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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    It’s been a long time but I wanted to provide an update in case anyone is looking for a similar setup (I have a symmetric 200 Mbps fiber connection). I ended up buying a UniFi Dream Router that I’m using on the first floor, and a U6-LR access point for the second floor (installed in the ceiling...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    @Tech9 I'm not immediately buying, I guess I can wait until last moment to see how the support has been for the Firewalla, I went deep into the rabbit hole of custom/open-source routers and it seems too complex to manage for my current knowledge and time available. Being able to turn SQM with a...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    Thanks for the details! I will read about this over the weekend to better understand if this is a better alternative for my scenario.
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    How complex would this be to setup compared to the Firewalla? I would probably just use it as the router and not use the WiFi since this would be stored in the comms box with the ISP modem, as I want to minimize the chances of roaming not working properly between APs.
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    Thanks @Trip for the detailed answer. Simplified management sounds very attractive to me, so I guess I will follow your advice on Firewalla + APs, and will use same-brand switches (for simplicity). I'm much more confident on this solution, so thanks again for taking the time to explain the...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    @Tech9 my sincere thanks for all this information, I have a much clearer path on how to move forward with this network setup. And it seems that the roaming between different APs should also be covered by this setup (Firewalla + APs and Switch of the same brand), am I missing something else? Or...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    Understood, so let’s say I put multiple low powered APs around the house, would I still be able to setup a single SSID for 2.4GHz + 5GHz? I’m guessing all APs would share the same SSID for both bands and the APs would handle the handoff between APs and between bands when using a solution like...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    Thanks @Trip for the detailed response. I looked at the Firewalla Gold and it seems very nice, it has the power and features of the router I'm looking for so it's looking like a winner. I have an additional question, assuming that I purchase the Firewalla, could several APs be set in a way that...
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    Wired Mesh or Small Business for new house + QoS

    Hi everyone! I've been lurking for several months but I still have a few concerns regarding the network setup for my new house, I would appreciate a lot if I could get some advice. Some house details: - New house, 2300 sq ft split into 2 floors. - Concrete walls and floors - 200/15 Mbps...
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