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Thats just wifi dude... how it works. Very bad, prefer cable. Some new gizmo wont magically improve physics. Try homeplug if you cant pull cable. I see you got

Thats just wifi dude... how it works. Very bad, prefer cable. Some new gizmo wont magically improve physics. Try homeplug if you cant pull cable. I see you got recommended Ubiquity. That is good. Better than consumer grade shit. *Downvoted for telling the truth about how shit WiFi is, classic HN. You are mostly programmers lol. "WiFi works lule" For some Netflix sure.

alfiedotwtf 3y ago
Yeah, I've tried tp-link, d-link, netgear (consumer), and they're all really bad. Each time I think I've found the silver bullet, but I keep hearing how good Ubiquity is. I know they're not defying physics, but I'm sure that as they aimed at commercial then I'll hopefully be getting something way better than what I'm getting now. I think this plus laying cable should last me another 10-20 years
- vladvasiliu 3y ago
  In my neck of the woods (France), Ubiquity is fairly expensive. I've had good results with a cheapish (~100 €) netgear "business" access point, the wax214. It supports poe, wifi ax (but only on 5 GHz), wpa 3 and can broadcast 4 separate networks, each on its own vlan (but it doesn't do any routing). It's been great for random iot junk that I don't want on my main network. Routing is handled by an old HP elitedesk I've saved from the bin at work.
  - rejectfinite 3y ago
    Yes Netgear prosafe gear is great too, even unmanaged. Anything made for business is going to be more solid than comsumer stuff.
JdeBP 3y ago
"You are mostly programmers" is not quite the insult that you think it to be. This programmer's task for the weekend is to buy a couple of cheap second-hand Ethernet switches, by the way, as part of an on-going effort to switch to networking infrastructure that doesn't compete with at least 13 of my neighbours. (-:
- rejectfinite 3y ago
  Good you follow my advice! Sooner better than later! Hopefully you won't annoy people with shit wifi anymore.
jameshart 3y ago
> "WiFi works lule" For some Netflix sure. … which is about the most bandwidth intensive application most households ever use.
- rejectfinite 3y ago
  Latency. Latency. Video calls, gaming etc. Ethernet is best.
progman32 3y ago
My homeplug setup (yes, same phase) was even less reliable than WiFi for me in my small townhome. Ymmv. Got Ethernet everywhere now.

alfiedotwtf 3y ago

Yeah, I've tried tp-link, d-link, netgear (consumer), and they're all really bad. Each time I think I've found the silver bullet, but I keep hearing how good Ubiquity is. I know they're not defying physics, but I'm sure that as they aimed at commercial then I'll hopefully be getting something way better than what I'm getting now. I think this plus laying cable should last me another 10-20 years

vladvasiliu 3y ago
In my neck of the woods (France), Ubiquity is fairly expensive. I've had good results with a cheapish (~100 €) netgear "business" access point, the wax214. It supports poe, wifi ax (but only on 5 GHz), wpa 3 and can broadcast 4 separate networks, each on its own vlan (but it doesn't do any routing). It's been great for random iot junk that I don't want on my main network. Routing is handled by an old HP elitedesk I've saved from the bin at work.
- rejectfinite 3y ago
  Yes Netgear prosafe gear is great too, even unmanaged. Anything made for business is going to be more solid than comsumer stuff.

JdeBP 3y ago

"You are mostly programmers" is not quite the insult that you think it to be. This programmer's task for the weekend is to buy a couple of cheap second-hand Ethernet switches, by the way, as part of an on-going effort to switch to networking infrastructure that doesn't compete with at least 13 of my neighbours. (-:

rejectfinite 3y ago
Good you follow my advice! Sooner better than later! Hopefully you won't annoy people with shit wifi anymore.

jameshart 3y ago

> "WiFi works lule" For some Netflix sure. … which is about the most bandwidth intensive application most households ever use.

rejectfinite 3y ago
Latency. Latency. Video calls, gaming etc. Ethernet is best.

progman32 3y ago

My homeplug setup (yes, same phase) was even less reliable than WiFi for me in my small townhome. Ymmv. Got Ethernet everywhere now.