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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      They might really need to cut some corners here, but I doubt this will come out feeling seamless in the end.

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        Alex Sage
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        What about 2 of the Travel routers, both broadcasting the same SSID?

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          Alex Sage
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          The Travel Router locks on the MAC Address, so that's not going to work for 2 phones.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
            last edited by

            @anonymous said:

            What about 2 of the Travel routers, both broadcasting the same SSID?

            Seems like that would work.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
              last edited by

              @anonymous said:

              The Travel Router locks on the MAC Address, so that's not going to work for 2 phones.

              Doh!

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                Alex Sage
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                One solution would be a Edge Router X, configured with 2 WAN's each connected to a Ethernet to WiFi bridge.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  Yes, that should work, but you are back to paying not just for a bridge, but for TWO bridges.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
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                    This s project can work fairly easily, but will take setup. A hardware investment is required.

                    I will post something tomorrow.

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                      Alex Sage @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said:

                      This s project can work fairly easily, but will take setup. A hardware investment is required.

                      I will post something tomorrow.

                      THANKS!

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        But as @JaredBusch said, they will save so much per month that the expense to do this right might not be so bad.

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                          Alex Sage
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                          The hardware is no problem! We can spend whatever is needed to get the job done on a enterprise level 😄

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch
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                            Tomorrow because, well, see my post in the other thread regarding what I am doing right now.

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                              Alex Sage
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                              I am just always trying to be a cheap 🙂

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                              • Reid CooperR
                                Reid Cooper
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                                Probably good to invest a little bit here. If they are non-technical, this is going to be a bit of a big undertaking. You are going to want every piece of this to be as stable as possible as things breaking are likely to be very confusing and difficult for them to manage.

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                                  Alex Sage
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                                  So right now I am looking at getting (2) TP-LINK TL-WR702N connected to a Edge Router X and a Ubiquity AP.

                                  Total cost would be about less then $200.

                                  Does Ubiquity make a Ethernet to WiFi adapter?

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                                    Alex Sage
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                                    After more thought, I want something nicer then the TP-LINK TL-WR702N.

                                    Any suggestions? Maybe something more enterprise grade?

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                                      @anonymous said:

                                      Does Ubiquity make a Ethernet to WiFi adapter?

                                      Not that I have ever seen.

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                                        Alex Sage
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                                        Adding ddwrt to any router allows you to make it a client too so that give me lots of options

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Might be worth just using a trio of DD-WRT devices.

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller
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                                            This one has been gnawing on me, if you solve it please post about it. Doing it wireless instead of USB really throws a spanner in the works.

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