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Re: Help needed with home network configuration

From	Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Help needed with home network configuration
Date	2018-04-08 02:50 +0200
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David Wright wrote:
> On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-0000), Dan Purgert wrote:
>> David Wright wrote:
>> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-0000), Dan Purgert wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi.
>> >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting
>> >> its time between pretending to be an AP for a client device, and
>> >> pretending to be a client device to the upstream AP.
>> >
>> > Then I'm not sure why you wrote "Good deal". I'd be wanting the
>> > wireless connectivity described above as not needed, though obviously
>> > on a separate band/channel. Were you implying that that would kill
>> > throughput for everything too?
>> 
>> If he's using the buffalo device to "repeat" the wifi signal (which he
>> isn't), then yes the throughput would tank.
>
> OK, I'll just assume you don't know. Anybody else actually doing this
> (separate band (like 2/5 GHz) or channel (like channel 1/6/11) for the
> backhaul (inter-router) link)?

If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the same
channel as the upstream AP.  It *cannot* use a different channel.

In the event you have a dual-band AP, and the following conditions are
true

  - 5GHz uplink
  - 2.4 GHz for clients

Then you are not "repeating" the WiFi signal to the downstream client
devices (and the throughput losses I mentioned would not come into
play).

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Help needed with home network configuration Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-03-09 15:40 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-03-09 16:20 +0100
    Re: Help needed with home network configuration Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-03-09 18:40 +0100
      Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-15 03:30 +0100
        Re: Help needed with home network configuration Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-03-15 06:20 +0100
        Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-15 18:20 +0100
          Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 02:50 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 04:30 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-03-16 09:50 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 14:00 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-16 14:10 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-16 14:30 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 00:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-03 13:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-05 19:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-06 12:20 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-06 18:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-07 16:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-07 22:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-08 02:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-08 02:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 14:10 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-09 12:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-13 16:20 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 10:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-15 13:40 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-15 14:10 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-16 00:50 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-15 13:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 14:00 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-04-09 12:30 +0200
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 17:20 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 15:40 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-16 14:20 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 17:10 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-19 12:00 +0100
            Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-16 18:30 +0100
              Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-16 20:20 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-03-16 21:00 +0100
                Re: Help needed with home network configuration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-17 00:50 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-03-09 17:30 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-03-09 20:30 +0100
  Re: Help needed with home network configuration Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-03-10 10:10 +0100
    Re: Help needed with home network configuration <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-03-10 10:20 +0100

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