[Mesh] Recommended APs that can do wireless repeating?

[Jenny Ryan]

Hi!

Max, do you have access to your rooftop? The solution I would recommend is
to run an ethernet cable from your existing router to a Picostation (which
you can procure from us) that's running the mesh firmware. The Picostation
could also just be mounted outside your window, ideally in a spot with
line-of-sight to the street. This router would broadcast three networks:
the mesh ad-hoc network that connects to other nodes; a private network
(password-protected) that's the full bandwidth of your existing
connectivity minus whatever small portion you choose to share with the mesh
on a third public, open network. The public network traffic will be routed
through a VPN, so you won't be held accountable for any bad behavior on the
public network :)

Where did you move to? You can add your location to our mesh map here:
https://map.sudomesh.org

Jenny
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:54 AM, J.C. <r33lmm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd second that, if you're planning on being there for any length of time
> it's worth running a hardline. You can run 200-300 feet of cat5 cable from
> the router to your room, you can either hook the other end directly to your
> computer or an ap in your room.
>
> Also lately, comcast in particular has been making AP's with incredibly
> weak antennas, that sometime barely function standing right next to them so
> you may also resolve the problem by replacing the modem, or by turning off
> the wifi and attaching a decent wifi ap (WRT54G/Buffallo/abgn/etc)
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Max, I will let others step in with advice about specific products. You
>> may have already thought of this, but I want to urge you to consider
>> solutoins that don't involve a repeater -- I suspect that the latency
>> introduced will be frustrating for things like VOIP. (Also, unless things
>> have evolved, I think repeaters are all somewhat non-standard, and
>> therefore a little finicky about whether your other network equipment is
>> from the same vendor, etc.)
>>
>> Is there any way to hard-wire an access point to the CCAP(tm)? Like,
>> running an ethernet cable to a wireless access point (via wire that's
>> either inside or outside the house) that's a bit closer to your room?
>>
>> It might take a bit more work upfront, but the parts would be more
>> standard, more reusable, in addition to providing a connection with less
>> latency.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Max Klein <isalix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello Sudo Mesh,
>>>
>>> I moved into a new house and the connection in my room is very weak.
>>> They discussed that we could purchase a wireless repeater. What would be a
>>> good piece of hardware that could act as a wirless repeater and as a
>>> sudomesh device? If they aren't interested in replacing their crappy
>>> cablemodem-AP, what's the right setup here? Two sudo mesh nodes, one wired
>>> into the cablemodem, and another closer to my bedroom that's part of the
>>> mesh?
>>>
>>> -notconfusing?
>>>
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