Mesh vs Wireless LAN
Wiring all APs back to a central switch is obviously Superior. That said, can wireless mesh networks provide decent performance? Yes. Will performance match? Nope. No more than wireless...
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Mesh is so very easy to set up. I have APs before and just switched to all mesh almost a year now, and since day 1, I didn't encounter any wireless signal degradation. Plus, mesh is very flexible....
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Mesh usually halves the bandwidth of the AP you are linked to. I have unifi-ac units at home with one uplinked to the one downstairs and get half the throughput.
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No, they won't just pick up the strongest signal... nothing ever works that easy and correctly. Devices tend to marry themselves back to the same/last connection if possible.
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Martin2012 wrote:if you can run a cable yes it'll be better, remember you'll need PoE for this to the APfor mesh position is key, but when done right there's no degredation. Try not to get too may hops...
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Rockn wrote:Mesh usually halves the bandwidth of the AP you are linked to. I have unifi-ac units at home with one uplinked to the one downstairs and get half the throughput.Rockn have you ever tried...
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If I had a choice it would of course be hard wired, that was kind of a duh statement.
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>If the signal in those rooms is so poor, wouldn't that impact the performance of those APs? Not really, remember that the devices your using does not have as good of an antenna as the UniFi AP/Mesh...
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With Unifi devices you can setup a minimal signal strength before it kicks clients off. In practice I haven't had to enable that hard cut-off yet. It so turns out that modern smartp homes such as...
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If the signal in those rooms is so poor, wouldn't that impact the performance of those APs? If he means before doing anything, yes, a client in a room with very poor reception will drag everyone else...
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Did you already purchase the APs at this point? If not, I would recommend maybe Meraki Go for home (similar Meraki hardware for lower end enterprise models but, low cost and NO licensing), you can set...
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troberts2 wrote:Did you already purchase the APs at this point? If not, I would recommend maybe Meraki Go for home (similar Meraki hardware for lower end enterprise models but, low cost and NO...
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At certain user/TCP stream densities, of course a wire is better. However- if you're under that threshold, it's like anything else really. Is a 10G switch better than a 1G? Yes. Do you need it for...
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Have Ubiquiti Amplifi for home, it's adequate for most jobs - can handle multiple devices with ease.Easy to setup but the lack of features in the router means I have it sitting behind a 'proper' router...
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Wired is best. Wireless is for when you're desperate and out of other options.My wireless at home flakes out when people move about the house, when furniture is moved, when doors are opened, or just...
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spicehead-1nzm7 wrote:It's yet another new-fangled technology...You do know that Wifi has been around now since the turn of the century, and then some? It's hardly "new-fangled". If you are having as...
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rogerbarnes2 wrote:I'm setting up a home network and some of the rooms in my house are getting -70 dBm or worse. I'm wanting to fix that coverage, but I'm hesitant to use a standard mesh setup. (I am /...
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I would also look at other hardware instead of Ubiquiti. Their performance and coverage has always been underwhelming (even the LR AP has a shorter range than most other AP's I have used). I personally...
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Perform a stress test of the network between access points. If an access switch is your core layer, no need for a controller. Mount the access point on a camera tripod to ascertain best position in...
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I forgot to mention: a wireless network of access points only does form a mesh network. The signal strength of one link versus another, from one dipole antenna to another between access points can be...
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