reddwarf4ever
Occasional Visitor
Hi
Fairly conversant with the basics of networking, but trying to make the right decision.
2 of my sister in laws have moved into a large , mostly 18 century property, which is the result of two hoses being knocked into one. To be referred to as House A and House B
House A has the ADSL router, ground floor centre, but unfortunately the supplied Netgear router doesn’t provide Any Wi-fi to the first floor, maybe thick ceilings ???the ISP provided a powerline adapters ( free ) which although it does send Wi-fi to House B, but just barely ( have asked for speed tests in House A and B bit not available yet )
As the wiring is very very old and Houses A and B are on different circuits, but same fuse box, I believe, I thought using a high spec powerline not the best solution.
I looked at a 802-11ac router with a WAP option, but then was steered toward a dedicated Access point such as Ubiquiti. Looked at the PRO and LR versions.
As the combined properties cover a large area ( maybe need t get perimeter sizes ! ) wonder if I will need the LR, but am advised this has less performance than the PRO. As the property has ADSL with the slight possibility of fibre in the future, I wonder if Ubiquiti is the way to go. Maybe need to run an Ethernet cable from House A to House B and fit one Access point in each property, although was hoping one Access point in the small joining corridor might be enough for the whole House.
Would really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks in advance
PS if the Ubiquiti is the way to go, do I need to try the PRO first ( assuming it has better performance over the LR ) then if it doesn’t reach all areas try the LR model
Fairly conversant with the basics of networking, but trying to make the right decision.
2 of my sister in laws have moved into a large , mostly 18 century property, which is the result of two hoses being knocked into one. To be referred to as House A and House B
House A has the ADSL router, ground floor centre, but unfortunately the supplied Netgear router doesn’t provide Any Wi-fi to the first floor, maybe thick ceilings ???the ISP provided a powerline adapters ( free ) which although it does send Wi-fi to House B, but just barely ( have asked for speed tests in House A and B bit not available yet )
As the wiring is very very old and Houses A and B are on different circuits, but same fuse box, I believe, I thought using a high spec powerline not the best solution.
I looked at a 802-11ac router with a WAP option, but then was steered toward a dedicated Access point such as Ubiquiti. Looked at the PRO and LR versions.
As the combined properties cover a large area ( maybe need t get perimeter sizes ! ) wonder if I will need the LR, but am advised this has less performance than the PRO. As the property has ADSL with the slight possibility of fibre in the future, I wonder if Ubiquiti is the way to go. Maybe need to run an Ethernet cable from House A to House B and fit one Access point in each property, although was hoping one Access point in the small joining corridor might be enough for the whole House.
Would really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks in advance
PS if the Ubiquiti is the way to go, do I need to try the PRO first ( assuming it has better performance over the LR ) then if it doesn’t reach all areas try the LR model