WIreless Speeds and capacity at The Fort

[TheRustyScupper]

TRS, you think we should complain? Will it help?

1) Complain about what?
2) They are delivering the service you want . . . WiFi.
3) Speed is relevant.
4) Like almost any cable company, few will guarantee speed.

NOTE: Unknown to most people . . . Unless you have a commercial-service modem supplied by the cable company, speed is never guaranteed. Commercial modems have priority over home-based modems, so they can almost always get the advertised speed. This is built into the modem, so the service automatically is placed before home-based units. (Example: The little shop immediately next to your house can be running at 50mps download, and your speed is slowed to 5mps during peek hours. Even though you are in front of the neighbor in the cable circuit line, they take precedence over you.)

 

[bama_ed]

You know with the WIFI I think it's only wireless back to the pole/antenna that is every other loop or so. Then it might get on that high quality Fort coax cable network that delivers the tv signal and used to support the old wired modems.

Plus you might have some neighbors who are "web hogs". The Fort now kinda reminds me of the neighborhood on Laurel Lane in this old commercial:

(go ahead and watch it - it's only 60 seconds long).

Bama Ed

 

[OKW Lover]

You know with the WIFI I think it's only wireless back to the pole/antenna that is every other loop or so. Then it might get on that high quality Fort coax cable network that delivers the tv signal and used to support the old wired modems.

Interesting. I always thought the wifi was actually done by a device at the individual sites. I wouldn't expect a wifi signal to work very well out in the open with all those trees around to absorb the signal.

 

[bama_ed]

OKW Lover, I misspoke slightly. It's not one antenna every other loop. I think it's a couple per loop depending on the size. IIRC I saw two antennas in loop 100 and I think there were two more in 200 (I was the Fort back in March when they cut over to the wifi). But you are right there is a limit on the range.

Bama Ed

PS - of course, the Fort/WDW probably chose to use the existing coax network for all the backhaul as a least cost solution.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Interesting. I always thought the wifi was actually done by a device at the individual sites. I wouldn't expect a wifi signal to work very well out in the open with all those trees around to absorb the signal.

1) Yes, there are separate antennae.
2) But, they all still have to fed through a router.
3) Now, the router can be slowed by the number of people using it at any given time.
4) Plus, the amount of use (easy surfing versus file downloading versus live feeds) makes a huge capacity difference.

 

[peg110]

In the end you are only going to go as fast as the slowest point on your network. Even if the coax or router has a HUGE capacity in the Terabit range, if you WiFi is only going support 1 Mbps, then that's the BEST you can hope for.

The WiFi Could be right next to you or it could be 10 sites away, it can impact your connection. The weather can impact your connection. WiFi is full of issues before you even get on the backbone of your network.

I am here now... and the connection is spotty at best. An hour ago, I had 2 bars, now I have 4...
oh well.

 

[OKW Lover]

1) Yes, there are separate antennae.

Please clarify - at each camp/cabin site or loops?

 

[bama_ed]

These are the WIFI antennas I saw scattered around the loops. As I mentioned there were two in loop 100 where I was.



Bama ED

 

[Eyeeore]

I'd like to thank everyone that posted replies up and add some comments.

Sirenia88, I spent 42+ years doing tech stuff until I retired but some things just don't go away. We bring along the photo library as this gives us some time to clear duplicates, etc. The printer is wireless & we use the Apple TV to do AirPlay on various tv shows that we miss and can do on demand. I intended to hardwire the camper last summer but had other projects that got in the way.

We came in on January 9th and set up in the 1100 loop. Connection speeds using http://speedtest.xfinity.com/ have been in the 10 Mbps download, 1.8 Mbps upload with latency of 34 ms to Jacksonville. Testing to servers in Chicago got a little lower speeds both upload and download but a latency of 70 ms which may be noticeable.

I'm still trying to sort the bridge issue out to hook my internal network into the Disney_Guest network without tanking either one. I've got some time to figure that one out since we'll be here a while and already have next year planned.