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Peter Silie19 Oct 2020 13:37Hello, I hope you can help me. We are moving into our renovated house on Saturday, and I am still looking for the ideal solution for our internet setup.
Currently, we have network outlets in 5 rooms throughout the house. The router is located in the basement and distributes power to the outlets. My electrician recommended using access points (we have a Fritz Box) so that I have Wi-Fi coverage everywhere I need it.
Setting aside the electrical infrastructure and other factors, which will remain as they are, how would you approach this? Can you recommend good devices? Would this then be one large Wi-Fi network, or does each access point create its own network? Are they really good quality, or do I have to accept significant compromises? Costs?
Thank you in advance.
Currently, we have network outlets in 5 rooms throughout the house. The router is located in the basement and distributes power to the outlets. My electrician recommended using access points (we have a Fritz Box) so that I have Wi-Fi coverage everywhere I need it.
Setting aside the electrical infrastructure and other factors, which will remain as they are, how would you approach this? Can you recommend good devices? Would this then be one large Wi-Fi network, or does each access point create its own network? Are they really good quality, or do I have to accept significant compromises? Costs?
Thank you in advance.
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MBPassion20 Oct 2020 10:55I assume that you don’t have LAN cables hanging from a ceiling outlet to which you could connect a PoE-capable access point, but rather network outlets near the baseboards in different rooms. Two possible solutions come to mind.
Either you use the AVM repeaters mentioned earlier. Their advantage is that you can manage the Wi-Fi through the FritzBox, keep it enabled, and set up a mesh network with the FritzBox’s Wi-Fi. However, the downside is that AVM currently does not offer Power-over-Ethernet, so you always have to plug the repeaters into a power outlet (near the network outlet). In other words, you connect the repeater’s power outlet to the network outlet via an Ethernet cable.
Alternatively, I could imagine using the Ubiquiti UniFi In-Wall HD units—they operate via Power-over-Ethernet (so no power outlet is needed, but you do need a PoE switch or at least injectors) and also provide four LAN ports. The disadvantage here is that you should set up a separate Wi-Fi network because, to my knowledge, a mesh between the FritzBox and the UniFi devices does not work well.
However, with both solutions, you should always set up a Wi-Fi network using basically the same SSID and the same encryption and key. Both AVM and Ubiquiti allow this to be managed well.
Either you use the AVM repeaters mentioned earlier. Their advantage is that you can manage the Wi-Fi through the FritzBox, keep it enabled, and set up a mesh network with the FritzBox’s Wi-Fi. However, the downside is that AVM currently does not offer Power-over-Ethernet, so you always have to plug the repeaters into a power outlet (near the network outlet). In other words, you connect the repeater’s power outlet to the network outlet via an Ethernet cable.
Alternatively, I could imagine using the Ubiquiti UniFi In-Wall HD units—they operate via Power-over-Ethernet (so no power outlet is needed, but you do need a PoE switch or at least injectors) and also provide four LAN ports. The disadvantage here is that you should set up a separate Wi-Fi network because, to my knowledge, a mesh between the FritzBox and the UniFi devices does not work well.
However, with both solutions, you should always set up a Wi-Fi network using basically the same SSID and the same encryption and key. Both AVM and Ubiquiti allow this to be managed well.
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Peter Silie20 Oct 2020 13:22MBPassion schrieb:
I assume you don’t have LAN cables hanging from a ceiling outlet where you could connect a PoE-enabled access point, but instead have network sockets near the baseboards in different rooms. Two possible solutions come to mind.
Either you use the AVM repeaters that were already mentioned. Their advantage is that you can manage the Wi-Fi through the Fritzbox, keep it enabled, and create a mesh network with the Fritzbox’s Wi-Fi. However, the downside is that AVM does not currently offer Power-over-Ethernet, so the repeaters always have to be plugged into a power outlet (near the network socket). That means you connect the repeater to the network socket via an Ethernet cable while it’s powered by the outlet.
Alternatively, I could imagine using the Ubiquiti Unifi In-Wall HD units—they operate via Power-over-Ethernet (so no power outlet is needed, but you do require a PoE switch or injectors) and also provide four LAN ports. The drawback here is that you should set up a separate Wi-Fi network for these, since as far as I know, mesh between Fritzbox and Unifi devices does not work well.
However, with both solutions, you should always set up one Wi-Fi network (basically using the same SSID, encryption type, and key). Both AVM and Ubiquiti allow easy administration of this setup.Similar topics