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[SavingWithBabies]

@Smashter wireless mesh will always be slower than non-mesh. It's the nature of the beast. Unless they are high end units, you can assume you'll loose your speed divided by the number of mesh units. So say you have a 100 megabit connection and 3 devices then you can expect 100/3 = 33 megabits if you're not connected/near the unit plugged directly into the internet connection.

There are ways to solve this. Typically by having the units support another radio spectrum that they use as a backhaul for communication or having each unit plugged into ethernet (again, faster backhaul or path to the internet).

With mesh networking, you're giving up top end speed for an overall better connection. So it's a trade off and unless you get high end units, it does end up eating up top end speed. That said, my understanding is if you set another computer next to yours, it too would get a similar connection to yours so the overall speed isn't wasted. So the effort is towards making the overall experience for everyone who can connect to the mesh better not maximizing the individual speed of a single device.

That said, they could have some kind of technical limitation or there could be something else at play (too high a utilization of the wifi spectrum(s)). Just figured I'd mention it as ran into this limitation as ran into it again at a relative's over Thanksgiving when we installed a mesh network in their home. The way these are marketed is poor because they do a bad job of explaining the hit to max speed. Although if they were transparent about that, they would probably sell less. I personally think they would have less returns too but I guess someone has figured out it's still worth it.

[Smashter]

Thanks for that rundown, SWB. Very interesting. I definitely don't have the need for a mesh system, but I sure thought I did. There's a lesson there.

[mathiverse]

Anyone have an old fitness tracker they would like to give away or trade for? Here are some things I have laying around that I could give in return: viewtopic.php?p=263392#p263392.

[Ego]

Big Agnes Insulated Q-Core SL with a hole near the valve to US by First Class mail.

[Gilberto de Piento]

If I remember correctly pads are very repairable with some variant of seam grip type glue. I fixed a hole in one and it held air well. Should be a worthwhile project for someone.

[Laura Ingalls]

If I remember correctly pads are very repairable with some variant of seam grip type glue. I fixed a hole in one and it held air well. Should be a worthwhile project for someone.

In the unlikely event the Ego acquired said sleeping pad in a regular retail manner Big Agnes has a great warranty too but requires a receipt.

I had leak. I got a replacement that I ended up selling at the request of my campground neighbor whose pad died mid music festival. I know we currently have more pads the humans in our house so I definitely will pass.

[Ego]

@Gilberto.... Funny, I bought a the contest of a military tent repair outfit a while ago. I just looked in the bin. I have more than a hundred tubes of seam grip in there so I will toss one in with a sheet of thin nylon material to perform the repair. Shipping is free if the person agrees to post the repair in the fixit log. I have enough stuff so no need to send me anything in return.

@Laura Ingalls, you know me well. Unfortunately no receipt.

[Anesau]

Cat 2

• XPPen Drawing Tablet - full setup with color screen, glove, cords, and stylus. Needs to be connected to a computer with both USB A and HDMI plugins

• Books - some CS textbooks (Computer Networks and Internets by Comer, Clean Code by Martin, and Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Van Roy). Some philosophy/fiction, including (but not limited to) the collected works of Nietzche, the Baghvad Gita, and Crime & Punishment

• Women's winter clothes (probably mostly size S or M). Not sure exactly which items, but happy to check if anyone's interested. Also a few Men's S fleece quarter zips, and unisex knitted hats

Cat W

• Seeds, especially for edible plants that can be grown in the shade (spinach?). Or any other useful gardening items

• Bird-related items (art? fabric?)

• Useful consumables - bar soap, dried fruit, spice mixes, tea, whatever

• Bumper stickers. Preferably ones gotten for free, extreme bonus points for especially dumb/divisive ones

• Basic hockey gear(?)