Nice. Would be great to get a little PC going for my kid(s). Heaven knows it would be good to get them used to computer basics.
I find extenders are not good generally speaking. I’ve found they cause lots of issues like network floods or duped packets the more of them you put in.
Best option, run a cable and put a new AP at the end.
Second best option, put in a point to point wireless link between buildings, then a new AP off that.
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While I completely agree that RE’s are kak (I’ve got two gathering dust in a drawer as proof), for the use case of streaming music and getting whatsapp messages, Ubiquiti and AP’s are overkill. A R300 RE will do well enough, if you can suffer the occasional turning it off and on again.
I’ve got the TPlinks in my drawer, @TechThief, for what it’s worth. The were later replaced by 3 TP-Link Deco M9’s.
interesting, we use the RE220 for die building we rent out, and not once have the people who lived there complained about it, combined with the fact that, that one is sitting outside the building under the roof overhang(?) (my English is letting me down and I can’t think of the right word for that) so I am happy with the TP-Link one so far at least.
Also think Ubiquiti is a bit too pricey for what we want. Pulling a cable is always more ideal, unfortunately due to the Aircon in the main building ceiling combined with our roof shape, makes pulling a cable very difficult and not worth the effort for what we need, oh and our router has no more room for cables XD
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Thank you sir, would have never thought of that, even the translation for “afdak” sounded wrong, pretty sure I never heard the word eave in a sentence before either. Or at least in conversation.
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Wow… really? That’s an interesting tidbit in itself.
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Just to echo @murfle, I would stay away from range extenders. Mostly rubbish and bad returns.
I recently bought an Ubiquity AirCube on Takealot special and it works GREAT!
As with everyone’s feedback here, stay away from range extenders. I’ve had nothing but trouble with them. A decent mesh wifi system works great though - I’ve got an Asus setup at home with their AI Mesh system and it covers around 480sqm over 2 stories through lots of walls with pretty much no signal loss at the farthest points. Granted, it cost a pretty penny (around R11k for the main router + 3 nodes), but I don’t regret it at all. There are much cheaper mesh options which should give similar results.
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true a good mesh network works so much better than range extenders. But if you just need a quick fix easy solution that’s, unfortunately, is the best solution. I am waiting for my APs to arrive so I can fix the office wifi. Its quite annoying having dead zones and those are the locations people go to lol
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This was a first for me this morning. My I: drive is a USB connected external that I stash media on.
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I think it got corrupted, try purging the corruption.
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Okay I have a wierd question.
So I’m looking for some wireless earbuds for my wife, and I see a good deal on a pair of JBL Wave 100 earphones. But as a tech savvy denizen of the internet, I know I cannot just trust pictures and marketing fluff about the product, I need some reviews and user experiences.
So I go to Google on my phone, just the normal search bar, and I type in “JBL Wave 100” with the parentheses because I know how to Google. Or let me say I thought I knew how to Google. Be ause the first page linking to an actual review website and not a shop is filled with Indian reviews. As in all reviews by people in India, referencing India and Rupees etc. While I don’t see that as a problem, I find it very strange that, more often than not, when I search for tech reviews of non-massively popular products, Indian sites dominate my feed.
Does anyone know what’s up with that? Is it just that Indian developers have better SEO skills or what?
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I think this might be it. Quite often last year when I was doing my Today Is… posts I would go aGoogling for info about a day or event. And very often amongst the top results would be .in sites, or sites clearly being produced in India, for the Indian market. News sites, blogs, even the occasional Pinterest page. In addition to being Indian, the other commonality was the huge amount of adverts all over the pages.
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I think it’s also got to do with the range of products. When it comes to techie things a lot of the products we have here are in the Indian market.
I got the following wireless ear buds on special for R199 and I’ve been happy with them.
https://www.mi.com/global/mi-true-wireless-earbuds-basic-2/
The sound quality is quite decent - sure the bass is not brilliant but they are clear. Also they just work, no Bluetooth issues.
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Africa, Middle-east and India are viewed as the same market as far as international retail goes. Many multinational corporations divide the regions that way, to target socio-economic groups more easily. Sometimes it’s good, cos all they do is price it accordingly, with the same level of quality. Sometimes it’s bad, cos they literally make crap products, because they need to cut down on price.
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I suspected something like this. But feel a bit better that is it not just me that is finding all these .in sites. Some of them really have atrocious English, but I’ve actually found some really informative.
Thanks for the suggestion. It’s a damn side less expensive than the one’s I was looking at so will see where to get a pair. My wife isn’t an audiophile so I’m not too concerned about that, but I have a rule that no crappy technology is allowed within our family.
Not sure I agree with you totally, as I work for a multinational retail company, and have multinational retail company clients, all separate their regions in Southern Africa, MENA (Middle East North Africa, adding Pakistan to here) and India as its own region. But then again I understand why certain companies would want to group these regions into one. I just think from a retail perspective, there is such a big difference that is doesn’t make any sense to do
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Anybody know where I can order replacement LED strips for my TV? I am having issues finding them locally, and the only one I found with stock online is a sketchy guy on gumtree.
LG’s official service centers don’t have stock either 
I’m ok with Chinese knockoffs for now…
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My second Mushkin NVMe SSD failed on me. Two over the last two years. I bought the two together when the PC was built. So I don’t know if I got a bad batch or if they are just really unreliable.
So last night I had to install Windows and everything again. Because silly Soli hasn’t made a backup since upgrading to Windows 11.
Hopefully Wootware will replace this drive too.
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