Today on "Unsolved Mysteries"...

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

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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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- Yeah, anything sensitive to latency will have a wired connection in my home. It's non-negotiable.
  
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- I've got my watch on ethernet. The connection is rock solid, but it's a bugger to get around.
  
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Oh to have possible cable access

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- 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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- Powerline ethernet to the rescue!
  
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Why is the neighbor living in the Harry Potter closet?

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For the free WiFi of course

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Where is the red spot on the toilet?

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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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I'm literally studying this for my next exam...

... this is a cry for help

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

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- Ahahah, I meant this as in "this subject"
  
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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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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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- 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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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 with the help of youtube. No, I don't do that for work. 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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This requires not renting. A luxury not all of us have.

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- 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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- 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!
  
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- Eh, just rip it all out when the lease is up. /s
  
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- I've been renting for 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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- 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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How you run it through walls?

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- 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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I wish I knew more about networking.

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Today is the day to wish no longer

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- 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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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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- Really good analogy.
  
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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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Based on this image, the router is unidirectional and is simply pointing the wrong way. This is why you shouldn't use something like a Ubiquiti Nano as a router. :p

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

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

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

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

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