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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      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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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @Alex Sage
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                                  @anonymous said:

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

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

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

                                  Basically this is what I was going to tell you to set up. Get 2 identical DD-WRT capable devices with built in WiFi. Convert both of them to be clients, one for each cellphone. These basically are now your two internet modems.

                                  Now get a router of some type that you can put DD-WRT on and is capable of handling dual WAN connections. This is the part I need to look up.

                                  For a higher quality router experience, you could easily go with an EdgeRouter X if they support Dual WAN (assume so?) and a UAP for the Wireless, but for the type of home user you are describing, I would attempt to use 3 identical DD-WRT routers if at all possible.

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                                    Alex Sage
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                                    This looks to be a lot work, might be worth the money to get a Edge Router X, however I do like a good challenge 🙂

                                    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Dual,Triple(and_probably_quad)_WAN_with_multiple_active_WAN_links_and_source_routing

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      What hardware will handle that?

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                                        Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        What hardware will handle that?

                                        I assumed anything that runs ddwrt.

                                        I was going to use three TP-LINK TL-WR841N wireless routers.

                                        http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR841N-Wireless-Router-300Mpbs/dp/B001FWYGJS/

                                        2 as Clients, and 1 as a duel WAN router.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @Alex Sage
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                                          @anonymous said:

                                          This looks to be a lot work, might be worth the money to get a Edge Router X, however I do like a good challenge 🙂

                                          Working link

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch
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                                            Looking at that link, multiple WAN setup is not "normal" for DD-WRT. Obviously workable, but not normal. If that is true, I would not use DD-WRT for the router.

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