Re: old houses and wifi
By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri Oct 13 2023 21:23:59
Remember in 2005 with 802.11b wifi, devices would sometimes disconnect and the w
ireless AP would need a power cycle. I hated linksys and those commercial Cisco
access points with the IOS firmware. Now it seems wifi has improved, some of the
TP link units are impressive, however something else has happened. Now everyone
s TV for the moment is playing netflix and other streaming video services over w
ifi. Some wireless AP units have a wireless monitor which allows you to glance a
t the network congestion on all the various radio channels. Im sure there might
be a phone app, but the most comprehensive will be a program that is rather clos
e to the physical hardware. I'd assume its netflix, especially if it works great
until the evening when people get home. What i have done to mitigate wifi probl
ems is to use ethernet when possible. You can also take apart a Powerline AV500
and solder the wires coming from the little isolation coil to a simple rj11 phon
e cable... i used the outer pins (black yellow), or line 2. Then do it to anothe
r Powerline AV500. Put one downstairs and one upstairs, or wherever an AP is nee
ded. Use the existing phone jacks in your house. Ive done this with success. Don
t use the device as designed, it suck, especially if both circuits used, are on
different legs of the power meter. A direct connection works so well with phone
wires. Alternately, MoCAnet adapters work really well. You can also use VDSL ada
pter pairs with 1 pair of phone wires. These solutions work best with apartment
dwellings. If you can put holes in things, i'd use ethernet. Buy some TPlink Acc
ess Points if your existing AP's are giving you grief. Sometimes its the AP that
is the problem or its shitty switching power supply in its wall wort.
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