Yeah, I loved it because it allowed me to boost the signal above FCC-approved power requirements and saturate my house with that sweet 2.4GHz connection everywhere.

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linsomniac a day ago | parent | next [-]

It is basically always better to run more APs at lower power in the areas where you need coverage, than to boost the power. Especially today with the radio spectrum being so congested.

Despite this, I could expect 3-5 people to hunt me down at PyCon when I was running the wireless to tell me that I had misconfigured the wifi because it was set to low power. More reports of that than reports of wifi not working, IIRC. ;-)

(I was running the wireless because the people we paid do to the wifi would just set up one or two APs and crank the power)

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baggachipz a day ago | parent | next [-]

Please travel back to 2003 and talk to old me when I could only afford one AP and had no idea how to make them work in concert together. :)

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toast0 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It is basically always better to run more APs at lower power in the areas where you need coverage, than to boost the power.

Only if your clients are competent at roaming.

	▲	linsomniac 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		FYI: I've never had any problems with that. Back in the mid-2000s I was running the WiFi for 1000+ people at a time at conferences for 3-4 years, and basically had no complaints.
	▲	Cabal 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Looking at you, Nintendo Switch 1 and 2. Yes, the 2, in 2026.

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Barbing a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Good to know

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HumblyTossed 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I used corner reflectors made from roof flashing and cardboard on mine. Worked really well to get the signal from one corner of my apt to the other.