diff --git a/content/post/2019/12/luma.jpg b/content/post/2019/12/luma.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d2af0ae0 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/post/2019/12/luma.jpg differ diff --git a/content/post/2019/12/wifi-issues.md b/content/post/2019/12/wifi-issues.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51517c2d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/2019/12/wifi-issues.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ ++++ +date = "2019-12-29T22:00:00-07:00" +title = "Wi-Fi Issues" +categories = ["SA"] +series = ["Self-Hosting"] +summary = "A good reason to de-cloud my life" +image = "/post/2019/12/luma.jpg" ++++ + +So, way back at the end of 2017, my home wi-fi was not the best it could be. I had grand plans to pull cat-6 wire and drop simple wi-fi access points (APs) and have it all working as a happy mesh-type arrangement. Well, turns out two of the pulls would have been a real pain to do and that would leave the back of the house without any improvements, so I shelved the project. + +Then I find this product from a company called Luma. They offered an inexpensive 3 AP mesh wi-fi with some extras I had not thought about like parental controls, time restrictions, basic network protection, etc. Pretty nice. The main drawback for me was that I had no control over the network topology of the wireless side but I got around that. Oh, and the only way to configure it is with an app on my phone. I can remotely manage it, so not too bad. But, no local management. + +Fast forward to this week. One of the kids asked me to check something on their wireless profile, so I pull out my phone, and do my thing, no worries. The next day, my wife mentions that the TV in the master bedroom is having issues streaming a movie she wanted to watch with the eldest. Sometimes, the AP back there falls off the network, and a simple logical reboot clears it up, so I pull out my phone and open the app. And I cannot log into the app. Poking around a bit, I find that the domain which the app points to is gone. Turns out, Luma was bought about 2-3 months after I got the gear, and the new owner folded the tech into their products and dropped support for the Luma. + +The worse part? They had my email this whole time, and not once did I get anything from them informing me that the product I spent money on was about to become a paper weight. + +So, I pulled out the repeaters from the old project, and the old AP, and I am in the process of migrating everything over to the new old AP. The major drawback is that the repeaters I have are only single-band in the 2.4G range, which is much slower than the newer 5G range. That will be the next project to update the repeaters to dual-band.