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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/27/2017 09:41 AM, Jaap Buurman
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<div dir="auto">Thank you very much for your explanation. The test
with the earlier mentioned Archer C7 V2 was indeed done on an
internet connection with far less upload bandwidth. So the
bottleneck was probably on the WAN link instead of wifi link,
masking the wifi bufferbloat of the client.
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<div dir="auto">Unfortunately, I cannot reposition the antenna,
since the router and laptop client both have internal
antennas. The 2.4ghz wifi performance of the Mediatek platform
is pretty poor in itself, but this is probably an inherent
property of the Mediatek platform unfortunately. 2.4ghz
performance was definitely way better on the Ath9k platform.</div>
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In case it is helpful, related braindump follows, maybe it will be
helpful:<br>
When I worked deploying outdoor nodes in campgrounds and such we
moved from using long coax antenna cables to putting the AP and
clients with external ants mounted up on the poles with a single POE
cable for data and power (for non WAN repeaters, just power). The
run from the router to the ant was just a ~6" pigtail and gave us
several dB advantage of the long coax. With an RF transparent
enclosure (I suppose you could get away with tupperware + rtv at the
low end; with more frequent inspections) you could put any router up
high/outside similarly. Put tiny weep holes (too small for nest
building flying insects) in the lower corners to drain any
condensate and paint the enclosure with a non-metallic base bright
white to reflect UV and heat better if it will be in direct
sunlight. Non-metallic box and paint because your antennas are in
there and need to "see". We used metal boxes with external antenna
connections so I'm winging it on the tupperware/paint thing but most
plastics are mostly transparent at 2.4Ghz+. If you go too high in
populated areas you pick up a lot of noise from the surrounding area
APs and clients on same or near channels and other RF noise sources
in the band. Go up just high enough to maximize LOS and minimize
longer distance noise from other APs. If you can mount under an eave
out of direct sunlight then probably better for both UV issues and
heat issues for the router. For ventilation, if required
(lm-sensors package is your friend for determining this; or just
climb up and check how it feels on hot days), use normal downward
facing vent type slits along the top edge of vertical face (to keep
rain out) and put window screen behind slits to prevent insect
nesting.<br>
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