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We could re-do the supply chain for residential construction or Buy existing tech that can arrive tomorrow, google: “Wi-Fi mesh”. Pick from a half dozen option

We could re-do the supply chain for residential construction or Buy existing tech that can arrive tomorrow, google: “Wi-Fi mesh”. Pick from a half dozen options.

azinman2 3y ago
Which sucks. You’re constantly sharing bandwidth and operating noisey links between APs. Far better to just have multiple APs via Ethernet backhauls. Problem is people expect to put in a single WiFi-router-modem and be done. Radio doesn’t work that way.
lxgr 3y ago
How exactly are you meshing through non-permeable walls? And if it does work (e.g. due to access points having better antennas and maybe positioning), it wastes spectrum like nothing else, which exacerbates that problem in high-density apartment buildings.
hughesjj 3y ago
All I want is conduit for my Ethernet. When they're spraying up every cubic centimeter of the walls with insulation and fire proofing it gets super hard to maintain or run/re-run any cable
1letterunixname 3y ago
Google's own mesh WiFi products (under Google and Nest brands) are shit. It took 8 months for the support morons to discover there were too many APs, with one taking all of the others down without any user-visible feedback. While I use Ubiquiti non-mesh now that only gets 600 Mbps max even with WiFi 6e NICs, hardwired works and provides dedicated, point-to-point bandwidth.
- pixl97 3y ago
  >It took 8 months for the support morons to discover there were too many APs Yea, the Unifi is nice because it will show you that. In theory if you're in a moderately noisy environment you can setup the hub to scan once a day and move channels around to maximize what you have. But in your case, you need to do the opposite (which if you rent you probably can't) and block as much wifi from outside as possible. Everyone getting wifi units and cranking them up to 100% radio transmit isn't great.

We could re-do the supply chain for residential construction or Buy existing tech that can arrive tomorrow, google: “Wi-Fi mesh”. Pick from a half dozen options.

azinman2 3y ago

Which sucks. You’re constantly sharing bandwidth and operating noisey links between APs. Far better to just have multiple APs via Ethernet backhauls. Problem is people expect to put in a single WiFi-router-modem and be done. Radio doesn’t work that way.

lxgr 3y ago

How exactly are you meshing through non-permeable walls? And if it does work (e.g. due to access points having better antennas and maybe positioning), it wastes spectrum like nothing else, which exacerbates that problem in high-density apartment buildings.

hughesjj 3y ago

All I want is conduit for my Ethernet. When they're spraying up every cubic centimeter of the walls with insulation and fire proofing it gets super hard to maintain or run/re-run any cable

1letterunixname 3y ago

Google's own mesh WiFi products (under Google and Nest brands) are shit. It took 8 months for the support morons to discover there were too many APs, with one taking all of the others down without any user-visible feedback. While I use Ubiquiti non-mesh now that only gets 600 Mbps max even with WiFi 6e NICs, hardwired works and provides dedicated, point-to-point bandwidth.

pixl97 3y ago
>It took 8 months for the support morons to discover there were too many APs Yea, the Unifi is nice because it will show you that. In theory if you're in a moderately noisy environment you can setup the hub to scan once a day and move channels around to maximize what you have. But in your case, you need to do the opposite (which if you rent you probably can't) and block as much wifi from outside as possible. Everyone getting wifi units and cranking them up to 100% radio transmit isn't great.