00:07:06 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: To add yourself to the Announcements list and receive notices of upcoming meetings, send an email to opcug-announcements+subscribe@googlegroups.com 00:07:40 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 00:08:43 Francis Chao: Today's presentation slides are available at my Web site at 00:10:07 Francis Chao: The slides for today's presentation are available at 00:10:29 Francis Chao: https://aztcs.apcug.org 00:10:48 Francis Chao: Click on "Meeting Notes". 00:16:22 Tom Trottier: Polarizing filters very useful to increase or decrease reflections (except metallic, like silver mirrors) and rainbows. 00:18:47 Tom Trottier: fcha02@yahoo.com 00:19:02 Tom Trottier: http://aztcs.apcug.org Click on "Meeting Notes" 00:19:05 jenn faubert: I want to know if my wifi extender is working. I have one but how do I know if it is just a fixture or a fix 00:20:05 Denis Therrien: For a very large home you might want to have both Rogers and Bell …;> 00:20:24 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "I want to know if my..." Good question. I will pass this on to Francis. 00:26:08 Tom Trottier: FWIW, power-line networking messes up shortwave signals - which matters if you are a Radio Amateur or Short Wave Listener. 00:28:47 Tom Trottier: If you are building a new house, you might want to install cat8 cable in every room. 00:35:43 jenn faubert: my router is in the basement because that is where it comes into the house and that Is where the provider set it up...should I be moving it 00:36:07 Timothy: It Amazon Prime week for savings this week. 00:37:24 Tom Trottier: Wifi access point is best central and high 00:37:26 Bill Van Dijk: If you need to extend just to one location, a simple extender will do. The advantage of a mesh repeater is that you can link multiple extender which will do hand-off to the next one when moving around. Very similar to what cell towers do 00:46:14 Tom Trottier: There is no mainstream phone (Pixel or iPhone included) that supports connecting to both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi bands at the same time for a single network connection. Exception: Some specialized or experimental devices, or certain laptops/network cards, may offer multi-band simultaneous connections, but this is not a capability of iPhone or Pixel phones. 00:49:10 Tom Trottier: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4020055/why-is-there-a-number-after-the-wifi-im-connected 00:49:57 Tom Trottier: "The number in the name is the connection profile name. A new connection profile will be created when the network configuration changes (like changing router settings, different hotspots with the same name, or the commands that you have run), resulting the system adding a number after the connection's name" 00:50:19 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4020055/why-is-there-a-number-after-the-wifi-im-connected 00:57:45 Tom Trottier: @Francis, do you connect your mesh/extender via cable? If via wifi, are there any wrinkles in settings to maintain bandwidth? 00:58:56 Tom Trottier: Sounds like Mesh is a Mess..... 00:59:09 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Sounds like Mesh is ..." That's for sure! 00:59:50 Tom Trottier: https://nationalinterest.orq/bloq/techland/states-have-a-tp-link-problem https://www.wired.com/story/tp-link-router-ban-investiqation/ 01:01:30 Tom Trottier: correction: 01:01:31 Tom Trottier: https://nationalinterest.org/bloq/techland/states-have-a-tp-link-problem https://www.wired.com/story/tp-link-router-ban-investigation/ 01:02:04 Steve Parker: I have an ORBI 850 mesh, vastly superior to the ASUS router I had before 01:03:07 Bea: so if we have a TP link is there anything we can do? 01:04:04 Tom Trottier: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/states-have-a-tp-link-problem 01:04:07 Steve Parker: yeah, trade it for an ORBI mesh ;-) 01:05:13 Tom Trottier: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TBJML4R powerline networking pair 01:07:43 Tom Trottier: Does network cabling need a metal case for fire control? 01:10:00 Tom Trottier: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=FENVi%20PCIE%20WiFi%20Adapter%20for%20Desktop%20WiFi%207 01:12:41 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://the-sz.com/products/homedale/ 01:13:56 Tom Trottier: "-48" dBm is stronger than "-70" dBm 01:14:11 Tom Trottier: shown as greener 01:16:00 Tom Trottier: https://www.netspotapp.com/ 01:24:02 Richard Bradford: olpc - laptops had mesh network built in without the need for separate routers 01:27:07 Tom Trottier: You can load open source router software 01:27:08 Tom Trottier: https://www.networkstraining.com/best-open-source-router-os/ 01:27:18 Tom Trottier: onto the TP-link 01:27:50 Tom Trottier: dd-wrt & open wrt have a long history 01:28:36 Tom Trottier: Some building codes require it, esp for Power Over Internet 01:28:48 Tom Trottier: the cable metal covering 01:29:06 Steve Parker: Can you force a 6GH connection with an ORBI 850? 01:29:27 Tom Trottier: Metal cover also protects signal 01:29:29 Bea: do they really care about the individual user 01:29:51 Bob Herres: Wow Francis! ✅ Great Stuff Thank you! Some of it was over my head, but I Love being exposed to this kind of stuff — it helps me learn and connect the dots later on - Your personal experiences really brought all this to Life - Relatable & Easy!❤️ 01:30:41 Tom Trottier: Power over Ethernet (PoE) typically operates at voltages between 44 and 57 volts DC, depending on the specific PoE standard being used. The original PoE standard provides up to 15.4 watts, while newer standards can deliver up to 100 watts. 01:32:41 Tom Trottier: The Orbi 850 series (such as the AX6000 model) is a tri-band Wi-Fi 6 mesh system that supports only 2.4 GHz and two 5 GHz bands—it does not have built-in support for the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band used by Wi-Fi 6E routers. Therefore, it cannot be forced to use the 6 GHz band because that frequency is not available on Orbi 850 hardware. 01:33:32 Tom Trottier: (Perplexity is your friend) 01:37:00 Tom Trottier: Many TP-Link routers can be flashed with open-source firmware like OpenWRT, as long as the specific model is supported by the OpenWRT project. Before attempting to flash, it is essential to check firmware compatibility for the exact model and hardware version on the OpenWRT website or its “Table of Hardware” section. 01:37:10 Richard Bradford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO#Networking 01:37:21 Timothy: bea, they are looking for your baking secrets. 01:37:26 Jocelyn Doire: My condo has a router for the office, and would like to provide WiFi to our party room which is one floor below, which has emergency power, to let residents to connect when there is no power. The two floors are separated by a concrete floor, what do you suggest to do? 01:38:20 Bob Herres: Reacted to "bea, they are lookin..." with ❤️ 01:43:17 Jocelyn Doire: Thanks! 01:43:39 Gail Eagen: Thank you! 01:43:51 Greg: Thank you! 01:43:56 Allison: Thank you! 01:43:59 Carol Pearson: Thanks very much! 01:43:59 Tom Trottier: TYVM Francis 01:44:02 Timothy: Thank you Francis Chao for your presentation. 01:44:03 Ed Morawski: Thank you! 01:44:11 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thank you Francis Ch..." with ❤️ 01:44:13 Bob Herres: Reacted to "TYVM Francis" with ❤️ 01:44:17 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thank you!" with ❤️ 01:44:25 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thank you!" with ❤️ 01:44:28 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thank you!" with ❤️ 01:44:31 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thank you!" with ❤️ 01:44:33 Bea: thanks all