Hi guys, apologies if this isn't the right section.
I'm closing on a three story home (garage & finished half basement, first floor, second floor) just under 3000Sqft including the garage.
I have a Verizon Fios Arris 1000GJ4-2G-VZ ONT bringing fiber into the garage, and the building has 9 homerun RG-6 coax cables terminating next to the ONT from upstairs.
I was initially set on using the coax to pull Cat-6 cables but quickly learned about the possibility of them being stapled to studs as well as the ability to use moca adapters to get similar speeds. After some research I was set on going the mesh route with a pair of Asus ZenWifi AX(CT8)'s one in the living room on the first floor, and one upstairs, and backhauling them with the coax cables using moca adapters. Turns out I need to connect the ONT directly to a router via ethernet to get gigabit speeds, which means I would either have to get a third AX Mesh router for the garage or find a more affordable Asus router than can work seamlessly with the wired mesh routers. This is a basic network drawing I made.
The additional cost of a router has me second guessing my plan and I'm looking for other options that I should research. I don't have too many devices to connect and mainly looking for speed, coverage, and a unified control interface.
I could go with a Unifi dream machine and a pair of flex HD's but I'm hearing that their range may not be as good as the CT8's and I would need POE injectors and deal with the cabling mess (not to mention the cost)
I may also save by going with 3 Zenwifi AC units and upgrading once wifi 6 becomes more mature.
Any other options I should be looking into?
Thank you!
I'm closing on a three story home (garage & finished half basement, first floor, second floor) just under 3000Sqft including the garage.
I have a Verizon Fios Arris 1000GJ4-2G-VZ ONT bringing fiber into the garage, and the building has 9 homerun RG-6 coax cables terminating next to the ONT from upstairs.
I was initially set on using the coax to pull Cat-6 cables but quickly learned about the possibility of them being stapled to studs as well as the ability to use moca adapters to get similar speeds. After some research I was set on going the mesh route with a pair of Asus ZenWifi AX(CT8)'s one in the living room on the first floor, and one upstairs, and backhauling them with the coax cables using moca adapters. Turns out I need to connect the ONT directly to a router via ethernet to get gigabit speeds, which means I would either have to get a third AX Mesh router for the garage or find a more affordable Asus router than can work seamlessly with the wired mesh routers. This is a basic network drawing I made.
The additional cost of a router has me second guessing my plan and I'm looking for other options that I should research. I don't have too many devices to connect and mainly looking for speed, coverage, and a unified control interface.
I could go with a Unifi dream machine and a pair of flex HD's but I'm hearing that their range may not be as good as the CT8's and I would need POE injectors and deal with the cabling mess (not to mention the cost)
I may also save by going with 3 Zenwifi AC units and upgrading once wifi 6 becomes more mature.
Any other options I should be looking into?
Thank you!