Wifi, wifi, everywhere!
As many of you might know, I recently moved to Mountain View. That turns out to be good timing, since Google is in the midst of preparing Google Wifi for launch. Actually, I've had a chance to try it. So far so good, although, it really highlights the difference in Wifi reception between my old 800Mhz iBook and my 12" Powerbook...
Meanwhile, I caught a mention yesterday on GigaOm of a very local startup building mesh networking hardware. I've always found the idea of self-meshing networks intriguing, both from a "kick the ISP out of the loop" long-term perspective, and for various short term reasons ("why can't I just add more APs to make my network coverage better" being prime). Looking them up, it turns out they're close enough to where I just moved that there's even a chance of hitting them with a high-gain antenna. So, I contacted them - and, well, there's a chance we might try to set up a mesh to cover the distance. We'll see. It might turn out to be handy to have a sibling that lives about half way in between, too. Meraki's $50 meshing wifi router does have impressive specs, especially for its price. I wonder how long it would run on one of my old 12v electric scooter batteries?
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