In our new house (ground floor, upper floor, basement with about 140 m2 (1507 sq ft) of living space), every room has a network cable connection (CAT-7 simplex). Both Wi-Fi and wired network are planned for us. We can either place the router in the hallway on the ground floor and extend the signal to the basement and upper floor using repeaters. A CAT-7 duplex connection is planned in the hallway for this. Alternatively, we could install the access point with the router in the basement. I’m not sure which solution is better. Apparently, repeaters don’t always work very well.
Does anyone know if access points are significantly better? If several access points are distributed throughout the house and connected to the network by cable, where should the router be located? In the basement? Will the Wi-Fi reception on the upper floor be good? How exactly does this work? Many thanks.
Does anyone know if access points are significantly better? If several access points are distributed throughout the house and connected to the network by cable, where should the router be located? In the basement? Will the Wi-Fi reception on the upper floor be good? How exactly does this work? Many thanks.
flori112 schrieb:
Alternatively, you could buy a very flat one and hide it behind a dresser or something similar. I can't really see any special advantage of having an access point on the ceiling. Almost all access points are designed so that optimal coverage is achieved only when mounted on the ceiling. The internal antennas are arranged to provide coverage in a dome shape. So if you screw the access point roughly in the center of the floor onto the ceiling, you get good reception everywhere. If you mount it on a wall, the reception on one side of the house will usually be poor.
Ideally, you would install one access point on the ceiling in the upper floor, the ground floor, and the basement. As already mentioned, I would recommend Power over Ethernet (PoE), so you only need to run a single LAN cable.
jaeger schrieb:
Almost all access points (APs) are designed so that optimal coverage is only achieved with ceiling mounting. The internal antennas are positioned to provide coverage in a dome shape. So if you mount the access point roughly in the center of the floor on the ceiling, you get good reception everywhere. If you mount it on the wall, the reception on one side of the building tends to be poor.
Ideally, you should mount one access point on the ceiling in the upper floor, ground floor, and basement each. As already mentioned, I would recommend Power over Ethernet (PoE), so you only need to run a single LAN cable.Could someone please explain to me what exactly the "access point point" is electrically? What should I tell the electrician? Is it a completely different connection than the network cable connection? Can a router be connected to this connection?
just to clarify:
an access point is basically a repeater, except that it receives its signal via a network cable instead of Wi-Fi. a repeater receives its signal wirelessly and amplifies it. an access point receives its signal through a network cable and either creates a new Wi-Fi network or extends the same network as the main router (using the same SSID) and boosts that signal. the advantage of using the same SSID is that you have only one Wi-Fi network throughout the house, and devices always connect to the stronger signal. this is ideal for tablets and smartphones. pcs or NAS systems should never be connected via Wi-Fi but use a 1 Gbps (gigabit) wired network.
with the market leader AVM, you can switch between repeater and access point modes in the settings.
for home planners: you need a LAN cable from the router location (utility room? definitely close to the telecommunications/network provider connection) to the place where you want to boost your Wi-Fi signal (e.g., upstairs due to a thick steel floor slab).
an access point is basically a repeater, except that it receives its signal via a network cable instead of Wi-Fi. a repeater receives its signal wirelessly and amplifies it. an access point receives its signal through a network cable and either creates a new Wi-Fi network or extends the same network as the main router (using the same SSID) and boosts that signal. the advantage of using the same SSID is that you have only one Wi-Fi network throughout the house, and devices always connect to the stronger signal. this is ideal for tablets and smartphones. pcs or NAS systems should never be connected via Wi-Fi but use a 1 Gbps (gigabit) wired network.
with the market leader AVM, you can switch between repeater and access point modes in the settings.
for home planners: you need a LAN cable from the router location (utility room? definitely close to the telecommunications/network provider connection) to the place where you want to boost your Wi-Fi signal (e.g., upstairs due to a thick steel floor slab).
Uwe82 schrieb:
Power outlet is enough, just plug in a repeater, done. Not if the Wi-Fi signal from the ground floor doesn’t reach the upper floor. Then nothing will happen at all. An access point (connected via LAN) is clearly the better option!
Why do people take so long to think about this during new construction? Run cables to the access points (on every floor), and you will always have the optimal signal.
For all fixed devices, a wired connection should be preferred; it is stable, fast, flexible, and secure for the future.
For all fixed devices, a wired connection should be preferred; it is stable, fast, flexible, and secure for the future.
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