<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken@jots.org" target="_blank">ken@jots.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 2017-06-28 10:31, Richard Kolb II wrote:</span><br>
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> I'm also thinking about using it as a wifi access point, the location<br>
> that it'll be installed, a remote house in Maine, will have a dsl<br>
> connection, but right now I don't have a wireless router, and since I<br>
> have this handy I thought I'd take advantage.<br>
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</span>I set up my RasPi 3 as a WAP, and I have to say, it just didn't work<br>
that well -- egregiously slow, and low power to boot. I guess the<br>
system is underpowered for the task, based on the reading I did. I'd<br>
have to recommend using a stock WAP to make that happen -- bet you could<br>
find one for $15 on Craigslist or something.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>People bought lots of the Linksys routers back in the day. They should be out there.</div><div><br></div><div>I find myself avoiding wireless as much as possible. If I can run a wire to the Roku, security cam, raspberry pi doing what it does, the sprinkler controller, the printer, I will. No bandwidth contention, no outdated security, no dead spots. I need to run power to the device anyways.</div><div><br></div><div>Some people might not be able to run network cables everywhere of course and some devices (tablets) can't be wired.</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div></div></div></div>