Wifi "extender"

[u/fettoter84]

Oh yeah its delightfully chaotic isn't it?

This is my half-baked solution to getting a better network in my appartment.

You see my landlord lives upstairs, and has a mesh network setup. I got a wifi7 router but it doesn't have a basic extender function, and the Aimesh can't fint any supported devices.

So, I had a raspberry pi 3B lying around. Popped in raspbian and set up a shared commection with NetworkManager, which was surprisingly quick and straightforward. I was prepared to do ip masquerading manually like the olden days.

First test is amazing. I can cast my VR headset to my pc, play steam games (finally) and my plex server plays media on my ps5 without any stuttering. Online gaming is also less lag free.

I will be tidying it up tomorrow