I've been asked to help figure out how some in my family can cover their house with proper WiFi that can handle a large-ish load.
Main coverage of wifi would be basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor.
Internet enters in the basement, and the floors are about 1 meter / 3 feet thick, containing about 10cm / 4 inches of concrete. There is one cable of tp going from the room where internet enters in the basement up to the attic. That's the only cabled backbone available, and adding more is tough as there is water-based heating in all floors.
Current setup are two RT-AC66U's - one in basement and one in attic. There's a Celeron J-1900 running pfSense handeling shaping and working as a firewall. It's currently connected to a coax-uplink, but they are looking at fiber options.
When the kids have visitors like in weekends or holds lan parties the net slows down. The networks should be able to handle at least 20 devices without slowdown.
They are willing to invest a bit in getting this stable and smooth.
My current thought are:
- Mesh wifi - either Velop or Amplifi HD - I'm quite sure this is not the best option for gaming, but it might give great coverage.
- Re-use the cable going to the attic and place one (or more) UAC-AC (or similar device) in basement and one in attic.
Any thoughts?
Main coverage of wifi would be basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor.
Internet enters in the basement, and the floors are about 1 meter / 3 feet thick, containing about 10cm / 4 inches of concrete. There is one cable of tp going from the room where internet enters in the basement up to the attic. That's the only cabled backbone available, and adding more is tough as there is water-based heating in all floors.
Current setup are two RT-AC66U's - one in basement and one in attic. There's a Celeron J-1900 running pfSense handeling shaping and working as a firewall. It's currently connected to a coax-uplink, but they are looking at fiber options.
When the kids have visitors like in weekends or holds lan parties the net slows down. The networks should be able to handle at least 20 devices without slowdown.
They are willing to invest a bit in getting this stable and smooth.
My current thought are:
- Mesh wifi - either Velop or Amplifi HD - I'm quite sure this is not the best option for gaming, but it might give great coverage.
- Re-use the cable going to the attic and place one (or more) UAC-AC (or similar device) in basement and one in attic.
Any thoughts?