On 10/2/19 3:34 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 16:04 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Powerline Ethernet (usually called Homeplug -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug) is my standard answer for
people who want to extend their home network. Very easy to install and
much cheaper than the alternatives (not counting wireless "extenders"
which are basically a kludge). The downside is that unlike mesh systems
they don't tend to merge everything into one network, relying on your
WiFi device to hop from one to another.
If you have your access points all configured with the same SSID and
password, there is no difference with a mesh system other than better
speed.
I know that's true in theory, but in practice I've had problems with
it. I assume this is one difference between consumer-grade APs and
"managed" devices intended for corporate networks.
In practice, I haven't had any issues with it. :-)
I have setup wifi in a school with currently around 15 access points and
there is no problem roaming around. They are all consumer routers
reflashed with openwrt. They used to be all TP-Link, but now I'm
starting to switch to Ubiquiti. The whole school has both 2.4 and 5GHz
available on the same SSID and different SSIDs for different groups.
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