Seeking WiFi and a Network Switch etc .... new site install with a Hall.

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#299125 12-Aug-2022 20:46

I have done my own install at home before. This time it is group has bought a community hall. The internal walls are concrete. There is a hall then a kitchen and a small office and downstairs with a room.

I think we would need 2 WiFi units for the hall and 1 in the kitchen and potentially one downstairs in the future. Currently the ONT is located in the corner of the property in the office. We also need a Network Switch but no need for a Firewall or UPS. We plan to run our own cables. The WiFi would ideally work on the same SSID etc. We have been suggested Fortinet would that be too high ended? What are your suggestions?

The uses, pretty much just YouTube.com, Zoom, MS PowerPoint mainly etc. Internet is probably 300/100 by Chorus.

Cheers.

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#2954786 15-Aug-2022 11:40

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#2954860 15-Aug-2022 13:20

Grandstream access points are good value and also have free cloud management:

https://www.gowifi.co.nz/grandstreamnetworks/gwn7630.html

You'll need either a PoE switch or PoE injectors to power them, but the requirements sound like they're simple otherwise so you can get away with running an ISP provided router and a cheap switch.

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#2954861 15-Aug-2022 13:28

rayonline:

Hi

I have done my own install at home before. This time it is group has bought a community hall. The internal walls are concrete. There is a hall then a kitchen and a small office and downstairs with a room.

I think we would need 2 WiFi units for the hall and 1 in the kitchen and potentially one downstairs in the future. Currently the ONT is located in the corner of the property in the office. We also need a Network Switch but no need for a Firewall or UPS. We plan to run our own cables. The WiFi would ideally work on the same SSID etc. We have been suggested Fortinet would that be too high ended? What are your suggestions?

The uses, pretty much just YouTube.com, Zoom, MS PowerPoint mainly etc. Internet is probably 300/100 by Chorus.

Cheers.

So is there is existing IT equipment in the Office?, PC etc? You might want to look at VLAN separation of any non-public gear so there is some protection going on,

Also, what's the access policy going to be like? Is it going to be set and forget with the password becoming well known, or will it be changed on a regular basis and the number of users kept small,

Just thinking in regards to making sure your APs will allow remote/cloud management, so someone wont have to go down an change the password every few weeks?

rayonline

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#2955030 15-Aug-2022 18:21

Not sure about the cloud management passwords etc. At the moment they have not moved in. In their previous location, there are no member files or financial information kept on those computers, those information is kept at the 1 or 2 individuals own home. People just bring their own laptop computers from home to the location as needed although this may change with their own property (this new location) but again it's mainly just Zoom calls, YouTube and Powerpoint presentations. Mainly weekends and the odd few times during the week etc.

In terms of passwords etc. At the present at the old place it is just a single SSID password that people can access on their phones for the Internet for those who have the password it's not given out to all. We don't use shared folders or anything. When people want to play a video, often they just bring in a USB stick to play the file. Internet is currently not set up at the new place yet. So nothing. We have chairs etc .. but they are just piled up, they haven't been sat on yet.

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#2955075 15-Aug-2022 22:34

TP link omada is another decently priced option. A couple of AP's, a PoE switch and a cloud controller if you want it local, or there online cloud software otherwise.