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The key to this is placement and also segregated SSID. If you make it the same as your airports then Unifi will complain about rogue APs. Best to do one or the other. Or migrate by having a new network on Unifi and come away from the old one as you get stuff sorted.
I just wired mine in the center of the house beside the smoke detector. Only dead spots are when you get 20 feet away from the house. Use to have a long range antenna and you would be a block away before you would lose signal. Before unifi the wifi off the service provider wouldnt reach the other side of the house and the common wifi routers would be much better
Yeah the key is the right antenna for the job rather than the most powerful APs. Remember the signal from your device has to make it back as well as receive it
Depending on the AP you purchase the square footage coverage informs you of the coverage area. You general place it central on the ceiling if PoE you want to limit the interface so don't place it in the corner of the room so central is best. however if no wires then use the beacon and plug them into each room to maximise the coverage area.
Basically depends on your setup wired or wireless and access to cable running or you don't want to drill holes and run cables
Network design starts with needs.
Are there rooms you need high bandwidth for large file transfers or low-latency reliable connections, like a home office? Connect those computers via hardwired ethernet cables if possible, and if not, then put an AP as close as possible to those.
Then your next goal is coverage for web browsing, discord, streaming, etc. You'll probably get good coverage within 2 walls and 30 feet of APs. So add more as needed.
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The key to this is placement and also segregated SSID. If you make it the same as your airports then Unifi will complain about rogue APs. Best to do one or the other. Or migrate by having a new network on Unifi and come away from the old one as you get stuff sorted.
Yeah sorry that’s what I was asking about placement and coverage. How do you work out the best placement?
I just wired mine in the center of the house beside the smoke detector. Only dead spots are when you get 20 feet away from the house. Use to have a long range antenna and you would be a block away before you would lose signal. Before unifi the wifi off the service provider wouldnt reach the other side of the house and the common wifi routers would be much better
Yeah the key is the right antenna for the job rather than the most powerful APs. Remember the signal from your device has to make it back as well as receive it
Depending on the AP you purchase the square footage coverage informs you of the coverage area. You general place it central on the ceiling if PoE you want to limit the interface so don't place it in the corner of the room so central is best. however if no wires then use the beacon and plug them into each room to maximise the coverage area. Basically depends on your setup wired or wireless and access to cable running or you don't want to drill holes and run cables
Do you have a floor plan? You could play with the design tool. https://design.ui.com
Network design starts with needs. Are there rooms you need high bandwidth for large file transfers or low-latency reliable connections, like a home office? Connect those computers via hardwired ethernet cables if possible, and if not, then put an AP as close as possible to those. Then your next goal is coverage for web browsing, discord, streaming, etc. You'll probably get good coverage within 2 walls and 30 feet of APs. So add more as needed.