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Cake day: October 30th, 2023

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  • when mine was initially setup I had intermittent connection issues. I was able to monitor the Rx power and see it fluctuate. (the numbers to the right of the decimal are not displayed correctly which took awhile to figure out)
    0.16 is ACTUALLY 0.016
    0.160 IS what we would typically write as 0.16
    its showing how many thousands and not padding the zeros correctly.

    I called and a tech came out and cleaned the outside house box connection, the connection at the street, and the connection on the other side of the street. been solid since then.


  • Tucking ethernet under/along baseboard trim can be a legit option depending on ages and preferences of others in the house.

    If you own the place, you could also consider drilling a hole through the floor at the edge of the room as well if the space below is unfinished.

    depending on what the upstairs connectivity requirements are moving all the wired connections to the basement and just using wifi for the rest is a very legit option. I’ve done that in the past when my office and gaming pc were in the basement and it was only the Roku and phones and tablet on wifi used elsewhere.


  • basically any router can be configured as a switch+AP combo. Some have a mode option in the settings and other you have to manually do things like turning off DHCP and assigning a static IP outside the DHCP range of the main router.

    That said, having them as separate things allows for more adjustments such as expanding to a larger switch later or having the switch in a handy wired location while the AP can be located in an optimal wi-fi location such as on other side of that room or on a shelf.