[plug] OT: WIFI AP recommendation

[Nathan D]

Another +1 for Ubiquiti.

I have 2 x U6-Lite in a house with a long corridor. 1 x AP at each end on
low settings and no issue with 2.4 or 5Ghz bands.  Similarly, these have
been managed via a Docker instance on a Raspberry Pi.  I SSH in after the
occasional update to set the LEDs from blue to white as the wife doesn't
like the brighter blue at night.

regards,
  Nathan D.

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On Mon, 9 Sept 2024 at 08:45, Sen ectus <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for the ubiquiti kit.
> I have a U6-LR and a U6-Lite to cover a 1980's house (solid double brick
> lots of solid walls) of about 60 devices. You hardly notice the ceiling
> mounted devices, and the performance throughout the house and outside the
> house is excellent. My kids Quest 2's and my Desktop are probably the
> largest demand on the wifi and they all perform very well with no issues.
>
> On Mon, 9 Sept 2024 at 08:05, Chris Hoy Poy <chris at hoypoy.id.au> wrote:
>
>> 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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