Lemmings, please give us your info dump.

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• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Nobody wants my info dump. I know way too much about networking and computers. The topics are massively deep, like iceberg levels of deep. One for each topic.

  I would lecture for an entire day on the nuance and considerations of picking a Wi-Fi channel, or you can ignore me and just hit “auto” which may or may not take some, or all, of my considerations into account when selecting a channel.

  If anyone is keen to hear some generally good advice about home networking, here’s my elevator speech:

  Wire when you can, wireless when you have to. Wi-Fi is shared and half duplex, every wired connection is exclusive to the device and full duplex. If you can’t Ethernet, use MoCA, or powerline (depending on what internal power structures you have, this can be excellent or unusable, keep your receipts). Mesh is best with a dedicated backhaul, better with a wired backhaul. Demand it from any system you consider. The latest and greatest Wi-Fi technology probably won’t fix whatever problem you’re having, it will only temporarily reduce the symptoms and you won’t notice it for a while. Be weary about upgrading and ask yourself why you require the upgrade. Newer wireless won’t fix bad signal, or dropouts.

  For everything else, Google. That’s how I find most of the information I know.

  Good luck.

  I’ll be around in case anyone has questions. No promises on when I’ll be able to reply tho.

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  • VivianRixia@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    The general rule I’ve read for wifi is to use channels 1,6 and 11 for 2.4 GHz as those do not interfere with each other. So I use a wifi scanner on my phone at the furthest point in my home from the router and check which is the least busy from the surrounding neighbors. Do you think that’s a good technique to use?

    For 5GHz, I try to pick between 36,48,149,161 and pick by the same rules as above. I also keep my channel size at 20Mhz for both.

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  • theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Thanks a lot for sharing you experience! I recently saw some people I follow on youtube talk about fibre as an alternative for ethernet cables, do you have an any experience with that?

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    • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Alternative? Sure. Though why?

      If ethernet works, you’re just using a more expensive option to go with fiber.

      Unless you need something unique about fiber, like distance (which can still be dubious for consumer grade hardware), or a non-electrical based signal (dubious requirement in most cases), then you’re just throwing money at being able to say you use fiber.

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    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I feel like fiber only makes sense for long runs or extremely high bandwidth needs. For a typical home network, I don’t see any benefits for fiber over ethernet.

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  • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨33⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    5 or 6Ghz backhaul on the mesh?

    Should I buy consumer or small business hardware?

    Recommended brand(s)?

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  • not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    The elevator pitch is wonderful and I’m glad to be following your recommendations already. Wired everything is not practical for me without drilling through the floor, so a mesh router with dedicated backhaul and a wired connection to the downstairs node is working like a charm.

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• RedMari@reddthat.com ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  This was a lot more wholesome than i expected

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