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Sure, I read articles that pointed out some of the deficiencies of mesh networking in general. E.g.: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/cn/papers/knightl
by dmourati 9y ago
Sure, I read articles that pointed out some of the deficiencies of mesh networking in general. E.g.:
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/cn/papers/knightly-infocom08.pdf http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/cn/papers/knightly-...
That caused me to broaden my search. I recalled hearing about Ubiquiti from another group of friends/colleagues who I also respected. When the sr most network guy at my company confirmed he ran Ubiquiti Unifi APs at his home, I started looking at the price as well as trying to figure out how complex the physical setup would be (as contrasted with a mesh).
I then realized I could support my entire home with a single AP and wire the rest of the devices. This made me chose a wired+Unifi solution over a mesh one like eero.
- sekh60 9y agoBig fan of ubiquity APs myself, but you may still want more than one AP depending on how many clients you have. I am at about 13-15 clients once you add everything together and I find my spectrum a little crowded. The range on the LR is fantastic though, it reaches to a block away from my home when turned on high (I lowered the signal strength), not that my devices have a strong enough chip to talk back to it though.
- dmourati 9y agoI bought the most likely overkill UAP AC HD to solve for the density problem. https://unifi-hd.ubnt.com/ https://unifi-hd.ubnt.com/ At the time, I was under the delusion I'd be building a smart home. I have since dialed back my requirements but have (hopefully) excess wi-fi capacity.