Roger H. Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hey guys/gals, making some plans for my friend's place so just had some questions with regards to layouts and opinions. Here is the current plans with floorplans of the place. If I got the WAP i'd mount it on the ceiling in the hallway at about the Kitchen area. If the Powerline APs then one would be in the living room and maybe stick the other in the kitchen area to cover that side of the area. It's only about 1,000sf /90sq meter so not much space to cover so I figured one AP in the central area would do it just fine as well. Any opinions on that setup? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Now my other question has to do with Powerline WAPs. I can't seem to find any 5Ghz ones (definitely no AC ones). Does anyone know of any, maybe I'm just not looking in the right places. I'd go with only 5Ghz N but those are hard to find as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 If that is drawn to scale, one unifi ap would cover the area pretty well. They are very powerful and would easily cover the outside as well. But if you want more coverage and have access to the area above the rooms (drop ceiling or attic), I would just run the wires if you are planning on doing a ceiling mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 Yeah it's pretty much to scale. (y) I was playing around with a floorplanning website (www.floorplanner.com if anyone wanna try it out - does 3D also! :yes:) and created it. There is no attic but it's the top floor of an apartment building (only 3 floors). I haven't seen the space just yet but from what I know everything is freaking concrete so no drop ceilings. Gotta just run a cable along the wall and slap a jacket over it, I could probably run it along the floor till the closet (just between the bathroom and kitchen) and go up to the ceiling inside then out from the top of the door. Should be able to paint everything to make it match and all but all depends, that's why I mentioned the Powerline WAPS to make it more "neat". --------------------- Now for my testing of the Powerline stuff, the link rate was 337Mbps with REAL wire speeds being 9-10MB/s because of the 10/100 port on the AV2-500 units so I don't expect much issues with speed also. Just a 2ms extra latency added when going over the Powerline. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32454-tp-link-homeplug-head-to-head That shows them to be pretty decent too for the Gigabit AV2-600 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 If you can run the cable neatly, you don't need to put the ap on the ceiling, you can mount it on the wall and get good coverage as it is omnidirectional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted September 18, 2014 MVC Share Posted September 18, 2014 been loving my unifi-ac -- I am seeing great peformance and love the controller. Wish my house was bigger so I could add more ;) But they are best suited for ceiling mounts. I put mine in the hall - coverage to the outside patio is a bit weak on the 5ghz band.. Been toying with getting an outside one.. But as winter is coming wouldn't get much use out of it.. So save that for a later day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 5GHz will be weak. I can barely get it to get through 3 rooms in my house much less be able to cover the entire house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted September 18, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted September 18, 2014 Which is the other reason I was looking for 5Ghz Powerline APs and slap a few of them around the house for full coverage but I just can't find any! Hold the phone... looks like there is this one: http://www.devolo.com/en/Products/dLAN-500-AV-Wireless+ But its not simultaneous dual-band. You get to pick from 2.4 or 5Ghz and the fact that it's from the UK, can't find any for EU (or USA for that matter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted September 18, 2014 MVC Share Posted September 18, 2014 If you really want to go 5ghz N, then you would need unifi pro - which is like $200 a pop.. The AC models that would get you 5ghz N and AC are $300.. So deployment of a few of those gets pricey ;) They are POE, so that makes deployment a bit easier than something that needs power as well as network connection. Just do it dude - get 3 uap-AC models and rock out your wifi coverage ;) What is $1k for a killer wifi - best on the block setup ;) I get lucky with my house layout that were mine is in the hall pretty much have open to living room, and then other rooms are only 1 wall between them and AP. I can see the signal 5ghz on the patio but the performance is not there - better on 2.4 out there. But most of the rest of the house the 5ghz works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted October 2, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2014 Went for the UniFi and loaded Ubuntu on a VM for the controller. Working sweet now after some upgrades and updates. Damn Intel you suck with your drivers! Or maybe its just other people that suck with power profile stuff? I had to disable that U-APSD setting to get less than 100ms pings to the gateway on the LAN! :p Seems all is good now with just one unit. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted October 2, 2014 MVC Share Posted October 2, 2014 you got the AC unit? What speeds are you seeing, are you using AC or just N? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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