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LoL! I just did my house as the Wifi was marginal and annoying me: Ubiquiti U6 long range x2 in the basement and a U7 Pro upstairs in the main room. I also upgrade the switch to a UniFi Switch Lite 8 given that it's POE+ and you need that for best results with the U6/U7 generation. Seems to have done the trick...send floor went from 20MBps to over 400 and no more random drop outs. I am sure there is higher end stuff out there but for a residential home the Ubiquiti stuff has been fine even when running/connecting double digit devices.
Back when I started dicking with WiFi here at home (year 2002~), I bought Linkys WRT-54's and then I downloaded aftermarket firmware from Sveasoft, which added a bunch of extra features, and one was I could adjust the transmit power up to a couple of watts, IIRC. THEN, Cisco bought out Linksys and almost immediately stripped-down all Linksys routers to the bare minimum of what they could do, less memory, less CPU speed, and you could no longer flash the firmware. Some places still make firmware you can use on certain routers today, but it is VERY specific as to which ones, which models, which versions, and in some cases, 'it can only be used on devices with a serial number starting with 123xxxxxxxxxxxx' (123 is an example). I have not kept up in about 15 years, but if you want to look around, see if anyone still makes aftermarket firmware today, and what it will work on, and go shopping from there...
Some of us enjoyed playing. And I never 'fought with' anyone, just stated what I did, and what I learned.
Yeah but the stakes were also a lot lower 15 years ago Today, you have a 0 day and all of a sudden you're running a tor exit for a pedofile and the feds are knocking on your door, not for the child porn, but because some north koreans used your router as a jump box to get DoD nuke codes
That's pretty bad. My friend was trying to get me to use a mesh setup, but I didn't want to deal with that like he has (same neighborhood and house basically). I went with a TP Link 6e-capable and pretty happy with it. It was not the highest end unit, but good enough and no issues indoor or out (the Archer AXE75) and under $200. Their highest level seems to be $500 (Archer BE800).
Uh, you might want to google tp link: https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/business/us-could-ban-chinese-made-tp-link-routers-over-hacking-fears-report/
I used to use Ubiquity at home for my access points. I was using 3 of them upstairs, basement and out side. Reception was ok at best. Recently i replaced all 3 with 1 Ruckus R610 cheap on ebay $45 USD. Now I have great wifi inside and out. 500 Mbps no problem, even 4 houses away.
