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Ask HN: WiFi Access Point(s) for Home?
Currently running an Apple Time machine in bridge mode from a ubiquity edgerouter lite. Would like better coverage (3 story house) and faster speeds. Big family lots of devices. Recommendations? Ethernet cabling on basement and main level but not upstairs.
- marvel_boy 7y agoHave tried a simple Wifi repeater? It works quite good in most situations.
- plg 7y agohave not tried it
- thepapanoob 7y agowifi repeaters are the worst you can do...
- yellowait44 7y agoUbiquiti AP are pretty great. Have 3 of them at home and great coverage on a 3 level home.
- plg 7y agoDo you have to mount them upside down on a ceiling? Or can you do tabletop?
- bradknowles 7y agoThey are intended to be mounted on a ceiling or wall, and have antenna radiation patterns designed for that use. Putting them in any other orientation will likely make them less effective.
- alexgaribay 7y agoThe Unifi FlexHD is an AP designed to sit on a tabletop. You'd have better luck with that if you aren't able to ceiling-mount or wall-mount. https://store.ui.com/collections/wireless/products/unifi-flexhd https://store.ui.com/collections/wireless/products/unifi-fle...
- msh 7y agoUbnt amplifi is the easy (and well working) solution.
- dirktheman 7y agoI have 3 TP-Link EAP-245 access points, an Omada Cloud Controller and a simple 8-ports POE switch. The coverage and stability is up to par with the Unifi AP-AC-PRO and software is pretty good, also. I can highly recommend them: much lower price point and a lifelong warranty. Having said that, without a cable you're not going to get a decent throughput on the upper floors. Don't bother with WiFi repeaters as they'll extend the range at the cost of bandwidth.