Re: RPi access point

Chris Townley wrote:

It would depend on how many client devices connect, and what they want to use...

Normally, there is very little wifi 'load'. The desirability of an AP is because of logistics. The wifi/ethernet router is buried in a location disadvantageous to wifi, but extremely advantageous and *necessary* for the ethernet distribution.  The house is big.  'Moving' the AP from its buried router location to a more open position would improve the signal thru'out the house.
Under 'normal' operation, the wifi device in the kitchen in off, the wifi device in the LR is off, and the wifi device in a bedroom is only streaming audio while I'm in bed.
Normally the location of the RPi is at a seat about 10' from the wifi router, and normally the one ethernet connxn 'nearby' the RPi is being used by another device, a VoIP, so the RPi just uses its wifi for connectivity out of convenience.
During this 'research' I've brought another ethernet connection from a switch 'across the floor' over to the RPi. Whenever I'm willing to sacrifice the most convenient connectivity of the Pi, I can give it AP functionality not headless for testing, but I've been putting that off until I'm almost ready to move it to the AP position for headless operation.
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Mike Easter