[kwlug-disc] Wi-fi questions

[CrankyOldBugger]

Lots of great comments from many people here.  Thanks!

Another related question..  I was looking through the admin pages of the
Synology router (a RT2600ac, to be precise) and I noticed that there's an
option to add a mesh wi-fi (called "Wi-Fi points").  I'm pretty sure that
mesh wi-fi wasn't t thing when I bought this router, so I'm going to assume
that recent firmware upgrades introduced this option behind my back..

So if I wanted to go the mesh route in a proprietary manner, then the
recommended AP point is the Synology MR2200ac, which sort of stands on its
own as a wireless router, but integrated almost automatically with my
current RH2600ac.  It's nearly $200 on Amazon, though.  But it does allow
me to run a wired connection to it then have it magically tie in with the
existing SSIDs.  My only hope is that it has a decent reach out into the
backyard, so I can justify the cost with my wife...

To my knowledge, the Synology router is not supported by OpenWRT.  If it
was, then I would feel a bit better about security, etc.

So unless someone has a better idea (not that the ideas presented here so
far aren't great), I think I might go with the MR2200ac.

Thanks, everyone.


On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 2:22 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 1:58 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Khalid, did you setup the other router(AP really) on the same channel as
>> your main router? Or...?
>>
>
> All four SSIDs are set to auto (two on each router, 5GHz and 2.4GHz).
>
> This page provides an overview on how to setup a dumb AP
> <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/dumbap> on an OpenWRT
> router.
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