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Hi,
Looking to improve my network here at home. Excuse my awful ms paint skills.
Currently:
- Green - ONT
- RED - HG659b router from Spark, plugged into ONT.
- BLUE - R7000 in AP mode, connected to HG659b via wired cable.
The red and blue circles are rough representations of coverage. I guess I just want to get across that the house is covered nicely, but I have issues in the sleep out.
- PINK - Was an old access point plugged into ethernet over power unit. It worked very poorly, I don't want to re-visit EOP at all. So I removed this entirely and just connect to the blue wifi and have had virtually no issues on my high specc'd laptop. It works, for me. But the wifes cheap laptop doesn't stay connected well in the sleep out.
So, what I want is:
- Replace the HG659b and R7000 with a single clean solution, rather than having several disparate devices.
- Get reliable internet in the sleep out.
- Ability to expand the network with additional hardware in the future.
I've seen the Umbiqiti Amplifi package recommended across several threads on this site and it looks almost ideal. Except, my BLUE dot has wired ethernet access (gb) back to the RED dot.
Therefore the Umbiqiti Amplifi package of 1x router and 2x mesh AP doesn't quite work. What I really need is 1x router, 1x wired ap, 1x mesh ap.
I need something like:
- RED - Router
- BLUE - Wired AP
- PINK - Mesh AP
Not, what the package offers:
- RED - Router
- BLUE - Mesh AP
- PINK - Mesh AP
So some questions:
- Is there a combination of Ubiquiti products that can give me what I want?
- Will the Umbiqiti Amplifi router handle Gigabit Fibre well? Does anyone using one that is on gb fibre that could do a couple of speed tests or something?
- Do I just drop my requirement for a wired AP in the blue spot and use the mesh AP and call it a day?
- Is there a better way for me to get what I want? How would you do it?
Thank you.
