[ale] [Semi-OT] Second WiFi in the house?

[Michael Martin]

I’ver replaced the Ubiquity WAPs with Eero — mesh networking seems to have come a long way and it is not as fiddly as managing your own infrastructure. 

I would consider doing some research into mesh network products (I’m sure Ubiquity has one by this time) and compare.  

Mike 

> On Oct 9, 2020, at 11:32 AM, James Taylor via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> I have three in my abode. I have wired connections to the two at the extremities, and one in the middle that is wifi bridged because no cable there.
> The bridged works as well as the the direct wired for most stuff.
> If you have a situation where you need to connect a location you can't wire, getting two and bridging the second would probably work well.
> -jt 
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> James Taylor
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>>>> DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> 10/9/2020 11:19 AM >>> 
> On 10/8/20 4:02 PM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>> Is there anything particular to look for a second wi-fi in the house.
>> Our phones are old, and our current wi-fi switch is old, so we keep
>> getting dropped and then using all our limited data. My thinking is to
>> get a second wifi and run a wire to the living room, which should give
>> us coverage. It theory it should be easy, but I don't know what I
>> don't know these days.   
> Ubiquiti PoE APs are pretty great. Decouples the wifi from the router.
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-LR-US-Unifi-AP-AC-Range/dp/B07CLN4BBM - $222 for a 2-pak, but you probably only need 1 AP unless you have multiple "wings" on your estate or it has concrete walls.
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