Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength
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@s-hackleman said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@brrabill said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
When I went from my ISP provided AP to a UBNT one, it was amazing how much better coverage it had.
@scottalanmiller might be right you might just need a better AP.
I kinda figured this could be an option, but I haven't used a newer one in a long time. My house is small, and the wifi router is near dead center in the home by my design. Is there an agreed upon AP/Router that is better than the rest?
The AmpliFi
I would never use the EdgeMax + UniFi combo in a layman house.
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In your case, I would buy jsut the base unit I think. Then if coverage on the far side is poor, buy a single mesh antenna for $115.
Or if you think for sure you will need a mesh, then buy the kits because the spend is barely more than the base and a single mesh, and you will have awesomeness coverage.
But I think you could try just the base.
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@jaredbusch said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
In your case, I would buy jsut the base unit I think. Then if coverage on the far side is poor, buy a single mesh antenna for $115.
Or if you think for sure you will need a mesh, then buy the kits because the spend is barely more than the base and a single mesh, and you will have awesomeness coverage.
But I think you could try just the base.
Well with the Base + 1 mesh is in the $260 price point. Is there a better base unit for <$260 that would be better than just the base by its self?
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@s-hackleman said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@jaredbusch said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
In your case, I would buy jsut the base unit I think. Then if coverage on the far side is poor, buy a single mesh antenna for $115.
Or if you think for sure you will need a mesh, then buy the kits because the spend is barely more than the base and a single mesh, and you will have awesomeness coverage.
But I think you could try just the base.
Well with the Base + 1 mesh is in the $260 price point. Is there a better base unit for <$260 that would be better than just the base by its self?
Probably a number of home quality things in the $150-$175 price point. I do not know anything about them as I refuse to help people at home.
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@jaredbusch said
I would never use the EdgeMax + UniFi combo in a layman house.
You would just need the UniFi since it already has a modem.router, but yeah I wouldn't want a layman setting that up.
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I did just actually setup a AmpliFi in my mom's apartment because I was tired of dealing with complaints.
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@s-hackleman said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@brrabill said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
When I went from my ISP provided AP to a UBNT one, it was amazing how much better coverage it had.
@scottalanmiller might be right you might just need a better AP.
I kinda figured this could be an option, but I haven't used a newer one in a long time. My house is small, and the wifi router is near dead center in the home by my design. Is there an agreed upon AP/Router that is better than the rest?
I did this for exactly the same reason and just use the base old model of Ubiquiti AP and even the lowest end model went from "the house isn't covered" to "the house, yard and half the cul-du-sac are covered."
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@jaredbusch said
I do not know anything about them as I refuse to help people at home.
And Happy Holidays To All!
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@jaredbusch said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
I did just actually setup a AmpliFi in my mom's apartment because I was tired of dealing with complaints.
Heartwarming. You should make that into a children's book.
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@brrabill said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@jaredbusch said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
I did just actually setup a AmpliFi in my mom's apartment because I was tired of dealing with complaints.
Heartwarming. You should make that into a children's book.
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@scottalanmiller said >
I did this for exactly the same reason and just use the base old model of Ubiquiti AP and even the lowest end model went from "the house isn't covered" to "the house, yard and half the cul-du-sac are covered."
It's really amazing.
Same thing at our work. Replaced a consumer-ish WiFi router with the UBNTs. Amazing difference.
Though, we all seem to be growing third limbs. Strange...
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@tim_g said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-GT-AC5300-Tri-band-AC5300-Gigabit/dp/B071DPCKQ6/
You must have missed my priorities list....
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@s-hackleman said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@tim_g said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-GT-AC5300-Tri-band-AC5300-Gigabit/dp/B071DPCKQ6/
You must have missed my priorities list....
Probably...
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@tim_g said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-GT-AC5300-Tri-band-AC5300-Gigabit/dp/B071DPCKQ6/
That look like a set from an Indiana Jones movie.
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@tim_g said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@s-hackleman said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
@tim_g said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-GT-AC5300-Tri-band-AC5300-Gigabit/dp/B071DPCKQ6/
You must have missed my priorities list....
Probably...
And this looks like from the set of Indiana Jones 4.
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Turn off the built-in wifi, buy a quality AP and mount the it at the center point of the house, in the ceiling.
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While it's true that 2400 sqft isn't huge, you didn't mention anything about the home construction. Your typical wood frame and drywall construction should not be a problem for the base unit that @JaredBusch suggested but if it's concrete block or steel frame, you may find you'll need to re-examine your options based on the coverage you get.
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@nashbrydges said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
While it's true that 2400 sqft isn't huge, you didn't mention anything about the home construction. Your typical wood frame and drywall construction should not be a problem for the base unit that @JaredBusch suggested but if it's concrete block or steel frame, you may find you'll need to re-examine your options based on the coverage you get.
Good old wood and drywall circa late 1990's.
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@jaredbusch said in Help fixing Home Wifi Signal Strength:
I would never use the EdgeMax + UniFi combo in a layman house.
If UNMS does actually allow for full management of Unifi APs, does that change your thoughts on this at all? If you're going to be the one installing and configuring the devices (potentially for a family member) in the first place, you're probably going to be the one maintaining/troubleshooting as well, no? Connect them to your UNMS, and call it good. That would seem to be a huge benefit over the AmpliFi product line, which probably wont be supported in UNMS.
Edit: scratch that, it looks like AmpliFi is on the roadmap for UNMS. I guess that makes this whole question irrelevant!
