[kwlug-disc] Extending WiFi Range

[B.S.]

>
> The WRT1900AC and ACS recommended by others are expensive
 > (~ $250 at least).

Right, but if you swap in another (non-wifi) router, perhaps even 
OpenWRT capable, you can then move your current one wherever you like.

Seems to me Charles had some older non-wifi / OpenWRT capable routers at 
computer recycling for cheap.

As long as the WAN connection is faster than what your provider is 
giving you, and I don't imagine it's even 100Mbps, you won't suffer for 
the less speedy / capable equipment - it's just converting ethernet into 
cable-speak.

(Careful though, when I tried this with my LinkSys ATA/Router - it kept 
falling over. Couldn't handle the throughput. It was fine as an ATA, 
just not as a router.)


On 03/30/2017 09:11 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
> <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>> wrote:
>
>
> I am actually involved in a similar project to extend wifi range. The
> plan is to use a $30 Mikrotik router as an access point, and disable
> the router features (exactly as Khalid was suggesting, except with
> evil proprietary Mikrotik stuff instead of angelic OpenWRT). But that
> is an indoor solution.
>
> If I can get WiFi inside the basement close to the walls, that maybe
>  just the ticket.
>
> Where do you buy the Mikrotik router from? Directly from the
> manufacturer?
>
> The WRT1900AC and ACS recommended by others are expensive (~ $250 at
> least).