Hello,
we need to decide soon on the number of network outlets required throughout the house.
Basically, we agree on where to place outlets (living room, office, children's rooms, bedroom...) for connecting stationary devices.
However, I am a bit unsure about what exactly needs to be planned to ensure good Wi-Fi coverage on both floors.
What I find online about this topic is beyond my current understanding.
Would it be possible to simply install one network outlet centrally on each floor and connect a device there to extend the signal? What kind of device would that be?
(I have often read about access points.)
Looking forward to some beginner-friendly advice. Thank you very much.
we need to decide soon on the number of network outlets required throughout the house.
Basically, we agree on where to place outlets (living room, office, children's rooms, bedroom...) for connecting stationary devices.
However, I am a bit unsure about what exactly needs to be planned to ensure good Wi-Fi coverage on both floors.
What I find online about this topic is beyond my current understanding.
Would it be possible to simply install one network outlet centrally on each floor and connect a device there to extend the signal? What kind of device would that be?
(I have often read about access points.)
Looking forward to some beginner-friendly advice. Thank you very much.
You can overdo it sometimes. Casual browsing on your phone or tablet works fine on the 2.4 GHz band. Having an access point mounted on the ceiling, especially in the living or dining room, isn’t very attractive—unless you have a dropped ceiling where you can hide the access point underneath. My access point (UniFi Access Point AC-Pro) for the ground floor is located in the storage room, yet I can still play games on my phone and browse the web on my laptop in the living room without any issues. The access point (UniFi Access Point AC-Pro) in the attic is installed in the hallway corner, and I have excellent Wi-Fi coverage up there, including the 5 GHz band. In the basement, there is a Fritz.box providing Wi-Fi coverage, and under the eaves outside, there is a UniFi Access Point AC-M, which gives me full Wi-Fi coverage throughout the garden.
I’m coming clean. I have 4 Fritz!Boxes distributed throughout the house. I didn’t want to bother with setting up anything complicated. They run a mesh network, and I’m happy with it. DECT works too (but unfortunately no mesh, so I’m unhappy). One is in the upstairs office, one in the hallway on the ground floor, one in the basement connected to the fiber optic modem, and one with the tenant, who connects through a guest network included in our system. The apartment is fully furnished for guest researchers, with a kitchen and Wi-Fi.
4 Fritzboxes??? Or just Fritz repeaters/APs?
Having 4 boxes makes no sense at all. You’d have to disable everything except Wi-Fi on the others. Or are you running all 4 as routers?
Fritzbox + APs connected via LAN is also a good solution. It's also easy to manage if you use Fritz devices. The choice of APs depends on your requirements and budget...
With mesh networks, you can’t simply switch the manufacturer.
Having 4 boxes makes no sense at all. You’d have to disable everything except Wi-Fi on the others. Or are you running all 4 as routers?
Fritzbox + APs connected via LAN is also a good solution. It's also easy to manage if you use Fritz devices. The choice of APs depends on your requirements and budget...
With mesh networks, you can’t simply switch the manufacturer.
rick2018 schrieb:
Freak 4 hotspots and then also in the gardenActually 3, I don’t see the Fritte directly, because it’s there anyway as a modem^^
untergasse435 Sep 2019 13:33This week, I installed the large Netgear Orbi system at my parents' house. Two floors of 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) each, and it works perfectly all the way into the garden. Since the house was built in 1985, there isn’t a single network cable inside.
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