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Cake day: November 27th, 2023

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  • Completely forgot about this, I have a set of TPLink AV2000. Garage is on a subpanel fed by the house but I just tested and they work out there.

    Speedtest is only pulling 50/50 Mbps , but its as good or better than the XT9 signal out there.

    For now this may be good enough. Testing in the house and I’m getting 350/300 connected to the XT9 after changing the cable. About the same(315/270) connected to the BGW320. Testing using speedtest site on Pixel7 and Framework PC(Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210)

    Spouse voted for PTP over more AP’s in the main house.


  • Current thoughts -

    XT9 is not getting a strong enough signal to the garage.

    For time being I have a set of TPLink AV2000 Powerline adapters, Speedtest is only pulling 50/50 Mbps , which should be enough for office work in the garage.

    Long term will probably try to improve with either an aerial Fiber run or a PTP Wireless setup(more likely).

    I could keep the XT9’s(on sale at $350) for this setup, but is it(and any mesh setup) overpriced/a waste if I am using either wired or PTP for backhaul? If so what would make more sense device wise? I could just run the house of the ATT BGW320 Gateway and get a single AP for the garage, or get a matched set of routers.

    If I go PTP I would need something that supported POE or would need to add a POE switch.

    I’m testing with a Pixel 7 and and Framework PC(Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210) which both support higher speeds than I am seeing right next to the routers(~250-400 / 300). Is that just the reality of ‘top’ speeds vs actual? If so does it make sense to back down my ATT service(we do have multiple users and everything is wifi)?