Performance is impressive. The 5GHz band won't reach the troublesome area at the back of the house from the attic, but elsewhere the throughput is fantastic. At some point I'll try siting it at the ADSL termination in our bedroom and see if it can reach from there - which will mean, if it can, running a cable to a switch in the attic for the machines up there - but I can cope with that. The most interesting thing about the current state of affairs is that I've found a location for the repeater which appears to be interference-free (touches wood, kicks black cats out of path etc): Right in the middle of the serving hatch from the kitchen to the kids room.
More importantly, the connection seems pretty stable in the problem area at the back of the house - where I'm currently sitting. I haven't had this setup for more than a day or so, but if it carries on looking like this, I can live with it. Just about. My aspirations have, frankly been realigned over the last 12 months... |
But - today - it's all performing tolerably well. I am cracking open a beer and hoping it stays that way for a while...