battery...’. $ bc -l l(10^20) / l(26+26+10) 11.158275

Re: [Dorset] OT- Double mains sockets containing Wifi extenders

2024-06-04 Thread Victor Churchill
Can't comment on WiFi socket extenders, but a couple of observations on Mesh setups: 1. I installed a BT Mesh kit (3 nodes) for my Vodafone router and they worked well at making the Voda Wifi available round the house. We then changed to Zen Internet. Amusingly, the BT Mesh nodes are still set up

[Dorset] Next Online Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm

2024-06-04 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain an all-in-one bundle especially for Jitsi

Re: [Dorset] OT- Double mains sockets containing Wifi extenders

2024-06-04 Thread Hugh Frater
I would personally avoid... WiFi extenders are junk, you're much better off with a proper mesh network setup. On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 11:43, Peter Merchant wrote: > We are in the middle of a kitchen refit, and I am wondering if anyone has > any experience with this sort of socket. > > Or should I

[Dorset] OT- Double mains sockets containing Wifi extenders

2024-06-04 Thread Peter Merchant
We are in the middle of a kitchen refit, and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this sort of socket. Or should I stick with my Netgear Wn3000. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http