New member here and so glad I've found this community. I've been enjoying reading the roundups and all the detail (even if it's over my head in many places).
The roundups have been great, but I'm hoping I could get some specific opinions on my setup and needs for my home network. I need to re-think and overhaul my wireless network at home because I have dead/slow spots in my home and don't want to invest in expanding my current Apple Airport network.
My home:
Some features I like the idea of:
I'm also curious if there is a need and/or benefit to replacing my Switch or the Verizon Modem/Router along with this upgrade.
Is the Unifi a good fit? I was intrigued seeing that it didn't rank so highly in the 2x2 roundup you guys have done. Thanks for any help / suggestions / food for thought.
Thanks in advance. Hopefully I have provided enough detail up front!
The roundups have been great, but I'm hoping I could get some specific opinions on my setup and needs for my home network. I need to re-think and overhaul my wireless network at home because I have dead/slow spots in my home and don't want to invest in expanding my current Apple Airport network.
My home:
- I have a fairly sprawling 4,000ish square foot single floor home (ranch with large addition)
- I work from my home office a good bit of the time, so reliability/performance is key
- My home has Cat 6 runs to 3 locations (office in rear of home, media/tv cabinet in the middle of the home, and the master bed room av cabinet in the front of the home)
- I have a verizon fios modem/router with wifi disabled that is plugged into a 8 port switch
- Right now I have 75/75 speeds. But easily see myself upgrading to gigabit in the next 1-2 years and would prefer not to have to invest in new APs when I do upgrade.
- The switch then feeds cat 6 to the locations in my home (see above)
- There is an Airport Extreme in the rear of my home in bridge mode
- There is a regular Airport Express in the middle of my home in bridge mode
Some features I like the idea of:
- Managing/configuring the APs together
- Parental/Time Restricting Features (by SSID is ok enough)
- Guest network
I'm also curious if there is a need and/or benefit to replacing my Switch or the Verizon Modem/Router along with this upgrade.
Is the Unifi a good fit? I was intrigued seeing that it didn't rank so highly in the 2x2 roundup you guys have done. Thanks for any help / suggestions / food for thought.
Thanks in advance. Hopefully I have provided enough detail up front!