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  1. 80211WiGuy

    SOHO Router with WiFi Rate configuration

    Thank you thank you thank you! The MikroTik APs seem to have the feature set I'm looking for precisely. Someone else mentioned Mikrotik last week, but it was just a maybe. Thank you for the effort you put into your response and providing the screenshots. There's a Mikrotik event coming up in...
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    SOHO Router with WiFi Rate configuration

    Hi Guys, I'm trying to find a SOHO router which offers the option to configure the WiFi Data rates much like a lot of enterprise APs do. Not just enabling/disabling support for 802.11a/b/n etc. but actual rate selection. It's for a very niche case where we might need about 100 of these with...
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    Mesh/Repeater/Extender - whats the difference?

    Yeah, I was told that the 4830 is being made for a major SP in EU and it wont be available for some time. We use the 4920 which is 3x3:3. I came across an older article regarding their partnership with broadcom for a managed mesh wifi play...
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    Mesh/Repeater/Extender - whats the difference?

    The current vendor we use for home mesh WiFi is AirTies - I think they use the bcm43217tkmlg AT&T just picked them up too, but I think they just use the "extender" function on them. https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1192919
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    Mesh/Repeater/Extender - whats the difference?

    Thanks Tim! Those were some pretty in-depth articles on what I agree is a poorly defined area of WiFi! So we've got Repeaters and Extenders that either use WDS or some kind of Client-style way of connecting, and the bridges which typically use the client style connection method. Then the...
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    Mesh/Repeater/Extender - whats the difference?

    Hey Guys, I feel like I really should know the difference between these three but I'm struggling to define them. Could someone help me out? Mesh - Most intelligent form. Depending on the product, does some L2 routing and can figure out the most efficient path for packets between multiple...
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    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    Thanks for this, I didn't realize they were actually taking advantage of having more Tx/Rx antennas beyond having more radio chains / spatial multiplexing.
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    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    I completely agree, 40MHz channels are good in most distributed deployments.
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    Goodbye To Wi-Fi Router Classes

    Love the new method.... Classes were ok at first but, much like you, I completely disagree with "adding" them together to get a "MEGA Class"
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    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    Thanks Thiggins, Have you written up the system capacity test process? I read the capacity section for the WiFi System Roundup, I'll read through it again more carefully. Also, I'm curious if you've heard of AirTies?
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    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    Doh, I feel like a bit of a dummy now :( Re: Aggregate throughput - I meant having 2 separate STAs on different bands running throughput tests to see how they aggregate onto the wire. Re: Benchmarks - my mistake, I forgot these were with 2x2 STAs. In my defence, I've never seen much...
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    Insight from Google Fiber - WiFi Performance

    I'm curious about this one, I wasn't aware that SOHO WiFi vendors were actually implementing MRC. I'm probably a little dated on this though.
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    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    The problem is in what I call "marketing math". Advertised WiFi speeds are nowhere near what actually translates to the wire. Look at all of the high end WiFi router maximum 5GHz Downlink and Uplink speeds, they all top out at ~600Mbps. Disregard the Peak tests, some actually do push the max...
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    Which app is best for measuring the wifi signal?

    Signal strength doesn't always indicate signal quality - an app like SweetSpots is great for this as it actually tells you the performance which is what we all really want to know. Something to note though is that sweetspots works by sending packets so it can only tell you the upstream speed...
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    Open Mesh A40 & A60 Access Points Reviewed

    Thanks for this. I had a read through but they didn't seem to provide much in the way of raw data. I found another with lots of data and claiming neutrality but I suspect they may have compared a higher grade of AP to lower grades from other vendors to work in their favour...
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