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If you haven't made a hardware decision I'd also take a hard look at Ubiquiti's Unifi line. They take a little more setup but offer a lot more functionality and
by vvanders 8y ago
If you haven't made a hardware decision I'd also take a hard look at Ubiquiti's Unifi line. They take a little more setup but offer a lot more functionality and future expansion.
- sjg007 8y agoI have unifi but it isn’t very user friendly.
- vvanders 8y agoWell they take a bit more setup but honestly if you've bought your own router before it shouldn't be unfamiliar. I personally found the interface a step up from Asus/Netgear/etc.
- fredthomsen 8y agoI love my unifi setup at home. Yes some more configuration for sure, but once it's up, it's so rock solid. Compared to the Asus router I had before the wifi reliability is fantastic
- Jailbird 8y agoOne nice thing the Asus firmware has is nice grouping of devices for family members which can show monitoring, overall usage and even quick shutoff controls if necessary. Does the Unifi stuff have the equivalent, even if a huge pain to set up?
- sjg007 8y agoYou have to run a unifi server or get a cloud key. That enables advanced guest access, deep packet inspection, and other stuff. There's nothing as simple as what you describe per se. It's basically enterprise class networking. I originally got it because I thought I would use the mesh networking.. but the standard AP has been way more sufficient in coverage that I don't need to mesh. I like the form factor too, I have ethernet in my house and I was able to use one of the small PoE in wall APs. The best mesh network though would be through a smoke alarm setup. Then you could do backhaul over the power line and then you'd have WiFi everywhere. It would work really well for newer construction where hard wired smoke alarms are mandatory.
- vvanders 8y ago> backhaul over the power line Argh, please don't proliferate ethernet over power lines. They cause horrible RFI by turning every unshielded power line into a broadband antenna[1]. [1] https://www.rtl-sdr.com/showing-the-hf-interference-problem-from-ethernet-over-powerline-devices/ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/showing-the-hf-interference-problem-...
- Jailbird 8y agoOK, I was hoping others had perhaps found something I'd not, even though I'd tried to read whatever documentation I could. Thanks, though.