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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
get the primary into the middle of the house (I have cabling to various places) and place the others to create a different spread.
Thinking out loud, that means 2 x network ports: one to get from modem to Google router, then another to get the Google router ethernet back to my network switch (which sits next to the modem and feeds the LAN devices).Possible but somewhat inconvenient - prefer to have all the stationary hardware use ethernet where possible tho maybe the improved WiFi coverage could see me switch a couple of things away from that.
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@NTA I have to look at this myself later but
Testing mesh speed section and Look useful
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@nostrildamus First article is the old Google WiFi app which isn't available any more
I did a walk through on the setup this morning - I can get the Primary point into the geographical centre of the house (kitchen) with 2 ethernet ports.
Point 2 will have LOS to the "west" of that near the front of the house (foyer) with no impeding structures.
Point 3 will still be in the same location to the "east" (my office) but should hook up to the primary directly as it will be within 5m of it, through an internal wall.Only thing is the Primary point isn't a google assistant (which I find a bit silly) so I might need to dig out another Google Mini if the new setup isn't very communicative. That's fine as Google kept sending me free Minis so I have a few spare.
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@nostrildamus First article is the old Google WiFi app which isn't available any more
I did a walk through on the setup this morning - I can get the Primary point into the geographical centre of the house (kitchen) with 2 ethernet ports.
Point 2 will have LOS to the "west" of that near the front of the house (foyer) with no impeding structures.
Point 3 will still be in the same location to the "east" (my office) but should hook up to the primary directly as it will be within 5m of it, through an internal wall.Only thing is the Primary point isn't a google assistant (which I find a bit silly) so I might need to dig out another Google Mini if the new setup isn't very communicative. That's fine as Google kept sending me free Minis so I have a few spare.
PS primary not an assistant is really really silly and I wonder why...
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@nostrildamus I'm assuming the extra bits for routing preclude a speaker of any quality
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
Point 2 will have LOS to the "west" of that near the front of the house (foyer) with no impeding structures.
This is about 10 metres BTW and still came up as "Great connection" since the change Friday morning.
That is until 10pm tonight when it went offline. Restarted and back to "Great connection" which tbh shits me. Don't really think the Google wifi is that robust in terms of recovering bad connection caching.
Other than that the testing was all good and the house (4 bed 2 bath + study single level) appears to be running 5 GHz at maximum rate almost everywhere.
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@NTA said in Tech Questions:
Point 2 will have LOS to the "west" of that near the front of the house (foyer) with no impeding structures.
This is about 10 metres BTW and still came up as "Great connection" since the change Friday morning.
That is until 10pm tonight when it went offline. Restarted and back to "Great connection" which tbh shits me. Don't really think the Google wifi is that robust in terms of recovering bad connection caching.
Other than that the testing was all good and the house (4 bed 2 bath + study single level) appears to be running 5 GHz at maximum rate almost everywhere.
...then feeds into the world class NBN
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@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@voodoo fucking mishmash tech plan. Do it fibre and give us Gbps+
They are, slowly.
You might find this interesting. https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-statements/nbn-co-lodges-proposed-sau-variation-with-the-accc
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@antipodean said in Tech Questions:
@NTA said in Tech Questions:
@voodoo fucking mishmash tech plan. Do it fibre and give us Gbps+
They are, slowly.
You might find this interesting. https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-statements/nbn-co-lodges-proposed-sau-variation-with-the-accc
I do find that interesting.
Particularly as I know for a fact that optic fibre is sitting in the pit right outside my house, and has been for a couple of months, but for whatever reason isn't active yet.
I'd gladly pay $150/month for gigabit as the Tax man can eat half of that. At that point the only limiter is my wifi, as all the hardwired stuff in the house will gladly run at Gb.
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just go starlink. Little bit of setup cost but better than shit land connection.
For our property in the wops I can get Rural Broadband at maybe 30ish, VDSL at a supposed 30 but given distance to cabinet probably 18-20 or pay Mr Twitter and get around 150. Given that I want to spent long periods working remotely without flying back to Welly then Starlink is a no brainer,
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@ploughboy said in Tech Questions:
@Crucial do there prices include gst
Half price on the hardware at the moment. Only$520 for the dish and modem. $159 a month unlimited. Expensive compared to being in town but worth it.
I assume that is the GST inclusive price as it is the NZ price nd no mention of adding it at the end
