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[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did you wire that? Long cables going everywhere?

[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yep. I've only got three APs, and one is by the modem and router, so it's really just two long wires, and one of those is to my office, which is also where my main desktop PC is, so I needed that wire anyway. The other one was annoying, and I had to drill a couple holes for it as well as exploit a laundry chute, but all that was ten years ago, and having pretty complete wifi coverage since then has been worth it.

The one weak spot is the kitchen, where there's coverage, but it tends to be a bit slow. I just decided to upgrade my bedroom AP to Wifi 6 (from AC), though, and I might try switching the old unit over to mesh mode and mounting it to cover the kitchen. Mesh involves two wifi links so it's a bit slower, but the connection strength will probably make up for that. It's worth the experiment, at least.