On Aug 26, 2016 10:57, "Richard Shaw" <hobbes1069@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Aug 26, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Erik P. Olsen <epodata@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 2016-08-20 at 17:44:02 Erik P. Olsen wrote:
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>> > I have a linksys router model WRT160NL but the range is too short. I
>> > experience many situations where the connection is dropped when the
>> > distance from the router is more than 25 feet. What is the recommended
>> > router when it comes to signal strength? I would prefer one which can
>> > be flashed with dd-wrt.
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>> Thought I'd let you know that I took the advice about using an access
>> point. I bought a UniFi AC-AP LR although the controller wont run on
>> Fedora 23. However the UniFi app does easily set up the AP. It took 10
>> minutes after having unpacked it and with the TX power on high it
>> knocks through all the obstacles.
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> Never say never! I actually created an RPM from their linux zip file that I used on my F22 box and now CentOS 7. It's not eligible for fedora because much of it is prebuilt and I can't submit it to RPM Fusion non-free because there's no clear licensing, but it does work although it is missing a few features over the windows version.
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> I even emailed them about the licensing but they seem to have gotten confused since you can use it for "free". I gave up after that.
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> You can use their zip file directly, I just packaged it because I package everything I install and to tweak some install locations to be more FHS compliant. 
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> Thanks,
> Richard
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I've had unifi packaging on the todo list, do you mind sharing your spec?

--Pete