My friend and I are working on his house network. We wanted to ask y'all for any suggestions on simplifying the setup. The current setup is as follows:
- Cat5e running throughout the house
- At the end of cat5e are a bunch of different routers (all with different wifi names & credentials, lol)
https://preview.redd.it/1tdctkulf9te1.png?width=1450&format=png&auto=webp&s=7bc3a988485e15fe1e7f435a31187503656c593f
The idea we have is:
- replace all the different routers with POE APs (requires getting a POE switch). All the routers are pretty old at this point.
- remove the wifi extender and add a hardwire a connection to an AP in its place
- Remove the old intermediary injector
Something maybe like
https://preview.redd.it/1n50pcxxaate1.png?width=1396&format=png&auto=webp&s=6570ea39e84bb0e69f6459be41a3231b27540279
We thought we'd ask the experts here before committing to any specific setup (UniFi is appealing). There are about 20-30 devices on the network at a given time, with the rare weekend where there could be 50-60. Ideally the APs would have good enough range to get some signal in the yard of the house. Our ISP is Xfinity with around a gig down.
We have no plans for security camera setups or plex servers.
Thank you!
