Thanks, guys, I really appreciate these responses. Looks like I'll have to get a POE switch and put some pucks around the house.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:20 AM Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll add my voice to the Unifi/Ubiquiti ranks. I have two UAP-AC-Pro > devices that I use on extreme opposite ends of the house, but the main > unit is a UAP-AC-Lite, which is likely sufficient for each zone. I > really like that that central controller unifies the configuration of > all devices. I can even turn off or on specific SSIDs on specific > devices. > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 8:15 AM Brian H. Ward <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I also went w/ Ubiquity/Unifi, but not quite as over-the-top as Josh. I > have two access points (UDM Pro) at the north and south ends of the house > on the first floor. That gets me solid coverage on the second floor and the > basement (as well as the first floor). They are powered (and connected) via > Netgear 8-port POE switch that I picked up on Amazon. I added the Unifi > controller software, but I'm running it on a RPi4 (it's a java app, running > on openjdk-8), so I'm not using any other (than the APs) Unifi hardware. I > still have my cable-modem acting as the nat gateway/router, currently -- > plans exist to replace that modem and dual home the RPi so it can act as > router/firewall for the house. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:27 PM Josh Lefler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I have gone to a completely unifi setup. It has a bit of a learning > curve, but it lets you manage as many switches, access points, etc. as you > want from one controller interface. My current setup consists of one UDM > Pro, 6 access points of various types, and a few of their switches. It is > absolutely overkill for my house, but I have rock solid 5 Ghz wifi in every > square inch of every room in a pretty crowded RF environment. All of the > access points are powered by PoE so it looks pretty clean. It is expensive, > but it's worth considering if you enjoy tinkering with networking stuff. I > will say that it is an all or nothing proposition. You only get the benefit > of the "single pane of glass" and automatic cooperation between the various > components if everything is Unifi. As soon as you add a non-unifi switch, > you start seeing anomalies because Unifi doesn't know how to handle it. > >> > >> I should note that unifi made news today because of a security breach > on their corporate side. I think most (if not all) of the major networking > players have had breaches so I'm not sure that changes anything, but FYI. > >> > >> Josh. > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:59 PM 'Michael Chaney' via NLUG < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I have a confession to make - I haven't been paying attention to wifi > in the last 15 years. I typically wait until it's too slow then go buy > what seems like the high end of whatever netgear is on sale at best buy. > That has served me well for some years now. I now have a netgear R8500. I > don't remember how old it is but it's somewhat recent. > >>> > >>> My house is a rectangle that is 34' front to back and 76' side to > side. It's basically a ranch home with a bonus area upstairs and a full > basement below. The exact geographic center of the house is in a hallway, > but there's a coat closet just a few feet away from it. I have my cable > modem and wireless router mounted in the closet near the top of the closet. > >>> > >>> My office is in the corner of the basement as far from the router as I > can be - not because I want to be far away but because this is the perfect > office space. My wifi mostly works, but with the kids home from university > over the break I find my computer getting kicked off wifi a few times each > day. When that happens it generally won't find the router automatically > again so I have to enter the ssid and password again. When connected I get > full signal strength. > >>> > >>> Looking now, there are 18 wireless devices connected to the wifi and > another one or two that are probably just turned off. When my other kid is > home there are two or three more devices connected to the wifi. I've > noticed that when he's here I get kicked off more often. The router also > loses its wifi ability every couple of weeks when the kids are both here > causing me to have to reboot it to gain access again. > >>> > >>> What are my options if I want better coverage on all three levels of > the house and all corners of the basement? > >>> > >>> It seems I likely need a couple of routers that play nice with each > other. I don't want to get some sort of repeater that will simply halve my > bandwidth and rebroadcast packets up the line. I have a second wiring > closet upstairs with a switch and cat6 running to it. I plan on adding > another such setup in the basement. The point is that if I have multiple > wireless routers I'd prefer to be able to run cat6 to all of them so that > the packets never hit more than a single wireless router before going on > the wire. > >>> > >>> Suggestions are appreciated. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Michael > >>> -- > >>> Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >>> > >>> --- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >>> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAAtfUtEXH%3DJEKPGRVRkpfKrkexZ_csMG_QZC7XUq0fYUq1CsWQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > >> > >> -- > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >> > >> --- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CACxE-hOszodYwNy-JeSBirc7ZvX66a6Z2cgTMwVBXVd5oyyz-w%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > > > > > -- > > "Humanity will not be free until the last stone of the last church falls > on the head of last priest" -- The Emperor of Mankind, Warhammer 40,000 > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAO-TQAjv4M2%2Br9HYJwZBsY80ctCTKfTJHiy2xNDDvmWOC6t6QA%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcWeg2P59xSH_kcJn9pDBO6Bk%2BV84JBXMQU7mDODnzEeQQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [email protected] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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