G+_Michael Sutton Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I am new to this whole raspberry Pi arduino world and was wondering if anyone here has ever used either of these platforms to set up a wifi mesh network in their home, or if you could point me in the right direction of where to find a how to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Benjamin Webb Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 You could do it with LEDE I believe. Right out of the box. Their default image is a pain though with have to telnet in set up web browser. I suggest two radios with one dedicated to back haul. Money is probably better spent on a used Archer C7 on eBay then put open-source firmware on it. Pi original WiFi is not the greatest antenna and have not checked if the PI3 WiFi allows you to set it as access point. Then there is also the 100 mbps limit for the ethernet with the PI which may end up being a bottleneck at least with 5 ghz AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 As an addition... On the OG Pi - so I suspect on Pi 2 and 3 also - the ethernet is off the USB bus. This means the max throughput on wifi or ethernet is 480 Mbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Sullivan Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not arduino for this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dexter Franco Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Also single radio routers have terrible throughput, what with the halving of bandwidth. Don't know of any multiple radio routers in the consumer class, since most consumer class routers do double duty radio for 2.4ghz/5ghz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Yanke Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 If you're looking to mesh the Pis with each other alone, that could be a very neat experience. However, if you're looking to use them as access points for things like phones and laptops, RPi and arduino aren't really the right tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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