Finally got around to mounting my AP somewhere other than on the floor in the basement under my d...

[G+_Jason Perry]

Finally got around to mounting my AP somewhere other than on the floor in the basement under my desk.

[G+_Travis Hershberger]

Nice. I actually had to turn the power down on the two we have at work. Even one being mounted in a closet and the other in a different building, in the offices the signals were confusing Apple devices.

[G+_Jason Perry]

I thought the range was a big improvement over my old device. Now that I have it in a better location it's amazing and it's only N

[G+_Ben Reese]

I wish I had gone Ubiquiti instead of TP-Link with the last I bought. Went with price over value. Always next time...

[G+_Stede Bonnett]

I was amazed at the low price for the UAP-AC-PRO from ubiquiti. It's dual-band AC (1750 I believe) and includes a 802.3at PoE injenctor for under $150 (the last 3 we bought came to $400 total). Most of the premium home wireless routers are in that price range or higher.

If you are running a dedicated router (or router PC with something like pfSense) it's the way to go.

[G+_Travis Hershberger]

Stede Bonnett Yep. I just ordered it's natural buddy, an Edge Router X. That also looks like some great gear, but not really intended for a home/DIY type audience... get you're Network Administrator hat on for that one.

[G+_Eddie Foy]

The Ubiquity work great, but the management of them really lacks.  Seems to need to drop down to a ssh terminal to tweak it all.  One of these day I'll drop the beacons per second down by a LOT.  Default tosses out way too many.

[G+_Ben Yanke]

Ben Reese? I had TP-Link APs for a while. Nothing but trouble that had to be solved with manual reboots. Ubiquity: rock solid.

 

I say steer clear of them unless you just want a cheap ap for testing things and temporary setups (that's what I use my TP link for)

[G+_Ben Reese]

Ben Yanke I've installed a couple Ubiquiti APs at church and love them. Hopefully I'll be able to splurge and get one for at home next. Just hard to beat the $30 for a POE AP.

[G+_Jason Marsh]

Ben Yanke I'm on my first TP-Link (Archer C8), and it's been fine except one time earlier this month when it just randomly dumped it's config. I hadn't touched it, hadn't updated firmware, hadn't even looked at it.

 

I'm with Ben Reese on this one. I should have bought UBNT instead, as I'd been really impressed with their Bullet a few years ago. Next time....

[G+_Travis Hershberger]

I was at Micro Center this past Sunday, and they finally have Ubiquiti gear! Yay!

[G+_todd zimmerman]

Jason Perry what model AP did you go with?

[G+_Jason Perry]

todd zimmerman?, it's the wireless N long range version.

 

I got it because a company was upgrading. I wanted the AC version and was willing to pay, but I wasn't going to turn down a free AP.

[G+_todd zimmerman]

Jason Perry?? how good is the effective range?

 

I need to build a setup to share WiFi across two buildings (both being 2 story wood frame, roughly 100 feet apart center-to-center).

 

I'm not sure if the Long Range AP would be suffient for the second building if the LR AP is deployed in the first building.

 

The other option that I'm considering is using a pair of NanoSatation Loco M2's to act as a bridge between the two buildings, then have separate APs on both sides of the bridge, with an EdgeRouter X on the base side.

 

In a past deployment, I used a Linksys WRT54GS with DD-WRT for the base station with an ASUS wireless N router acting as a Repeater in the remote building. Overall, this worked great. However, when we hosted an event with 10-20 teenagers (several times a year), the Linksys router would get saturated on the WiFi and lock up requiring a reboot. (Wired traffic would be OK).

 

So... I'm thinking about doing a redeploy using non-consumer gear.

 

Don't get me wrong, I love the WRT54GS (being hw v1.x it has 32MB RAM + 8MB flash) with DD-WRT, but it I need something that's more stable when it gets pounded.

 

Thx ?

[G+_Jason Perry]

Now that my AP is off the floor of my basement I can get through 25' of house and 75' to 100' in my backyard. My house was built in 1936 so it is thick plaster walls.

 

That being said it starts to get shotty streaming video after 50' into my backyard, so 75' total.

 

Not sure how much extra distance you would get out of the AC hardware but I think that would be the way to go.