OT: Wi-fi range extender
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is. -- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this: TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it. Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker? On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com
wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
In case you are confused what I am talking about, I am quoting from the amazon website: http://tinyurl.com/y9x36rzx https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Powerline-Starter-300Mbps-Wireless/dp/B00HSQ... On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel
It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
Same breaker box. I wish I was lucky enough to have a house so big that it needed more then one 😬 Not an issue for most people. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
In case you are confused what I am talking about, I am quoting from the amazon website: http://tinyurl.com/y9x36rzx
https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Powerline-Starter-300Mbps-Wireless/dp/B00HSQ...
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel
It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com
wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does anyone have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how reliable it is.
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
It's for work. I work at a Taekwondo school. The router is on one side of the building. And I sit on the other side of the building down a long hallway. Lots of interference from walls and distance I'm sure. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Same breaker box. I wish I was lucky enough to have a house so big that it needed more then one 😬 Not an issue for most people.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
In case you are confused what I am talking about, I am quoting from the amazon website: http://tinyurl.com/y9x36rzx
https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Powerline-Starter-300Mbps-Wireless/dp/ B00HSQAIQU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500000200&sr=8-1& keywords=TP+Link+AV500+Wi+Fi+Range+Extender%2C+Powerline+ Edition+Starter+Kit+w%2F+2+LAN+Ports%2C+Up+to+300Mbps+Wireless
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel
It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does > anyone > have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on > Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how > reliable it is. > > -- > ======================================================== > Jeff Brace > ======================================================== >
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
-- ======================================================== Jeff Brace ========================================================
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Maybe. In a commercial building the biggest challenges are usually florescent lights and electrically noisy motors. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:30 AM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
It's for work. I work at a Taekwondo school. The router is on one side of the building. And I sit on the other side of the building down a long hallway. Lots of interference from walls and distance I'm sure.
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Same breaker box. I wish I was lucky enough to have a house so big that it needed more then one 😬 Not an issue for most people.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
In case you are confused what I am talking about, I am quoting from the amazon website: http://tinyurl.com/y9x36rzx
https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Powerline-Starter-300Mbps-Wireless/dp/B00HSQ...
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel
It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this: > > TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ > 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless > $50 on Amazon > > More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great > performance and you can put it where you need it. > > > Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < > vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > >> I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. >> Does anyone >> have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one >> on >> Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how >> reliable it is. >> >> -- >> ======================================================== >> Jeff Brace >> ======================================================== >> >
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Is there a drop ceiling? Run a cable, skip WiFi. I understand that may not be possible in this case but wired is always my first choice. On Jul 14, 2017, at 1:29 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: It's for work. I work at a Taekwondo school. The router is on one side of the building. And I sit on the other side of the building down a long hallway. Lots of interference from walls and distance I'm sure. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Same breaker box. I wish I was lucky enough to have a house so big that it needed more then one 😬 Not an issue for most people.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
In case you are confused what I am talking about, I am quoting from the amazon website: http://tinyurl.com/y9x36rzx
https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Powerline-Starter-300Mbps-Wireless/dp/ B00HSQAIQU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500000200&sr=8-1& keywords=TP+Link+AV500+Wi+Fi+Range+Extender%2C+Powerline+ Edition+Starter+Kit+w%2F+2+LAN+Ports%2C+Up+to+300Mbps+Wireless
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
What does it mean? Please ensure the adapters are connected on the same circuit and Works over circuits on the same panel
It can be on the same breaker box or must be on the same breaker?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Easy and reliable. I use them in my house, even for the streaming server. I don't think about them; they just work.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:37 PM Jeffrey Brace <ark72axow@gmail.com> wrote:
I mostly just want something that works, I'm willing to pay $50 if it will be easy and reliable. I say free because there is no risk in trying it.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Dean Notarnicola < dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Forget the range extenders; they stink. Get this:
TP Link AV500 Wi Fi Range Extender, Powerline Edition Starter Kit w/ 2 LAN Ports, Up to 300Mbps Wireless $50 on Amazon
More than your budget, but ridiculously easy setup, great performance and you can put it where you need it.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:53 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> I'm in need of a wifi range extender for a Verizon FIOS router. Does > anyone > have one for free or near free that they no longer need? I see one on > Amazon for $20. I wonder how easy it is to configure and how > reliable it is. > > -- > ======================================================== > Jeff Brace > ======================================================== >
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Jeff, Here's two options: * Run the cable. If it's only a couple hundred feet, I can give you the wire. Caveats: It can't lay on the ceiling grid, or be tie-wrapped to other electrical wiring / plumbing. * If there is an existing cable Television run (live or not), you can run the IP connection over it using a MOCA network adapter. Search under "MOCA network adapter" on Amazon for options. Martin On Jul 14, 2017, at 1:29 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
It's for work. I work at a Taekwondo school. The router is on one side of the building. And I sit on the other side of the building down a long hallway. Lots of interference from walls and distance I'm sure.
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
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