[ale] Wifi extenders?

[Jeffrey Layton]

The house was built in 1946. The outside walls have a layer brick on the
outside, followed by cement blocks, followed by plaster/lath. They are
extremely thick :) Many of the interior walls are similiar but there are a
few that are the usual drywall/frame. We have limited power outlets as well
- virtually none on interior walls and only a limited number of the outside
walls. It's a HUGE challenge to power everything and get wifi everywhere :)

I like the idea of using the power outlets for networking between routers.
How can I check if the wiring is up to it?

Thanks!

Jeff


On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:38 PM Solomon Peachy <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 02:19:04PM +0000, Jeffrey Layton via Ale wrote:
> > Any comments or recommendations?
>
> Do you have RG6 coax in the walls?
>
> If you do, you could use MoCA-compliant extender gear.  It's a lot more
> relaible than powerline stuff.
>
> Some time ago I picked up several Actiontec WCB3000N units; they will
> bridge ethernet to coax, and provide a dual-band wifi hotspot.
>
> (You can still get 'em for $24/ea on Amazon.  They are MoCA 1.1 devices,
>  therefore limited to about ~175Mbps real-world throughput on the wired
>  side, and single-stream 802.11N on the wifi side.  Newer units are more
>  capable, but more expensive)
>
>  - Solomon
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> Solomon Peachy                        pizza at shaftnet dot org
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