UnixWizard
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Home is large, 3 floors with typical interior walls, max distance from center of house to exterior wall is 50':
Upstairs: Bedrooms, bathrooms, and playroom. PS3, laptops, and phones are common clients.
Main: Office, a bedroom, living room, kitchen, etc. one HDTV with streaming apps, laptops and phone are common clients.
Basement: Office, bedroom, family room, workout room, home theater. Plex server, File server, Database server, laptops, streaming large screen HDTV, and a HDTV projector, a PS4, and phones are common clients.
Home is pre-wired for ethernet so I have placement choices for router.
I need the router that will provide the best coverage and throughput in a multi-device setting where streaming video occurs all the time, whether to phones or laptops, or from netflix, etc. At least 3 simultaneous HD streams should be supported. Devices are mixed, some can support only 2.4Ghz, and many arent even AC capable, but some are.
I am technical enough that I'm not scared of using OpenWRT or needing to fiddle with things if I need to, but I'd rather not spend my time doing such things if ready made solutions are at hand.
I plan to get the things that are fixed off of the wireless, like the servers, projector, etc. but the clients still connect to the servers for their data (Plex, file share, domain controller, etc.) over wireless.
Things to note: I am not against a multi-AP setup, but then which one(s) should I use, etc.?
I hate having disconnects. It disrupts streaming, breaks game connections, and is just a pain. I usually end up setting radios manually to avoid channel hopping just to stop this.
I am open to getting high gain antennas. Or amplifiers.
I don't care about absolute thoughput, but Stability of the network is paramount. We use VPN connections all day long for work. We should be able to roam throughout the house without having a single connection drop. Ever.
I need to prioritize traffic by type and device. Video feeds are great, but the VPN and other 'work' traffic must get priority.
Cost isnt critical, but I'm not Bill Gates. The whole setup should stay under $1000. Preferably much under.
I am considering the ASUS 3200 or going with Edimax WAP1750 & CAP1200 for a multi-AP setup, but I have no issues using something different.
Thank you!
Upstairs: Bedrooms, bathrooms, and playroom. PS3, laptops, and phones are common clients.
Main: Office, a bedroom, living room, kitchen, etc. one HDTV with streaming apps, laptops and phone are common clients.
Basement: Office, bedroom, family room, workout room, home theater. Plex server, File server, Database server, laptops, streaming large screen HDTV, and a HDTV projector, a PS4, and phones are common clients.
Home is pre-wired for ethernet so I have placement choices for router.
I need the router that will provide the best coverage and throughput in a multi-device setting where streaming video occurs all the time, whether to phones or laptops, or from netflix, etc. At least 3 simultaneous HD streams should be supported. Devices are mixed, some can support only 2.4Ghz, and many arent even AC capable, but some are.
I am technical enough that I'm not scared of using OpenWRT or needing to fiddle with things if I need to, but I'd rather not spend my time doing such things if ready made solutions are at hand.
I plan to get the things that are fixed off of the wireless, like the servers, projector, etc. but the clients still connect to the servers for their data (Plex, file share, domain controller, etc.) over wireless.
Things to note: I am not against a multi-AP setup, but then which one(s) should I use, etc.?
I hate having disconnects. It disrupts streaming, breaks game connections, and is just a pain. I usually end up setting radios manually to avoid channel hopping just to stop this.
I am open to getting high gain antennas. Or amplifiers.
I don't care about absolute thoughput, but Stability of the network is paramount. We use VPN connections all day long for work. We should be able to roam throughout the house without having a single connection drop. Ever.
I need to prioritize traffic by type and device. Video feeds are great, but the VPN and other 'work' traffic must get priority.
Cost isnt critical, but I'm not Bill Gates. The whole setup should stay under $1000. Preferably much under.
I am considering the ASUS 3200 or going with Edimax WAP1750 & CAP1200 for a multi-AP setup, but I have no issues using something different.
Thank you!