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minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoI spend a lot more money on good Ethernet switches. But at least that works and is easier to manage than Wifi.
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoYeah this kinda overlooks a lot of the issues with like… getting a cable somewhere
minus-squarePixellatedDave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoCurve ball… I use power line and for my property and in my use case it is not any different to ethernet.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days ago$6.99/5’ of cable. A weekend of manual labor running cable through my walls. Or $300 for something I can set-and-forget. Decisions, decisions.
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 days ago$300 in labor is wildly optimistic and true for a simple cable run, maybe If run probably even a “short” run will typically be at least 20ft. Think, from a wall plate, up an 8ft wall, across a crawl space, down another 8ft wall. Not all cable runs are simple
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoIt doesn’t even cost that much for a decent wifi AP either.
I spend a lot more money on good Ethernet switches. But at least that works and is easier to manage than Wifi.
Yeah this kinda overlooks a lot of the issues with like… getting a cable somewhere
Curve ball… I use power line and for my property and in my use case it is not any different to ethernet.
EoP is really cool
$6.99/5’ of cable. A weekend of manual labor running cable through my walls.
Or $300 for something I can set-and-forget.
Decisions, decisions.
$300 in labor is wildly optimistic and true for a simple cable run, maybe
If run probably even a “short” run will typically be at least 20ft. Think, from a wall plate, up an 8ft wall, across a crawl space, down another 8ft wall.
Not all cable runs are simple
It doesn’t even cost that much for a decent wifi AP either.