I’m wondering how I could best implement wireless coverage in an apartment with no ethernet links between AP’s, due to the buildings design it will proce very difficult to run data cable to other rooms.
Vague plan so far:
Connect modem to MK wireless router via ether1, in the hallway outside setup another MK device as a wireless dhcp client on wlan 1 or 2, and setup a vlan or use wlan 1 or 2 to broadcast an SSID to the next device and repeat the process throughout so coverage in complete. I would place the devices close enough so that SNR is acceptable. WAN link speed is 40-50 mbps down, haven’t tested upload yet but I’m guessing it’s between 5 and 25 mbps.
@ingdaka… Please do some research before suggesting a powerline product that although announced new is really circa 2011. The top powerlines are using QCA7500 chips with a 10/100/1000 ethernet connection.
@anav: we’re on Mikrotik forum and @ingdaka was suggesting Mikrotik’s state-of-art gear. Indeed he could have mentioned that other devices exist which might perform better.
Powerline does a very good job even if its 100Mbps ethernet.
Will consume much less power than 1G devices (and be smaller) and you have reliable link
compared to Wifi.
Another option could be the new “Audience” product which was announced at some MUM, but
has not come to market yet.
Perhaps the rest of the world has no aspirations for faster ethernet? It keeps increasing where I am…
I always attempt to plan for a few years down the line which tends to stretch my dollar, euro, peso a bit farther.
Sorry I cannot and will not condone a non gigabit ethernet device in this day and age unless if its for low volume LOT devices…
There is no excuse for MT to actually use a chip (in a new product) that is way past its prime in terms of throughput and ability to handle across circuits in a home.
Oh Normis I am sending you a brand new computer with a 40 gig hard drive, it has a powerful I3 processor and an on board 10/100 nic card and a 33.6k modem in case your ISP is a telco.
( Maybe I am just bitter because they didnt call me to ask my ‘expert’ opinion first. )
anav, the original poster said they need 50Mbit total.
When the time in future comes and his country can cheaply provide him 500Mbit or more, there will be options to upgrade.
Why spend more now?
Mesh WiFi works well when wireless signal can spread quite freely. Which is not the case inside buildings with concrete (inner) walls. In that case the only solution is wires … either (preferably) UTP or power line. Or fibre optics
Power line has problem passing automatic fuses (they contain tiny coils which attenuate high-frequency signals) so even power line might not be answer to every question (and high-speed variants of home-plug standard have bigger problems with these fuses).
Good to know mkx, are the automatic fuses common in apartment building and the like?
The only technology I was aware of vis-a-vis fuses was the mind blowing stuff of digital fuses currently being funded by major fuse manufacturers.
Disagree, for a nominal few more bucks, one gets future growth capacity and better circuit technology. Worth it in my opinion, but yes its up the individuals wallet.
In vicinity of where I live (like 1000 km radius) automatic fuses somehow became standard for new wirings (either new buildings or adapted old flats/buildings). Only old people (like my parents who actually need power-line network) still use those old fuses which have to be replaced every time they blow.
Okay because ours don’t blow they trip and you just reset them if tripped… If that is what you mean your advice is wrong as powerline works well in our house through these fuses.
Thanks so much for the replies everyone. I set a notification so I’d know if I got on, they never arrived. Powerline is out of the question. I have used it before and it’s mostly been terribly unreliable. In this apartment the power outlets would be on 2-3 separate circuits, each with their own breaker. It looks like 3rd party mesh may be my only hope. According to electricianss I’ve spoken to running data cable through the walls of other apartmnents in this building has been near impossible unless the walls are cracked open to do so.
Do you have a landline? Is your landline available in several rooms? I used it to pass the ethernet cable. It doesn’t even have to reach all rooms: just enough to give decent wifi coverage.
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