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Re: Re: Recommendations on a strong wifi ADSL router



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The main point of the Ubiquiti's is that you can dot multiple ones around
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s necessary to cover dead spots and it's seen as a contiguous single
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k - not that they particularly cover any more area than other units ...=20

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

> On 2 Jul 2016, at 20:39, Noel Andrews noel@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <uk=
ha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> The moment when a piece of new tech arrives, you install it with high
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es of how awesome it's going to be .....then to find that it doesn't seem
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o be any better than the old tech :(
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> So either the Ubiquiti isn't any stronger than my =C2=A340 TP Link
WD8970=
, or the bits the TP Link can't reach are just as hard for the Ubiquiti as
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well.
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> What also hasn't helped is the realisation that the Sky Box doesn't
even =
have wifi built in (FFS!) so my plan to remove the power line ethernet
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s is a bit scuppered as well.
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> Damn this rented house and the inability to run cat 5!!
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> Some more investigation/dabbling with the config required although for
th=
at i'll need to turn the power line units off as it seems with them on the
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controller software can't see the AP!!=20=20
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> Will let you know how I get on.
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> Cheers
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> Noel
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<div>The main point of the Ubiquiti's is that you can dot multiple
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arrives, you install i=
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it=
doesn't seem to be any better than the old tech
:(<div><br></div><div>So e=
ither the Ubiquiti isn't any stronger than my =C2=A340 TP Link WD8970, or
t=
he bits the TP Link can't reach are just as hard for the Ubiquiti as
well.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>What also hasn't helped
is the realisation that th=
e Sky Box doesn't even have wifi built in (FFS!) so my plan to remove the
p=
ower line ethernet units is a bit scuppered as
well.</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Damn this rented house and the inability to run cat
5!!</div><div><br></=
div><div>Some more investigation/dabbling with the config required
although=
for that i'll need to turn the power line units off as it seems with them =
on the controller software can't see the AP!!
&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Will let you know how I get
on.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><di=
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