[ale] Looks like time for a new wireless router

[Tom & JaVonn]

Leam:

I'd like to throw out two recommended features that our 6 year old ASUS
RT-N66W offers.  The ability to schedule the WiFi (ours is set to go
off at 11 pm and on at 7 am) plus the ability to set output power level
(we keep it at level 3 of 4 as it's only used for cellphones -- our 3
workstations are all wired).

When we leave town, we turn off the scheduler and raise the power level
to high, for the use of a couple of WiFi security cameras.

My engineering background and boatloads of studies lead me to minimize
exposure to radio waves.  Since we learned that 5G had come to our
neighborhood last year, we sleep inside of a shielding canopy.

Tom

On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 20:46 -0600, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> Currently using a 3 year old ASUS RT-ACRH18 with two wired and 4-6
> wireless clients, usually low load. It was having issues delivering a
> video, and the log showed a bunch of dropped connections from all
> over the IPv4 range.
> 
> When I remotely rebooted, its IP pinged but the routing and web
> interface didn't come back up. Tried a short power off, same issue. A
> little longer power off worked, at least for the moment. Did a
> firmware update once it came back up fully. After I send this I'm
> going to shut it off for the night and see if it helps clear things
> out.
> 
> However, having a backup is always a good idea. Recommendations?
> House isn't too big, wood and whiteboard internal walls. Main issue
> is that my wife's Mac is old and sometimes doesn't keep a good
> connection. Cost is a consideration, still haven't found a job yet.
> 
> Recommendations?
> 
> Leam
>   

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