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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨MacNCheezus@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Toes@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tbf this is the universes way of punishing you for using your computer and console on wifi

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My rule is if the device doesn’t move much (or at all), it should have a wired connection.

      Basically my phone and my watch are the only devices in the house on WiFi.

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      • Toes@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, anything sensestive to latency will have a wired connection in my home. It’s non-negotiable.

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      • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve got my watch on ethernet. The connection is rock solid, but it’s a bugger to get around.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh to have possible cable access

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      • Toes@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Gotta make it happen it’s a huge improvement, even if that means running a big cable taped to the wall

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      • AgnosticMammal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Powerline ethernet to the rescue!

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  • 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why is the neighbor living in the Harry Potter closet?

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For the free WiFi of course

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Where is the red spot on the toilet?

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  • Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m literally studying this for my next exam…

    … this is a cry for help

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Perhaps it would help if you studied the actual exam material instead?

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      • Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ahahah, I meant this as in “this subject”

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  • jaschen@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wired + Mesh Wifi is the best combo. House not wired? Try powerline Ethernet. It does degrade the more you have so I only have it for my computer and PS5.

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s what I have. My house is quite long, so I’m guessing my landlord ran a cable from the front wall in the lounge through to the office/bedroom at the back upstairs. As a result, we have two mesh nodes hardwired to the router, then a wireless one in the middle to just fill in any gaps. I’ve never had better wifi.

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      • jaschen@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sounds like you might have lead paint or thick cement in the walls.

        I would just add another node using a powerline near your most popular spots. I would limit it to 2 max.

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  • ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This diagram is only missing that one super speed zone into another dimensions high speed internet that is hidden up in the attic during the season just before Christmas as you dig through your stored belongings and wonder why you have so many dumb yard inflatables.

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  • thorbot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have one AP on the west side of the house pointing east, and one of the east side pointing west… great signal everywhere. Don’t have ethernet in the walls? Run it. I took 4 hours out of a Saturday to buy cable, fish tape, a crimp tool, some ends and some wall outlets and wired up my whole house. Oh, and I had to get a 12 inch drill bit, apparently I have 3 2by4s in a row up in the ceiling.

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    • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This requires not renting. A luxury not all of us have.

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      • WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Eh, just sell one of your vacation homes (not the cabin obviously) and buy a quick house just to see if it works. Better than not knowing!

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      • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Eh, just rip it all out when the lease is up. /s

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      • saigot@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Look into powerline, it uses your electrical lines to transfer ethernet. it doesn’t work in every house but when it does its pretty great if it does!

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      • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve been renting in the past 7 years. You can buy flat, white Ethernet cables that can be fixed to the walls with sticky clips. It’s less ugly than the round cables and while obviously not earthquake proof, the clips do a fairly good job at keeping the cable in the corner.

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      • AgnosticMammal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Powerline ethernet uses your existing electrical cables as the network cables, but on a different frequency. Beware when using in shared units such as apartments.

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    • 420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How you run it through walls?

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      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you live somewhere that’ll let you then access to a crawlspace like an attic will let you do this

        For example at my place getting into the above house crawlspace lets me access the insides of my walls from above. Simply run Ethernet from above where you’ll want each end of a plug to be, then drop it down and put it in place through a cheap (like .45c) Ethernet wall adapter. Hardest part is cutting the hole into your wall for said wall plug

        I’m simplifying a bit but honestly it’s incredibly easy to buy a length of Ethernet wiring and some rj-45s, Google how to wire them, and run it yourself. I ran a short wire across a room once and it only took like an hour. Would be less in future now that I have experience

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  • Walican132@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wish I knew more about networking.

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    • variants@possumpat.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Today is the day to wish no longer

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    • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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      • Jayb151@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Question because you seem knowledgeable on mesh. I’ve got a network that spans a large area. I connected 3 mesh network aps to one switch which connects to my main router. Should the aps still be close together, or I’m good to spread them a bit since they’re all hard wired?

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      i mean this isn’t really a networking thing, it’s just waves being blocked or reflected such that different areas have different coverage.

      it’s like trying to read an optician’s letter poster in a house made of glass of varying opacity.

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  • PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It just goes to show ya that you don’t need your router when you’re stealing the neighbor’s wifi.

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  • spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t use the isp’s router/modem, it’s terrible in general.

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    • Wilzax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Use it as an access point for better coverage if you don’t have to pay for it separately, but not as the primary router

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Based on this image, the router is unidirectional and is simply pointing the wrong way.

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  • newcockroach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Dude am typing this on my neighbors wifi XD. Btw they left the 5ghz band public so have been using it for the pas 1 year or so. Lol its quite fast too!

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    • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve been doing that for 6 years when I didn’t have internet connection. I was 8 when I got a first smart device, Android tablet. One of the first things I tried was connecting to Wi-Fi of all neighbors. 2 of them had the ultra-secure password “12345678”. I remember the first website I visited was Wikipedia.
      However, I have tried to not spend too much data. I only watched videos in low quality (240p) and browsed the web. For downloading large files (which I considered anything above 50MB at the time) I’ve used public networks. Usually at the bus station or a nearby pub.
      Sometime later I got access to even more Wi-Fi networks using the convenient “WPS WPA Tester” app. Like a third of all networks used one of the default PINs.

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  • lazylion_ca@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This will seem counterintuitive, but if this is your actual layout, move your wireless AP to either when the bed is or where the xbox is, assuming there’s power and wiring in either spot for it.

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    • MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not, it’s just a stupid meme I stole from somewhere else.

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