[plug] OT: WIFI AP recommendation

[Chris Hoy Poy]

Hi Bill,

I prefer Unifi AP meshes, I have 3 in my house (all running on low power so
they hand off appropriately and do not contribute to neighbourhood noise as
much).

Nothing worse than doing a wifi audit and seeing 20+ APs on high power all
generating noise on the same channel(s). Even funnier if they all do some
auto channel "optimisation" and they flock to the same channels every day.
Siiigh.

Handles multiple networks, vlans and each can be hardwired or use another
unifi as an uplink

Can all be local controlled (I have a docker instance of the network
controller). Doesn't need to use the cloud.

I have a dedicated 2.4ghz network as well as general purpose 2.4/5ghz
networks, all work seamlessly. I also have dedicated guest networks and
isolated networks for various home automation and testing purposes.

I don't use the unifi gateway or dream machine stuff, I have mikrotik
upstream that handles all the vlan and routing etc.

/Chris


On Mon, 9 Sept 2024, 7:40 am William Kenworthy, <bill at kenworthy.id.au>
wrote:

> Hi, having 40 odd wifi devices in the house and all on 2.4Ghz is
> becoming a bit of a performance problem, especially with 4 wifi IP
> cameras in the mix and wanting to add more.  Its unlikely that I can
> move much to 5G as the client hardware cant do it.
>
> So I am looking if a new AP will solve the problem:
>
> WIFI 6 or 7
>
> Indoor coverage of up to 30m - either two AP's at each end or or a more
> central ceiling mount
>
> Ability to link up to 8 VAP's to different VLAN's - bonus if the VAP's
> can be multiple channels
>
> Traffic is a mix of mobile phone connections, media transfers and
> telemetry/equipment control.
>
> Very strongly prefer local control - no alexa etc, no remote app setup.
>
>
> Currently I have two low power arm systems using USB dongles with
> hostapd and while its extremely flexible its congested.  I did have a 5G
> A/P in the system but it has some unintended side effects with some home
> automation equipment - not sure if a more modern system will help.
>
> I am looking for recommendations on modern equipment which will meet my
> objectives - a 2 node mesh or one of the higher end netgear/dlink
> systems centrally located (are they local only? )
>
> BillK
>
>
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