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I've got a couple RPi's 50 feet from Routers - thru walls and floors and they work fine...nt

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In Reply to: RE: Looking for a good, cheap WiFi dongle for my Pi... posted by Rod M on September 26, 2017 at 19:53:58

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No luck here.... - Rod M 18:24:35 09/27/17 (7)
My office is not more than 50 feet away from the nearest access point, but it has to go through a nearly a foot thick rock wall and floor to the room above. I ordered E-Stat's $14 dongle from Amazon which gave me an excuse to order a couple of CDs to get free shipping on the order.

-Rod
- RE: No luck here.... - Cut-Throat 18:43:32 09/27/17 (6)
  You're sure that you have the Wifi setup on the Pi and you have run the scan on PiCoreplayer and looked at the signal strength of the routers that you have in your house?
  If you can't see any router at all, the rock wall may block the dongle as well. I get a signal strength of 95 with mine 50 feet away and through a couple walls.
  
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  - RE: No luck here.... - Rod M 19:14:37 09/27/17 (5)
    Yeah, I see them. One seemed like it connected, but wanted a reboot and then I couldn't see that one the next time and it wouldn't connect. If I had the password for the neighbor behind me, it would be great. My office is just a bitch for WiFi. To make matters worse, the rack is on a wall that is below grade, so you have dirt and a concrete driveway and then a foot of rock.
    
    I've been tempted to add an access point here, but I have it all wired and get Gigabit speeds on wire, so why bother? I'd change my mind if I had a smart phone though.
    
    -Rod
    - RE: No luck here.... - Cut-Throat 21:33:59 09/27/17 (4)
      How about a mesh network?
      
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      - RE: No luck here.... - Rod M 09:33:38 09/28/17 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No luck here.... posted by Cut-Throat on September 27, 2017 at 21:33:59
        
        We already have Cat6 through the entire house. My office alone has 4 outlets and everything goes to a 16 port Gigabit switch to the Gigabit router. Then, I've got a separate WiFi router and two more that function as access points. Coverage is excellent now for the whole house and the yard, except for WiFi in my office which is not a problem for me. And it's not like the office can't see any WiFi, the only problem spot is low on one wall which happens to be where the rack lives, but that area has a wired connection and an 8 port Gigabit switch.
        
        Rather than an expensive mesh network, I'd just get an inexpensive AC1900 WiFi router and configure it as an access point if I ever get a smart phone and found it necessary.
        
        -Rod
        
        Now I'm confused....................... - Cut-Throat 13:15:56 09/28/17 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No luck here.... posted by Rod M on September 28, 2017 at 09:33:38
        
        Why are you trying to get wireless working when you have Ethernet??
        
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        RE: Now I'm confused....................... - Rod M 13:31:02 09/28/17 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Now I'm confused....................... posted by Cut-Throat on September 28, 2017 at 13:15:56
        
        I understand your confusion. My son is moving out this weekend and I may let him have the RPi if he wants to use it and he will only have WiFi there.
        
        -Rod
        
        RE: Now I'm confused....................... - Cut-Throat 13:54:01 09/28/17 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Now I'm confused....................... posted by Rod M on September 28, 2017 at 13:31:02
        
        Well, it will probably work where he's going, so I'm still confused.
        
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