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I need a PoE Access Point to extend the signal off my WNDR4000, located in a basement, to a room two floors above. I have about -70dBm in the room and can stream most media without issue; however, the feed from my HDHomeRun is apparently extremely hungry. I get video and sound artifacts while streaming live TV that is not evident when wired.
There is no way to easily run a wired connection from the client to my switch in the basement, otherwise this would be done.
I took a cheap route, in a moment of weakness, and purchased a TP-Link TL-WA901ND. You get what you pay for. Access Point is mounted in the garage approximately at floor level and within 20 feet of client in question. Signal power is reading better than existing solution at -60dBm; however, throughput is obviously lesser as artifacts are worse.
So, this will be returned and replaced with a different unit.
I do not have PoE Switch, so I will need an injector.
EnGenius EAP350 Kit for ~$125
or
Ubiquiti Unifi AP-LR for ~$100
Price is nearly the same, so at this point, which is the better product? The Ubiquiti seems to have great reviews, but again, hard to tell if it is being used in a similar situation.
Thanks!
I need a PoE Access Point to extend the signal off my WNDR4000, located in a basement, to a room two floors above. I have about -70dBm in the room and can stream most media without issue; however, the feed from my HDHomeRun is apparently extremely hungry. I get video and sound artifacts while streaming live TV that is not evident when wired.
There is no way to easily run a wired connection from the client to my switch in the basement, otherwise this would be done.
I took a cheap route, in a moment of weakness, and purchased a TP-Link TL-WA901ND. You get what you pay for. Access Point is mounted in the garage approximately at floor level and within 20 feet of client in question. Signal power is reading better than existing solution at -60dBm; however, throughput is obviously lesser as artifacts are worse.
So, this will be returned and replaced with a different unit.
I do not have PoE Switch, so I will need an injector.
EnGenius EAP350 Kit for ~$125
or
Ubiquiti Unifi AP-LR for ~$100
Price is nearly the same, so at this point, which is the better product? The Ubiquiti seems to have great reviews, but again, hard to tell if it is being used in a similar situation.
Thanks!
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