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Forums › LAN (ethernet/Wifi/routers/Bluetooth) › Looking to upgrade to a Ubiquiti setup
d3mon

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#243861 5-Jan-2019 17:32
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I got a Ubiquiti Unifi AP on christmas sale and i've been impressed with the speed and range and now i'm looking to make the switch to a full Ubiquiti setup.

 

Below is my current setup and i want to get another Unifi AP for the living room as well as upgrading the routers with switches. I want to use a wired connection for the PC upstairs and routing another cable from the living room to upstairs is not an option.

 

Do i need to get 2 switches or should i get Pro AP where it has 2 Ethernet ports so i can piggyback the connection to my gaming PC.

 

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  #2154997 5-Jan-2019 17:53
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There is really no benefit to getting a Ubiquiti switch if you have no requirement for management. A $30 TP-Link gigabit switch will do exactly the same job (that would replace the asus router you have working as a switch).

 

In your current setup, just simply buy a UAP-AC-LITE and plug it in to a spare port on the spark router.

 

Would could potentially be beneficial (if you have a good number of devices on your network) would be upgrading the spark router to the Ubiquiti USG. Then you have the the "full solution" and all the pretty graphics in the Unifi controller would start working.

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