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m_pav wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:21 am ... I use cheap Mikrotik Routers ...

I've heard nothing but good things about Mikrotik. Very powerful and reliable. I almost bought them but went with ubiquity (I don't like ubiquity now)>

I used a power line network extender and it was horrible. It might have been OK if all my gear was on the same circuit - but I wasn't willing to take the time to find out!

Stevo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:11 pm At the price of el cheapo or used smartphones, setting one of those to use the wi-fi network and then tethering it to the Linux computer could be another option.

I can see using that in a pinch. Great idea Stevo!

Extender bandwidth is much slower due to two wireless links in use. Most times close to half. He's using the extender in AP mode. So essentially its a router and a switch cascaded. All extenders have no LAN ports, the only difference between it and a regular router. Anyone contemplating doing this ...

Excellent work around and thanks for posting! Just curious, what is your download speed using this connect, versus wired up NOT on the extender? (most extenders cut your speeds - some as much as by half and NOT including if you have poor Wi-Fi signal.) Thanks. My download speeds are about the same ...

I'd wager most of you have had issues at one point or another when using wireless networking adapters with any flavor of Linux. Me too. I finally got sick of it. I'm struggling to realize why I failed to think of this sooner. I bought a wifi extender from TP-Link that worked flawlessly out of the ...

For anyone who's wants to netboot MX Linux. This guy has figured it out. https://sourceforge.net/projects/pengui ... /mx-linux/ I gave up on netboot xyz

Post the script somewhere so we can look at it that way. It probably doesn't matter, but.. post which MX version you're running as well.

Right on. Apologies. I saw that the package was in buster and in bookworm. The answer was literally staring at me in the face and I glazed over bullseye-backports !

How is your SSID setup? I assume you're connecting to a 2.4Ghz network? Also, how is the interference in the area? How far away from the access point are you? Basically, how is your signal? Do you have other devices on your SSID that you can compare to? I've yet to look at how xfce configures ...