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   [GRLC] (⁠^⁠.⁠_⁠.⁠^⁠)⁠ﾉ :neocat_flag_sapphic: (novenary@akko.wtf)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 08:24:44 JST [GRLC] (⁠^⁠.⁠_⁠.⁠^⁠)⁠ﾉ :neocat_flag_sapphic:

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   • miauz genyau
   • Steph :|>
   @steph @mia powerline sucks, mesh is worse
   if interference from the neighbors is a problem, the first thing to check is that you are using 5ghz which is going to be much quieter (owing to poor wall penetration)
   
   then proper wired backbone is crucial, first of all I'd verify that the powerline setup is actually the problem by testing it with wired devices on either end
   obviously proper ethernet cabling is going to be the best but you have other options
   if you own the powerline adapters, and the house has unused telephone wiring, a neat hack is to mod the devices to disconnect the transceivers from mains, and just run the data lines over the phone wiring (see for example https://www.instructables.com/Ethernet-Over-Telephone-Lines-or-Whatever-Cable/); that should give much better results than the noisy mains wiring
   alternatively if you have unused coaxial cables (for satellite or cable TV), there are also adapters that can make use of that, the cheapest option being a set from directv which should give you about 60-70Mbps half duplex, or fancier ones that can go faster
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     Steph :|> (steph@fedi.steph.tools)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 08:24:49 JST Steph :|>

     • miauz genyau

     @mia this is at my parents I don't want to diy anything because I won't be there to fix it

     That's why I paid an arm and a leg to buy the stupidly expensive Fritz stuff while I had a janky to link 10€ router that worked better than this before

     I don't think the power line is the issue even though the connection is dogshit because this is an old house and all the wiring is crap (half of the sockets are still not even earthed). But the new Fritz power line is much better than the old crappy KPN branded powerline we had (back when I installed it the first time like 6 months ago I got 40Mbps max on the original power line to my server downstairs but 180Mbps over the Fritz power line, over lan ofc)

     But idk my parents live in the middle of the city so there's 81262926 WiFi networks around us ofc which makes this hard (and why I thought screaming louder than the neighbours might help by getting a second mesh AP)

     Networks were a mistake