Anybody like me and live in a real old house with walls as hard as rocks?ããI have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line of sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch. I have a big metal door and like i said the walls are hard as a rock.ããI can barely get wifi to my front cameras. I even tried swapping out other routers and same deal. Also i have to use 2.5ghz for my dzees cameras.ããAnyone have this issue with wifi not getting through? should i spend 40 bucks on a repeater that plugs in the wall?ããhttps://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WiFi-Range-Extender-EX5000/dp/B083R46CV8/ããhttps://www.amazon.com/Wifi-Extender-Booster-Wireless-Repeater/dp/B08RHD97QYã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

On 13 Oct 2023, MRO said the following...ã ã MR> I have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line ofã MR> sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch.ããif your access point has removable antennas that are SMA you could maybe getãa directional antenna and point it at the front of the house. then you could probably get wifi in a car out on the street too..ããi feel like a repeater might add latency vs just running some ethernet and putting another AP closer..ãã--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)ã * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, miã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: MRO to All on Fri Oct 13 2023 12:18 amãã MR> Anybody like me and live in a real old house with walls as hard as rocks?ãã MR> I have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line ofã MR> sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch. Iã MR> have a big metal door and like i said the walls are hard as a rock.ãã MR> I can barely get wifi to my front cameras. I even tried swapping out otherã MR> routers and same deal. Also i have to use 2.5ghz for my dzees cameras.ãã MR> Anyone have this issue with wifi not getting through? should i spend 40ã MR> bucks on a repeater that plugs in the wall?ããA wifi repeater might help.ããI've used powerline ethernet adapters in the past. A couple of those and a wifi access point that plugs into ethernet would probably work too (aside from a wifi repeater). The last powerline ethernet adapters I was using were a pair of TP-Link AV2000, which I thought were fairly good:ããhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H74VKZUããThe thing about any networking devices that run over your power lines is that your power lines can make a big difference in their speed and how reliable they can work. I used a couple of powerline ethernet adapters at my house (my previous place I lived), and sometimes they'd randomly get disconnected. At my current place, I never saw any disconnections.ããI think a better option would be to run ethernet if possible.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: MRO to All on Fri Oct 13 2023 12:18 amãã > Anybody like me and live in a real old house with walls as hard as rocks?ã >ã > I have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line ofã > sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch. Iã > have a big metal door and like i said the walls are hard as a rock.ã >ã > I can barely get wifi to my front cameras. I even tried swapping out otherã > routers and same deal. Also i have to use 2.5ghz for my dzees cameras.ã >ã > Anyone have this issue with wifi not getting through? should i spend 40ã > bucks on a repeater that plugs in the wall?ã >ã > https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WiFi-Range-Extender-EX5000/dp/B083R46CV8/ã >ã > https://www.amazon.com/Wifi-Extender-Booster-Wireless-Repeater/dp/B08RHD97QYãI used power-line network adapters to create WiFi bridges and repeaters and the best solutions I've found are the mesh network systems:ãhttps://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/ãhttps://store.google.com/us/magazine/compare_routers?hl=en-US&pli=1ãhttps://www.amazon.com/eero-reliable-gigabit-connect-Coverage/dp/B091G68F8Cã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #15:ãDoyle Hargraves: What'cha doin' with that lawn mower blade Karl?ãNorco, CA WX: 70.1øF, 59.0% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

On Fri Oct 13 04:52:00 2023, fusion wrote to MRO <=-ãã > On 13 Oct 2023, MRO said the following...ã > ã > MR> I have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line ofã > MR> sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch.ã > ã > if your access point has removable antennas that are SMA you could maybe getã > a directional antenna and point it at the front of the house. then you could probably get wifi in a car out on the street too..ã That would work potentially.ããanother option would maybe see if you can get some of those powerline extenders. they use the mains wiring of the house to "extend" the cabling. you plug an ethernet cord in each side and then on the far end you could put an AP.ããnow the speeds won't be great, but short of running a cat6 line across it's not that big a deal. depending on the house of course.ããbut if you were going to go the cat6 route. PULL TWO at least, and then put a switch at the far end. that way you can have a load balance across the two switches which will help with bandwidth and you then have at least a backup just in case.ããOR you could just run a fiber lol especially if you have a switch with SFP ports or just use media converters. That will deifnately help with the bandwidth. even at 1 gigãã ã > i feel like a repeater might add latency vs just running some ethernet and putting another AP closer..ããfor a camera linke a ring or doorbell camera it's not that big a deal. I use one for the same reason and have no issues looking at all my outside cameras on the other side of the houseããCharlieãThe FBO BBS - bbs.thefbo.us:2323 - IPv4/6ãã... recipes: the license plates of BBSing.ã=== TitanMail/linux v1.2.3ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ My Brand-New BBSã

Re: Re: old houses and wifiã By: fusion to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2023 04:52 amãã >ã > if your access point has removable antennas that are SMA you could maybe getã > a directional antenna and point it at the front of the house. then you couldã > probably get wifi in a car out on the street too..ã >ã > i feel like a repeater might add latency vs just running some ethernet andã > putting another AP closer..ããyeah but i do have the ap pretty close. the freaking walls are just blocking everything. also the downstairs tv picks up the wifi fine and that's only a few feet from the porch. it also seems to vary with the weather.ããperhaps a neighbor is on the same channel. i tried moving things around but i didn't notice anything. this is an intermittant issue.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: Nightfox to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2023 09:08 amãã > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H74VKZUã >ã > The thing about any networking devices that run over your power lines isã > that your power lines can make a big difference in their speed and howã > reliable they can work. I used a couple of powerline ethernet adapters atã > my house (my previous place I lived), and sometimes they'd randomly getã > disconnected. At my current place, I never saw any disconnections.ã >ã > I think a better option would be to run ethernet if possible.ã >ããyeah i already ran ethernet downstairs for the 2nd access point.ãso it's either my thick ass walls or some other device interfering withãthe 2.5 band. there's a wifi access points near me so that might be it.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: Digital Man to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2023 10:56 amãã > I used power-line network adapters to create WiFi bridges and repeaters andã > the best solutions I've found are the mesh network systems:ã > https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/ããoh boy those are expensive.ããi'm going to have to do some experimenting. our houses are close together and maybe there's inteferance. it could be because my main router is broadcasting 2.5 as well. i need to disable that and see if that helps.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri Oct 13 2023 04:42 pmãã MR> yeah i already ran ethernet downstairs for the 2nd access point. so it'sã MR> either my thick ass walls or some other device interfering with the 2.5ã MR> band. there's a wifi access points near me so that might be it.ããOne thing that could help might be to change the wifi channel that your router is using. If there are many other wifi access points in your area, using a different channel can help deal with interference, especially if everyone else is using the default wifi channel. I've heard it recommended to use either channel 1, 6, or 11 since they don't overlap in frequencies.ããAlso, there are smartphone apps that will scan the wifi frequencies near you and show you which ones are being used.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: Nightfox to MRO on Fri Oct 13 2023 04:07 pmãã > One thing that could help might be to change the wifi channel that yourã > router is using. If there are many other wifi access points in your area,ã > using a different channel can help deal with interference, especially ifã > everyone else is using the default wifi channel. I've heard it recommendedã > to use either channel 1, 6, or 11 since they don't overlap in frequencies.ãi've been monkeying around with that. hasn't really helped much.ãi'll try some wifi scanner apps.ãjust tried one and the graph shows that my arlo hub's wifi is almost on top of my 2.5 wifi in channel and strength. I changed that and moved my channels to a less congested frequency. didn't really help my problem, though.ããã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: old houses and wifiã By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri Oct 13 2023 21:23:59ããRemember in 2005 with 802.11b wifi, devices would sometimes disconnect and the wireless AP would need a power cycle. I hated linksys and those commercial Cisco access points with the IOS firmware. Now it seems wifi has improved, some of the TP link units are impressive, however something else has happened. Now everyones TV for the moment is playing netflix and other streaming video services over wifi. Some wireless AP units have a wireless monitor which allows you to glance at the network congestion on all the various radio channels. Im sure there might be a phone app, but the most comprehensive will be a program that is rather close to the physical hardware. I'd assume its netflix, especially if it works great until the evening when people get home. What i have done to mitigate wifi problems is to use ethernet when possible. You can also take apart a Powerline AV500 and solder the wires coming from the little isolation coil to a simple rj11 phone cable... i used the outer pins (black yellow), or line 2. Then do it to another Powerline AV500. Put one downstairs and one upstairs, or wherever an AP is needed. Use the existing phone jacks in your house. Ive done this with success. Dont use the device as designed, it suck, especially if both circuits used, are on different legs of the power meter. A direct connection works so well with phone wires. Alternately, MoCAnet adapters work really well. You can also use VDSL adapter pairs with 1 pair of phone wires. These solutions work best with apartment dwellings. If you can put holes in things, i'd use ethernet. Buy some TPlink Access Points if your existing AP's are giving you grief. Sometimes its the AP that is the problem or its shitty switching power supply in its wall wort.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Amiga City - The BBS for the Amiga - more than 4,000+ filesã

Re: old houses and wifi
By: MRO to All on Fri Oct 13 2023 12:18 am

Anybody like me and live in a real old house with walls as hard as rocks?

I have a router that is in the back of the house. there's clear line of sight to the front of the house, not that many feet to the front porch. I have a big metal door and like i said the walls are hard as a rock.

I can barely get wifi to my front cameras. I even tried swapping out other routers and same deal. Also i have to use 2.5ghz for my dzees cameras.

Anyone have this issue with wifi not getting through? should i spend 40 bucks on a repeater that plugs in the wall?

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WiFi-Range-Extender-EX5000/dp/B083R46CV8/

https://www.amazon.com/Wifi-Extender-Booster-Wireless-Repeater/dp/B08RHD97QY

okay folks. i finally have got my issue fixed. i tried different channels, got a wifi extender and it just didnt help. i even did an extension cord for the extender so i was a matter of feet away from my outside cameras.

so today i just did an extension cord and now i'm projecting it through the glass in my front window.

now next time kids slash everyone's tires, i will have crystal clear pictures of it instead of a pit pixilation. that's what happened to 2 streets last monday night. my car needed new tires anyways, but not this way. and they got the good ones.
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now next time kids slash everyone's tires, i will have crystal clear pictures
it instead of a pit pixilation. that's what happened to 2 streets last mond
night. my car needed new tires anyways, but not this way. and they got the od ones.

Glad you got it figured out, and it sounds like just in time, too.


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Re: old houses and wifi
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Thu Feb 29 2024 08:51 am

now next time kids slash everyone's tires, i will have crystal clear pictures
it instead of a pit pixilation. that's what happened to 2 streets last mond
night. my car needed new tires anyways, but not this way. and they got the od ones.

Glad you got it figured out, and it sounds like just in time, too.

not really. i did it after the tires were slashed. also video isn't really useful in most situations. black people in hoodies. how can you pick out who that is unless their parents or friends turn them in.

also this was at 10:40pm and called in by my neighbor who is a police officer. his girlfriend saw it. also other people on the other street saw it. then the kids ran off in different directions. i notice the police car on my street at 1:30am. some response time.

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-=[ On 02-29-24 11:20, MRO wrote to Dumas Walker below: ]=-
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Hi MRO!

Re: old houses and wifi
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Thu Feb 29 2024 08:51 am

also this was at 10:40pm and called in by my neighbor who is a police officer. his girlfriend saw it. also other people on the other street
saw it. then the kids ran off in different directions. i notice the police car on my street at 1:30am. some response time.

Dispatching an officer to handle a slashed tire is a low priority IMHO. But at least an officer did go out to take statements but highly doubt the people responsible will ever get caught by our justice system.

Cheers,
Bryan
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Re: Re: old houses and wifi
By: Argelian to MRO on Sat Mar 02 2024 01:35 pm

officer. his girlfriend saw it. also other people on the other street saw it. then the kids ran off in different directions. i notice the police car on my street at 1:30am. some response time.

Dispatching an officer to handle a slashed tire is a low priority IMHO. But at least an officer did go out to take statements but highly doubt the people responsible will ever get caught by our justice system.

it wasn't just "a slashed tire". it was several blocks of slashed tires.
i provided a video but they did not post it or any information where anybody would see it.

so no crimestoppers money.
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-=[ On 03-03-24 11:31, MRO wrote to Argelian below: ]=-
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Hi MRO!

Dispatching an officer to handle a slashed tire is a low priority IMHO. But at least an officer did go out to take statements but highly doubt the people responsible will ever get caught by our justice system.

it wasn't just "a slashed tire". it was several blocks of slashed
tires. i provided a video but they did not post it or any information where anybody would see it.

I am sorry that you have to deal with that. I hope that thing work out for you but I highly doubt the people responsible for this are going to get caught.

Cheers,
Bryan
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Re: Re: old houses and wifi
By: Argelian to MRO on Sun Mar 03 2024 06:53 pm

it wasn't just "a slashed tire". it was several blocks of slashed tires. i provided a video but they did not post it or any information where anybody would see it.

I am sorry that you have to deal with that. I hope that thing work out for you but I highly doubt the people responsible for this are going to get caught.

yeah they won't get caught, unless i catch them.
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