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I've decided to route CATn in the crawlspace under the house to low voltage outlet panels I'm going to install one of in each room. I have several wireless routers now, but each one is capable of blasting wireless through the outside walls and a hundred feet beyond, and they all look like Cisco bargain-basement industrial design. I want to take a different approach.
I want to plug one small, low cost, limited range but g/n router in each room. I don't want the signal to penetrate the walls, I want to keep the signal strength down. I don't need each unit to support more than five wireless connections at a time. (If there's going to be a printer parked in a room, it'll be able to get a wire.) The wireless is intended to be used for mobile and portable devices. The maximum distance between each wireless access point and a laptop computer or a smart phone is going to be 15 feet, with no intervening wall.
When I move from one room to the next, I want the network to figure out what's going on and switch me to another access point.
So, high speed, low range, minimum signal strength. Very low cost, say less than $20 each, or possibly less than $10. Small form factor, say a cube less than 2" on a side, including integrated plug. No point to having an external antenna. What's out there today that looks like that?
Most of the wireless g/n installs I've seen in urban settings basically try to duel with everyone else's wireless g/n signals on the block. People buy the biggest wireless router they can find, plug it in, find a channel people are already using, and park it there. They like to use their wireless network with their phone from a neighbor's house five doors down.
I want to plug one small, low cost, limited range but g/n router in each room. I don't want the signal to penetrate the walls, I want to keep the signal strength down. I don't need each unit to support more than five wireless connections at a time. (If there's going to be a printer parked in a room, it'll be able to get a wire.) The wireless is intended to be used for mobile and portable devices. The maximum distance between each wireless access point and a laptop computer or a smart phone is going to be 15 feet, with no intervening wall.
When I move from one room to the next, I want the network to figure out what's going on and switch me to another access point.
So, high speed, low range, minimum signal strength. Very low cost, say less than $20 each, or possibly less than $10. Small form factor, say a cube less than 2" on a side, including integrated plug. No point to having an external antenna. What's out there today that looks like that?
Most of the wireless g/n installs I've seen in urban settings basically try to duel with everyone else's wireless g/n signals on the block. People buy the biggest wireless router they can find, plug it in, find a channel people are already using, and park it there. They like to use their wireless network with their phone from a neighbor's house five doors down.