"CB" (jrcb)
08/30/2016 at 18:00 • Filed to: Gadgets
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"CB" (jrcb)
08/30/2016 at 18:00 • Filed to: Gadgets | 0
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Having a giant house with loads of metal and a router in one corner of the house with no external antennae means that wifi doesn’t make it to certain parts of the house, which kind of sucks since I don’t want to use data in my own home. Put in a wifi range extender, boom, wifi in pretty much all of the house, including the backyard. Not terribly expensive and pretty sweet.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:04 |
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They’re great until they start slowing down and not being great.
Leadbull
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:05 |
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Sweet, now I just need to get a giant house with loads of metal.
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CB
> Leadbull
08/30/2016 at 18:08 |
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Add giant house to complete the formula.
For Sweden
> Leadbull
08/30/2016 at 18:08 |
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And place the router in the absolute worst spot.
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CB
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:09 |
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Any particular reason why that would happen?
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:10 |
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Don’t know. It just sorta happened after a year with mine.
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Leadbull
> For Sweden
08/30/2016 at 18:12 |
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I’ll get a giant car with wifi hotspot capability, park it in the giant garage, hook it up to a battery tender, and leave it on 24/7.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:14 |
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I have one I am selling on Kijiji that I was given that we don’t need in our house if anybody in needs one! :P
Joking aside, they are pretty handy...from doing computer work for folks, I can recommend the Linksys/Cisco ones!
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CB
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:15 |
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Huh, weird. What brand?
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CB
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/30/2016 at 18:15 |
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I bought a TP-Link that was on sale on Amazon since I’ve had pretty good experience with the company.
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CB
> Leadbull
08/30/2016 at 18:16 |
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Hey, it’s only a two car. Not that giant.
Brian, The Life of
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:23 |
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You have to reboot them periodically
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:25 |
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Linksys.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Brian, The Life of
08/30/2016 at 18:26 |
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I’ve tried that.
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Brian, The Life of
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:28 |
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Did you try to re-pair it with the router?
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Brian, The Life of
08/30/2016 at 18:30 |
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Yes. Yes I did try that.
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Brian, The Life of
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:39 |
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... and I supposed you rebooted the router, too. Hmmm ... Last thing I’d try is to move the extender closer to the router - like, line of site or just the next room - do a speed test before and after to see how much difference there is.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Brian, The Life of
08/30/2016 at 18:41 |
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There is no outlet closer that would cover the house. Thanks though. I’ll figure it out eventually.
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Leadbull
> CB
08/30/2016 at 18:53 |
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It could be really tall and cavernous.
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Brian, The Life of
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 18:59 |
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No I just meant to move it closer to validate that the extender is choking and that it is not environmental
Svend
> CB
08/30/2016 at 19:11 |
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I got a couple of TP-Link internet extenders that use the house’s electrics, added couple more for my room’ TV and computers. Fantastic Internet speeds.
V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
> CB
08/30/2016 at 19:53 |
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Yep. Can confirm its very to have in a large-ish house. My games are still wired into the router though.
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/30/2016 at 22:05 |
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Most of the cheaper ones wear out over time. At first they need rebooting more then you realize that they aren’t getting as strong of a signal in the same spot. I’m not exactly sure what degrades inside them, but it is likely due to a lot of heat in a small space fatiguing components over time. Unlike a lot of electronics, they do t seem to just die but rather get slower. I've seen it happen to several of them. On the plus side, you can just replace them with another cheap one for less than $30.