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    Finally Sick of UBNT. Need AP -Without- Corp. Network

    I've been using an Engenius EAP1300 in our workshop for the last year or so and it gives excellent coverage. It is powered from an unmanaged switch and it has been flawless covering 2500sq ft. A cheap switch and a couple of those would get the job done.
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    2x2 AC Access Point Roundup

    Those ARE expensive. I would be curious to know if they out perform the AC-Lite and other much less expensive AP's in a home environment.
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    2x2 AC Access Point Roundup

    That's what I'm doing at my house. I use an old Linksys E3000 as the router with all of the wireless turned off and an AC-Lite as the AP. The router was placed pretty close to the cable modem in an ok but less than ideal spot for wifi coverage but with the AP having POE I was able to place it...
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    who has the best quality now

    Over the last 10 years I've had good results and bad results from Linksys routers. In my personal experience I've had the best reliability from the WRT320N/E2000 and I think it is the best Linksys wireless router model that I have used. I use them flashed with DD-WRT as client bridges, AP's...
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    who has the best quality now

    About three months ago I was in a jam and had to buy a new router to replace one that quit working so I picked up a Netgear WNR2000V5 at the local Wal Mart for $44. It replaced a Linksys E3000 which lost its 2.4Ghz wireless(I've had that happen on two or three of those). I'm amazed at how well...
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    It Takes A Neighborhood To Fix Bad Wireless

    About a year or so ago a local phone company/ISP installed fiber internet connections to a large number of homes in my neighborhood. These replaced DSL connections and when they did the upgrade they also included a new wireless router for each connection. This service was expensive and...
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    advice on "mini" wireless n usb adapters

    I have one of those Asus mini adapters like you're talking about in an old PC at our shop. The machine which is used for data acquisition on my flow bench and a spring tester and needs to be able to print via a networked printer. It's about 30ft away from the AP and it works ok with a...
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    Yes, Routers do die

    I've had a couple "die" on me but mostly I've had them become flaky too. For instance, I had a Linksys WRT610N wireless router that I bought off of E-Bay as a refurb that worked perfectly and then suddenly the 2.4ghz wireless AP section just quit working. Everything else works fine, 5.8Ghz...
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    wirelsss bridge/adapter for a non wifi device

    I personally have had very good results using DD-WRT to create wireless client bridges using an old router bought very inexpensively via E-Bay it's easy if you follow the instructions exactly when flashing. Linksys WRT320N works great in this application. I've used other models but all of the...
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    WRT320N throughput problem, please help!

    Have you experimented with the orientation of the router? If you have it lying flat on a desk or something try turning it into a vertical position as it would be if wall mounted. I have several WRT320N's running and all of them give very good wireless coverage but all are wall mounted. It's...
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    Problem with wireless link

    Could be an interference problem. Just try separating them by a few feet and see if it makes any difference.
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    100 yards of wifi

    100 yards using wifi wouldn't be too tough to do if you have at least one large dish antenna but the problem is in the trees. They absorb wifi signals like crazy especially when they are wet from rain or thick with growth in the summer. I see this at my house which has a lot of trees around it...
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    Point - to - Point link project Rural Internet

    Here's a thread on this forum from a while ago and in it I had a post where I put some pictures showing a link that get's used every day (using right this second). It's at my folks' place where our business is also located and a single internet connection is shared between our shop and their...
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    Wifi Interference Susceptibility End Channels the Best?

    Today I was helping a friend set up a simple network at his apartment using an old Netgear WGR614 router feeding one wired computer and also acting as a wireless AP. I did a site survey and chose to use channel 1 because it seemed to be the least occupied. Everything works great and the...
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    wireless repeater throughput ? w/ diagram

    I have several older routers that I have re purposed to do exactly this using DD-WRT firmware. Since you're not repeating performance will not be sacrificed. DD-WRT also allows you to use a repeater-bridge with the expected loss of wireless performance but with the ability to also accept...
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