[Wolves] Virtual Meeting - March 9th

[Chris Ellis]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2022, 19:49 Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint, <
mark.croft.lug at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok i will find out how much he wants too spend each month..
>
> the wifi is very slow but only works outside the unit... so needs some
> sort wifi repeater or something? i am not that hot on networking and
> wifi?
>
> is there such a thing to take existing wifi lets call it
> otuside_yard_wifi and duplicate it inside his car repair unit , lets
> call that one delboys_motors_wifi?
>
> maybe a raspberry pi? solutio0n?
>

Wifi repeaters are pretty common.  TP Link does quite a few IIRC.  Not
uncommon for them to be built into powerline networking units.


>
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 19:15, Chris Ellis via Wolves
> <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Mar 2022, 18:53 Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via Wolves, <
> wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> attending need to get my head around installing 4g mobile receiver
> >> with bad reception it seems on all network but i can't get a straight
> >> answers out of ppl. is there a way to test for 4g strength on each
> >> network without having too take out a contract on each provider too
> >> find out which one got the fattest and most reliable speeds..
> >
> >
> > Not really.  Performance on the same network can vary from area to area
> significantly.  Its all a trade off of people to spectrum.
> >
> > Signal strength is no garuntee of performance.  I get the same singal
> strength on 3 here as at my parents.  Yet here on speedtest I get ~2Mb at
> my parents ~80Mb.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> his yard is near  The Common, Earlswood B94 5SL
> >>
> >> he a cheap stake? the yard offers wifi but it very slow speed i can't
> >> remember what now cos my mobile only had 10% battery when i was up
> >> there at 3pm i will go up with my spare mobile to get a better reading
> >> , my mobile needs new battery but the price of the battery is a same
> >> as a second hand phone with bad mattery..
> >
> >
> > Best option is to get some pay as you go sims and run speedtest.  £5
> worth of credit on EE, 3 and O2 is propably enough.
> >
> > If thats to expensive, just tell him to live with what he's got.
> >
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 at 21:17, Amrik Singh via Wolves
> >> <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Weekly Social
> >> >
> >> > Date:
> >> > 19:30 onwards, Wed 9th March
> >> >
> >> > Location:
> >> > https://meet.intrbiz.net/wolveslug
> >> >
> >> > Goes:
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> >> >
> >> > Late/Maybe:
> >> > 1. Amo
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> >> >
> >> > No Goes:
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