XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: Ken@invalid.news.com
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 15:12:58 -0200, dan wrote:
>On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 08:57:37 -0500, Newyana2 wrote:
>
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>> I wonder if it's worth the trouble. I have spare routers,
>> but when I wanted to go over five wired connections I
>> just bought a network switch. I think it was $25 for a
>> 4-port switch, which works as easily as a multi-receptacle
>> extension cord. Some connections are fixed IP. Some are
>> DHCP. The router handles that. (I like to avoid wifi for
>> security and efficiency. So I've got 50' or 100' cables at
>> Home Depot and run them next to the forced hot air
>> heat ducts to bring ethernet outlets to the whole house.)
>
>Who wouldn't want extended range for free without cost or waste?
I wouldn't, since I have no need for it.
>And who wouldn't want to save landfills from one more piece of waste?
One more is a tiny amount more. Yes, I know that many would say,
multiply that by a lot of people, and it become significant. Maybe so,
but that doesn't affect my deciding to throw something away if I have
no use for it and can't find someone who does.
>My thoughts are that I hate to waste things, and buying a new "anything" is
>a tremendous waste for the environment if everyone acted that way.
Yes, that's the "everyone" point of view I mentioned above. But as I
said, it doesn't affect my decisions.
>I would also say most people could use a few more ports,
"Most"? Certainly some, but I doubt very much that it's anywhere near
most.
> but as some noted,
>they never hook voip phones or cellular mini towers or network printers or
>additional wired access points or wired repeaters and the like to their
>main home router so most of its ports are probably unused already.
As I said, my router has four ethernet ports:
My computer
My wife's computer
They are side by side on adjacent desks in the same room.
My Obi device for VoIP
One unused port
My printer, my scanner, and my wife's printer are all connected
directly to our computers via USB.
>But I would assume almost everyone not living in a one-bedroom flat would
>like to have increased signal strength in the furthest places of the home.
I live in a four-bedroom house. My router's WI-FI works fine
everywhere in my house.
>Most people, I would think, would be like me in that they don't want to
>string wires
Don't want to or are unable to. I used to do that years ago, but now
that I'm 85, my DIY abilities are greatly lessened.
>so what's left is the choice of using the extra router as
>[1] smart switch (I later realized a switch can also be an access point)
>[2] access point (which is a switch and an access point)
>[3] wireless repeater (which also has access points)
>[4] wireless client bridge (which also has access point)
>[5] wired pc wireless range extender (connected to the client bridge)
Or my choice: giving it to a friend who needs one or throwing it away.
>What's confusing now that I think more deeply of what a typical wireless
>home router
Mine is ethernet and wireless. I essentially use its wireless just for
my smart phone, and that's only occasional.
>can do is that almost every option starts looking like the same
>thing if you're not bridging networks. They all seem to have access points.
>
>Am I correct in assuming that every option listed above in some way can
>"extend the range" of your signal when set up on a typical home router?
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