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_iwc has quit IRC (Killed (Sigyn (Spam is off topic on freenode.))) mnathani_: whats a good wireless access point that supports 802.11ac? I don't need the router / NAT portion
Im looking at something like this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0ED-000J-00013CVF mercutio: so any2ix blew up briefly just then ***: dne has quit IRC (Quit: WeeChat 1.3) mercutio: i use a tp-link archer c7 myself
i find it fine. i just plug into lan port mnathani_: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704177&cm_re=tp-link_archer-_-33-704-177-_-Product
something like that ^ mercutio: nope
oh hangon
i was looking at first
will look at second :) mnathani_: its a c7 so probably :-) mercutio: yaeh like that except it was $60 US mnathani_: they tax us a lot here in Canada mercutio: i got it last xmas i think
if you're not in a rush it might go on sale
it's $93.82 US on amazon atm
which tells me i bought it dec 13
so it probably came just after xmas
and it was $58.99
the newer stuff may be better now mnathani_: I got a quote for cisco AP
like $500 mercutio: i upgraded from unifi uap-ac
which is more expensive, but was making whining noises and actually went slower brycec: lol if you're looking at "enterprise AP's" then you should start with Ubiquiti gear mercutio: http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-UniFi-Enterprise-System/dp/B00D80J2XU BryceBot: Amazon: "Ubiquiti Networks UniFi AC Enterprise WiFi System - UAP-AC" brycec: interesting mercutio: so that's what i was using.
and yeah i prefer the tp-link
the unifi one would run hot, and it would crash a lot
and i had to reboot it
and it would randomly stop working on one band
can't remember if it was 2.4 or 5
i am wired for my desktops.
i have two of the tp-links brycec: Don't think I've ever heard bad things about Unifi gear, not that I've heard a ton mercutio: and if using the tp-link as client at distnace can do 200 megabit easy.
brycec: the non ac stuff is better
really unifi helps you when you want seamless handover etc.
i did firmware upgrade but it was still a pita
i went from like 1 megabit to 5 megabit with difficult to reach place with tp-link
but it's one wall away from where i can get like 150 megabit
but 150 megabit meant moving the router like a foot
if you have non moving clients it's easier to get good speeds.
like that room has a few areas that are not so great
but generally if in good placement can get 100 megabit easy on single band 433 megabit 802.11ac
and 200 to 250 megabit in same room
my laptop does about 300 megabit or so
40MB/sec whatever that is
320 megabit real performance single thread.
it was getting that speed from my proxy for package installs :)
i could also get around 600 megabit in same room with two of them back to back.
but nfs was way slower than with gigabit ethernet ***: dne has joined #arpnetworks
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dj_goku has joined #arpnetworks mnathani_: mercutio: is your tp-link archer black or white? ***: DanyG has joined #arpnetworks mercutio: black
are there white ones?
it's v2 or v3?
i can't remember which
it's not v1
v1 doesn't work with openwrt.
one of them has openwrt, the other doesn't.
oh it's c8 that's white, c8 is broadcom rather than atheros with faster cpu.
and i don't think is compatible with openwrt. ***: DanyG has left "Closing Window" mnathani_: the store I went to today had 2 c7 one black one white
the guy there wasnt too sure of the difference other than the white was $10 more expensive
setup was a breeze
disabled dhcp, assigned an ip in my subnet, set wifi ssid name and password mercutio: you got black? mnathani_: 15Megabyte / sec file transfer from wireless laptop downloading off wired gigabite pc mercutio: that's pretty much what i did mnathani_: s/gigabite/gigabit BryceBot: <mnathani_> 15Megabyte / sec file transfer from wireless laptop downloading off wired gigabit pc mercutio: that's slow mnathani_: yea, I got black mercutio: does the laptop have 802.11ac? mnathani_: it does mercutio: 433 or 866? mnathani_: there are two? BryceBot: That's what she said!! mnathani_: the plot thickens mercutio: yeah mnathani_: probably the slower one
not sure though mercutio: it's like how lots of cellphones do 60 megabit or something wireless n
so phones and cheap laptops are often 433
like my tablet is 433
my laptop is 866 mnathani_: enough to say its ac
but not the full 866 mercutio: it's probably the faster one
yeah you can only really hope for half the connected rate
laptops can be kind of special though
often their antenna situation is far from ideal
and so like if you sit at a desk with the laptop, if you sit facing the opposite direction at the desk it may give twice the speed mnathani_: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9411137/google-chromecast-2-announces-specs-price-release-date[22:21] <BryceBot> Error fetching information for http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9411137/google-chromecast-2-announces-specs-price-release-date: Not Found mercutio: i spun around in my chhair when i was checking mnathani_: that has 802.11ac mercutio: yeah chromecast is likely to be 433
15 megabytes/sec isn't bad though
more is always nicer though mnathani_: windows file transfer
4 gig iso mercutio: the other thing is that 5 ghz channel selection can make a difference, and often naming your 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz ssid's different names helps force 5 ghz mnathani_: ftp might be faster mercutio: because even if you have -20 dbm less signal with 5 ghz it's often better. mnathani_: I already have 3 ssid names in my household mercutio: just use a different one for 5 ghz and 2.4 mnathani_: another one for 5 ghz would make residents go nuts mercutio: and you may want to add _optout_nomap to the end too
ok well with windows there's a 5 ghz preference thing i think too
it just doesn't seem to work very well
was it using 5 ghz? mnathani_: 3 different access points / wireless access points mercutio: you can name different access points the same mnathani_: not sure about the 5 ghz mercutio: i set the password on all of my access points to be the same mnathani_: then they need to match up with aes / tkip etc
wpa2 mercutio: well it makes it easier for people to remember the password mnathani_: password is the same
ssids are different mercutio: i don't think they need to match up with windows
i think the protection is pretty weak mnathani_: there are iphones, ipods, windows phone , several android as well mercutio: yeah
do you have two 5 ghz routesr?
ime higher frequency works better than lower
but don't know what channel restriction is like there mnathani_: yes 2 5ghz
one is a cisco access point
other is this new tplink mercutio: yeah you allow high ones
so you can use 149 through 165
you need 80 mhz for 802.11ac mnathani_: third is a mikrotik which I am checking mercutio: doesn't matter where you start really
oh
you can't use low channel numbers mnathani_: tplink is set to auto right now mercutio: well you can use every second one
yeh i se to manual
set
and i'm using 157 or such i think
it was defaulting to 42 or something
and going slower
but if it's set to canada it shouldn't do that
i'm on 153 mnathani_: Acer Aspire R 13 R7-371T-59ZK Signature Edition Laptop
thats the laptop
manual should say which 802.11ac it supports
I liked that the TP-Link router didnt complain when adding IP: 10.10.100.100 /16
most other routers force /24 and usually in 192.168 range ***: trobotham has quit IRC (Quit: ZNC 1.6.1 - http://znc.in)
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