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[-] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago

This requires not renting. A luxury not all of us have.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Eh, just sell one of your vacation homes (not the cabin obviously) and buy a quick house just to see if it works. Better than not knowing!

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Eh, just rip it all out when the lease is up. /s

[-] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

Honestly, just don't settle for the shitty router that your service came with, get that damn thing out from behind the TV or wherever it shouldn't be, get it up close to the ceiling somehow, and you'll probably never want to use a fishtape even if you can.

Mesh networks are probably the solution for apartment dwellers. The routers all act as one router but are separate smaller routers that talk to each other so you can put them all around the house, and you just need to plug them into power. No mods to the apartment are required, it's all wireless. The catch is expense, but if you buy once, and cry once, then it becomes like a piece of nice furniture that moves with you.

But again, one $40 modern router that isn't the shitty combo unit from the ISP, keep it up high and unblocked, get enough extra Cat cable to reach where you put it, and you might be happy enough with that.

Hell, get the router out from behind the TV if that's where you put it (everyone tries putting it there to hide it) and you might get all the signal you need.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Look into powerline, it uses your electrical lines to transfer ethernet. it doesn't work in every house but when it does its pretty great!

[-] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I'm currently using powerline because running an ethernet cable across the apartment seemed gaudy at best. The suggestion of a flat white cable stuck to the wall seems interesting.

I have the modem and router on a UPS because power flickers semi-regularly here. Sadly, powerline cannot go on a UPS.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago

Powerline is alright if you have literally no other option but I'd take wifi instead 10/10 times unless my PC was trapped inside a Faraday cage.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Powerline has much better latency (and much more consistent latency) than wifi, so it'll give you a better experience for stuff like gaming. Depending on how exactly your house is wired and what else you have on the circuit it can have reliability problems (although if you live in a dense area wifi isn't exactly reliable), but if your house is suitable it works very well, I used it about 5 years with no problems.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've been renting for the past 7 years. You can buy flat, white Ethernet cables that can be fixed to the walls with sticky clips. It's less ugly than the round cables and while obviously not earthquake proof, the clips do a fairly good job at keeping the cable in the corner.

[-] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Oh, perhaps I have a project.

[-] AgnosticMammal@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Powerline ethernet uses your existing electrical cables as the network cables, but on a different frequency. Beware when using in shared units such as apartments.

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