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Depends whether Ethernet over mains works for you and remember that
smatter=
ing these around *DOESN'T* give you a proper managed wireless network
where=
devices connect to the best / closest / fastest access point ...=20
Had a customer in Jersey who was having huge issues with WiFi in his
bloody=
big house over there near the airport (he has his own jet and the 'weekend=
toys' in his garage were stunning!) and he'd had a 'tech company' go in to=
sort out his network 'so that can't be the problem - it has to be your kit=
' ... They'd blatted a smattering of these around his house, all with the
s=
ame SSID and password, but what they hadn't understood was that in this
con=
figuration devices simply connected to whichever AP responded first (no
mat=
ter where it was in the house in relation to him or how slowly it would
act=
ually transfer data) and would stay connected to it (no matter how crap
the=
signal) until it simply couldn't stay connected any longer and only then w=
ould it try to reconnect to another (again, whichever responded first, not
=
the most local or 'best').
To do it 'right' you need to use a managed wireless network that does
prope=
r zero handoff as you move around it - which is where the Ubiquiti stuff
co=
mes in.=20
That kit is now my 'go to' stuff for anything where I just do not want to
b=
e f*cking around (or have people calling me in six months time saying
they'=
ve got problems) - turn off the WiFi on your router and use as many of the
=
Unifi AP's as necessary to properly cover the property. I run one of their
=
EdgeRouter Lite routers and three of their Unifi AP's. The EdgeRouter Lite
=
handles my network with the crappy HH3 that BT supplied for our internet
be=
ing used as nothing but a gateway to the internet.
The question is, do you want to do it 'right' or do it cheap?
Cheap might work well enough for you not to notice it's not working right
b=
ut getting it working 'right' isn't going to be using stuff from Maplin or
=
PC World and isn't going to involve just plugging in a few hi-tech air
fres=
heners... :-)
Phil
Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...
> On 22 May 2016, at 10:28, Mark McCall lists@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] =
<ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Put this into my parents house for a similar fix and was impressed...
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> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/review-devolo-dlan-1200-creates-fa=
st-wifi-hotspot-ethernet-where-you-need-it.html
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> M.
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>> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 9:50 AM, jon veal jon.veal@xxxxxxx
[ukha_d] <u=
kha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> I am currently using BT Home Hub 3 to provide WiFi for the entire
house.=
It is tucked away in the corner of my office and certain areas of the hous=
e have very poor Wifi coverage. Moving the router would be difficult due
to=
the amount of ethernet ports in use. Currently looking at replacing the ro=
uter or adding a separate WiFi access point. Would a more modern router
imp=
rove Wifi coverage? (not worried about increased bandwidth) or should I
loo=
k at an access point such as the UBIQUITI range?
>> I appreciate that this is entirely unscientific but would be
interested =
in experiences of others who have move away from / augmented the WiFi
exper=
ience on the BT Home Hub.=20
>> Thanks.
>>=20
>> Jon
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<div>Depends whether Ethernet over mains works for you and remember
that smattering these around *DOESN'T* give you a proper managed wireless
network where devices connect to the best / closest / fastest access point
... </div><div
id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div
id="AppleMailSignature">Had a customer in Jersey who was
having huge issues with WiFi in his bloody big house over there near the
airport (he has his own jet and the 'weekend toys' in his garage were
stunning!) and he'd had a 'tech company' go in to sort out his network 'so
that can't be the problem - it has to be your kit' ... They'd blatted a
smattering of these around his house, all with the same SSID and password,
but what they hadn't understood was that in this configuration devices
simply connected to whichever AP responded first (no matter where it was in
the house in relation to him or how slowly it would actually transfer data)
and would stay connected to it (no matter
how crap the signal) until it simpl
y couldn't stay connected any longer and only then would it try to
reconnect to another (again, whichever responded first, not the most local
or 'best').</div><div
id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div
id="AppleMailSignature">To do it 'right' you need to use a
managed wireless network that does proper zero handoff as you move around
it - which is where the Ubiquiti stuff comes
in. </div><div
id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div
id="AppleMailSignature">That kit is now my 'go to' stuff for
anything where I just do not want to be f*cking around (or have people
calling me in six months time saying they've got problems) - turn off the
WiFi on your router and use as many of the Unifi AP's as necessary to
properly cover the property. I run one of their EdgeRouter Lite routers and
three of their Unifi AP's. The EdgeRouter Lite handles my network with the
crappy HH3 that BT supplied for our internet being
used as nothing but a gateway to the internet.</div><div
id="AppleMailSignature
"><br></div><div
id="AppleMailSignature">The question is, do you want to do it
'right' or do it cheap?</div><div
id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div
id="AppleMailSignature">Cheap might work well enough for you
not to notice it's not working right but getting it working 'right' isn't
going to be using stuff from Maplin or PC World and isn't going to involve
just plugging in a few hi-tech air fresheners...
:-)<br><br>Phil<div><br></div><div>Sent
from another bloody fruit-based portable
device...</div></div><div><br>On 22 May 2016, at
10:28, Mark McCall <a href="mailto:lists@xxxxxxx";>lists@xxxxxxx</a>
[ukha_d] <<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";>ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Put this into my parents house for a similar
fix and was impressed...<div><br></div><div><a
href="http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/review-devolo-dlan-1200-creates-fast-wifi-hotspot-ethernet-where-you-need-it.html";>http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/review-devolo-dlan-1200-creates-fast-wifi-hotspot-ethernet-where-you-need-it.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>M.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div
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class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May
22, 2016 at 9:50 AM, jon veal <a href="mailto:jon.veal@xxxxxxx";>jon.veal@xxxxxxx</a>
[ukha_d] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target="_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>></span>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="monospace,
monospace">I am currently using BT Home Hub 3 to provide WiFi for
the entire house. It is tucked away in the corner of my office and certain
areas of the house have very poor Wifi coverage. Moving the router would be
difficult due to the amount of ethernet ports in use. Currently looking at
replacing the router or adding a separate WiFi access point. Would a more
modern router improve Wifi coverage? (not worried about increased
bandwidth) or should I look at an access point such as
the <span style="font-size:12px"><font
color="#000000">UBIQUITI
range?</font></span></font><div><font
face="monospace, monospace"><span
style="font-size:12px"><font color="#000000">I
appreciate that this is entirely unscientific but would be interested in
experiences of others who have move away from / augmented the WiFi
experience on the BT Home Hub.
</font></span></font></div><div><font
face="monospace, monospace"><span
style="font-size:12px"><font color="#
000000">Thanks.</font></span></font></div><div><font
face="monospace, monospace"><span
style="font-size:12px"><font
color="#000000"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font
face="monospace, monospace"><span
style="font-size:12px"><font
color="#000000">Jon</font></span></font></div></div>
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