XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:45:06 -0700, Johann Beretta wrote:   
      
   >> And, while I've never tried it, I don't see any reason plugging that horn   
   >> into the back of a "dumb switch" wouldn't also turn it into a powerful omni   
   >> access point, do you?   
   >>    
   >   
   > I suspect that's exactly what it would do... And maybe we finally have a   
   > legitimate reason for the 3dbm setting in the config file.   
      
   Thanks Johann for confirming that it would probably work just fine to plug   
   a spare omni PowerBeam horn into a spare switch to instantly add a powerful   
   WiFi access point out of spare parts already lying around such as these I   
   have on my shelf right now:   
       
      
   >> Since I haven't tried the switch idea, I'd ask others here who have   
   >> o Wouldn't all those arrangements work to instantly "extend the range"   
   >> (where extending the range of a switch is to add the access point).   
   >>   
   > Well, there's more to it than just plugging it in and instantly   
   > extending the range.   
   >   
   > For one, you need to configure it.  LAN settings.. WAN settings.. You're   
   > gonna need to disable AIRMax, which is on by default.  You need to set   
   > your WPA2 password/phrase and you, most certainly, need to set an SSID.   
      
   That's all easy stuff, where I'd assess setting up these devices to be   
   about the same complexity or simplicity as setting up a home router is.   
       
      
   Basically, I've only used two different settings:   
   o When I set it up like this, it's an instant access point:   
        
   o When I set it up like this, it's an instant bridge:   
        
      
   > And you really, really, should adjust the transmit power to an   
   > appropriate level so one isn't another RF asshole blasting noise far   
   > beyond what is needed.  If you want better WiFi and you live in a tract   
   > home, then setting the transmit power to 28dbm is a dick move.   
   > If you live in the middle of Montana and there's not another house for   
   > 10 miles, and you'd like max coverage, then maybe 28dbm is appropriate.   
   >   
   > Failing to do the above with a 2.4GHz device should be a capital crime.   
   >  there's only 3 non-overlapping (at 20MHz) channels.. Your neighbor   
   > picking up your signal at full bars means you've just fucked him out of   
   > being able to use one of those three.  Three neighbors can make wifi   
   > miserable for all involved.   
      
   As I said many times, we have 40 acre zoning out here, so if you have 79   
   acres, you can still only build one home on that entire property.   
      
   Even so, proper setup is assumed, as there's no indication at this time   
   that anyone wants to set it up any other way, just like when I buy a ski   
   mask, the salesman can warn me once, twice, three times, four times, maybe   
   even five or six or seven times not to rob banks using it.   
      
   But after the dozen'th time, the warning gets a bit stale for something   
   that was never gonna happen in the first place.   
      
   The good news is that we can easily envision turning a spare switch into a   
   WiFi access point, given that I have tons of spare switches and radios.   
       
      
   What this shows is that re-use is handy when fixing wifi range at home.   
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