Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[Ianonabike]

If it's blinking orange

Could also be read as a very mild, old-fashioned swear.

 

[laurentian]

Fark me those eero mesh systems are expensive. The seem to be about £300 for a three node system, compared to about £70 for a TP Link deco.

I'm going to try the latter and see whether 2 node hops via wireless actually gives any useful speed.

I need to be able to stream the world cup next year to a projector down by the swimming pool, you see. 🧐

I got the first eero router as part of the switch to full fibre and the additional one was £60 (ish) . . .

 

[First Aspect]

Done some more digging and the meshes with the WiFi 6 standard are all a bit more expensive. The WiFi 5 ones seem to be limited in practice to 100mbps if they all use WiFi, unless you use a wired connection to the router (rather defeating the object).

I'll still probably try a WiFi 6 mesh, as I suspect they will be able to operate via wireline as well (which should be better than via WiFi), and I can do that for the first of my at least two hops.

Worst case is all of the fixed devices (TVs, work laptop) will go in the main network and everything else (phones mainly) can use the mesh.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Done some more digging and the meshes with the WiFi 6 standard are all a bit more expensive. The WiFi 5 ones seem to be limited in practice to 100mbps if they all use WiFi, unless you use a wired connection to the router (rather defeating the object).

I'll still probably try a WiFi 6 mesh, as I suspect they will be able to operate via wireline as well (which should be better than via WiFi), and I can do that for the first of my at least two hops.

Worst case is all of the fixed devices (TVs, work laptop) will go in the main network and everything else (phones mainly) can use the mesh.

Wiring them in doesn't defeat the point as that gives you perfect wifi everywhere. As I said before, a lot of people do this by running cables to the loft and then having access points in the ceiling.

 

[First Aspect]

Wiring them in doesn't defeat the point as that gives you perfect wifi everywhere. As I said before, a lot of people do this by running cables to the loft and then having access points in the ceiling.

Ours are just super thick stone walls. There's nowhere to run a wire really.

Wireline works pretty well, in my experience, as a substitute. Our issue is there are several separate circuits with different earths. I've got 5 or 6 fuse boxes, three of which are in the house itself. I think there are three separate earths - two in the house and one outside. Wireline only works in the one the router is connected to, where I don't have issues anyway.

 

[CXRAndy]

Done some more digging and the meshes with the WiFi 6 standard are all a bit more expensive. The WiFi 5 ones seem to be limited in practice to 100mbps if they all use WiFi, unless you use a wired connection to the router (rather defeating the object).

I'll still probably try a WiFi 6 mesh, as I suspect they will be able to operate via wireline as well (which should be better than via WiFi), and I can do that for the first of my at least two hops.

Worst case is all of the fixed devices (TVs, work laptop) will go in the main network and everything else (phones mainly) can use the mesh.

I opted for WiFi 6 AP and a 2.5gbit ports switch, to reduce bottleneck throttling. Its not the 6ghz frequency but that was jumping way up in price

 

[PurplePenguin]

Ours are just super thick stone walls. There's nowhere to run a wire really.

Wireline works pretty well, in my experience, as a substitute. Our issue is there are several separate circuits with different earths. I've got 5 or 6 fuse boxes, three of which are in the house itself. I think there are three separate earths - two in the house and one outside. Wireline only works in the one the router is connected to, where I don't have issues anyway.

I tried some of those for a bit, but they would often need to be restarted, and as you say, they only work well on the same circuit. You may have better luck.

 

[First Aspect]

I tried some of those for a bit, but they would often need to be restarted, and as you say, they only work well on the same circuit. You may have better luck.

They can do that yes. But it varies hugely. Inhabe one in my office that hasn't been reset for about a year. Same one used in the garden wiring of my old place had to be reset pretty much every time I used it.

 

[Psamathe]

I need to be able to stream the world cup next year to a projector down by the swimming pool, you see. 🧐

Which swimming pool? Indoor one, outdoor heated one or unheated one further from the castle?

 

[First Aspect]

Which swimming pool? Indoor one, outdoor heated one or unheated one further from the castle?

Good question. Not being one for cold water, and since I like being outside, I would have to own an outdoor heated one next to the outdoor cinema setup.

 

[Psamathe]

Good question. Not being one for cold water, and since I like being outside, I would have to own an outdoor heated one next to the outdoor cinema setup.

But which or your outdoor cinema setups? The iMax one or the 3D surround one or the now aging basic widescreen one?

 

[First Aspect]

But which or your outdoor cinema setups? The iMax one or the 3D surround one or the now aging basic widescreen one?

IMax. 3D is a gimic.

 

[First Aspect]

I might be able to tolerate a hot tub, as well. It's just they are a bit common.

 

[Psamathe]

I might be able to tolerate a hot tub, as well. It's just they are a bit common.

And apparently very unhygienic.