I have a more complex than average homeowner network install. My house is 2700sf with a basement and 2 floors above grade. Basement is standard poured concrete, above grade is typical 2x4 stick build from the 90s, siding is lp smartside, with some decorative brick fascia. My current network consists of a sb6141 next to a netgear r7800 in the basement. Wireless is disabled on the r7800. There’s also a netgear 8 port gb switch feeding various locations in the house. My wireless is currently handled by a netgear Orbi rbr-50 with one satellite placed at opposite ends of the main floor. The rbr has a wired backhaul. The rbs is a wireless backhaul. When it’s working, this setup has been adequate. Lately my rbr is requiring a reboot due to complete signal loss between once a day and once a week with signal degradation that increases with uptime.
The r7800 is still working ok and I’ll replace it with something like a netgate 2100 appliance when it NFGs. In the meantime, I’m tired of replacing $3-600 worth of equipment every 2nd or 3rd year. I’d like to find a cheaper set of access points that will basically directly replace the Orbi and have decent reliability and similar coverage. AC is enough for the foreseeable future. IoT consists of nest cameras and t-stat.
I understand that I’ll have to run a wired backhaul to the rbs location and am comfortable with that.
Ruckus looks nice, but I’d be hard pressed to spend half of one r350 to achieve my objective.
Once upon a time, I enjoyed spending the 40-60 hours agonizing over these decisions, but I just don’t have time for that anymore. Absent any viable alternatives, I’ll probably just get a couple cheap asus or tplink routers and put them in mesh or ap mode.
Thanks!
The r7800 is still working ok and I’ll replace it with something like a netgate 2100 appliance when it NFGs. In the meantime, I’m tired of replacing $3-600 worth of equipment every 2nd or 3rd year. I’d like to find a cheaper set of access points that will basically directly replace the Orbi and have decent reliability and similar coverage. AC is enough for the foreseeable future. IoT consists of nest cameras and t-stat.
I understand that I’ll have to run a wired backhaul to the rbs location and am comfortable with that.
Ruckus looks nice, but I’d be hard pressed to spend half of one r350 to achieve my objective.
Once upon a time, I enjoyed spending the 40-60 hours agonizing over these decisions, but I just don’t have time for that anymore. Absent any viable alternatives, I’ll probably just get a couple cheap asus or tplink routers and put them in mesh or ap mode.
Thanks!