Slightly OT? WiFi problems

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 8:03 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 11:05, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ..
> > 3 is a minimal mesh but with almost no redundant paths and will not
> > give much better results than one. It's a flip-flop: there are 2
> > possible paths for the signal.
>
> To be pedantic (always a good thing where computers are involved) I
> think there are five paths.  If the router connected to the WAN is A
> and the others are B and C, and the client is X then the routes are
> X -> A -> WAN
> X -> B -> A -> WAN
> X -> C -> A -> WAN
> X -> B -> C -> A -> WAN
> X -> C -> B -> A -> WAN
>
Excellent information, thank you Colin and Liam.  Good primer on router meshes.

Even with another adjustment, the laptop could not sustain a good wifi
connection to do a system update.

I bought a four-port expander (the laptop only has a few) and a
USB-wifi plug. I'll update when I can.

Mark