Re: Help needed with home network configuration
On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 10:00:31 -0000 (UTC)
Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 -0000 (UTC)
> > Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> Yep, you've got the terms right.
> >>
> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it?
> >> or is it JUST trying to pretend that it's a client device to the
> >> TP-Link?
> >
> > I'm not using the Buffalo to provide wireless connectivity to any
> > clients. The page I linked to does have instructions for doing that,
> > but I don't need it.
>
> Good deal. Using the buffalo as a wifi repeater would kill throughput
> for everything connected to it :)
Yes, I did have that impression. I even worry about whether its
repeating function is hurting wifi for everything on the 2.4 GHz band,
even those connecting to the TP-Link, but I really don't have much on
2.4 to begin with, just a couple of legacy devices (printer, old
Android phone) that don't support 5 GHz and aren't using much bandwidth.
Celejar
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