I have been poking a stick at this for weeks. I almost had a solution; then I saw UniFi.
I have a large house with floors not friendly to RF penetration. Windows not RF friendly either. All useful points have Cat 5e (inside and outside). RT-N66U currently my only net component. I just need a dead simple network system. No current odd devices or internet connections. Primary purpose to allow cellphones to wander around the house while being used without problems. Everything else can use Cat 5. Possibly later, maybe some remote sensors.
I want the APs to be able to use PoE. I will probably need at least one AP outside the house.
I have seen two answers to this - To get proper performance, the router needs to have its' WiFi off. It seems reasonable that off would be a good idea. The firmware in the router may or may not play well with the APs where signals overlap. But it probably would not be equally effective at handing off devices as they move around.
Question 1: Router WiFi on or off?
Question 2: Is this a reasonably optimal solution?
I have a large house with floors not friendly to RF penetration. Windows not RF friendly either. All useful points have Cat 5e (inside and outside). RT-N66U currently my only net component. I just need a dead simple network system. No current odd devices or internet connections. Primary purpose to allow cellphones to wander around the house while being used without problems. Everything else can use Cat 5. Possibly later, maybe some remote sensors.
I want the APs to be able to use PoE. I will probably need at least one AP outside the house.
I have seen two answers to this - To get proper performance, the router needs to have its' WiFi off. It seems reasonable that off would be a good idea. The firmware in the router may or may not play well with the APs where signals overlap. But it probably would not be equally effective at handing off devices as they move around.
Question 1: Router WiFi on or off?
Question 2: Is this a reasonably optimal solution?