Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti
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@Nic I'll have to try powerline again... haven't had good experiences with it in the past, but that was 4 or 5 years ago. I will say if you have coax running to the places I am a big fan of the MOCA adapters.
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@brianlittlejohn yeah I looked at those too, but since we have a lot more power outlets than cable outlets, I figured give that a shot first. I'm guessing that MOCA is just as good as powerline at this point.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@Nic I'll have to try powerline again... haven't had good experiences with it in the past, but that was 4 or 5 years ago. I will say if you have coax running to the places I am a big fan of the MOCA adapters.
Do you need to put these coax cables on their own grouping so it doesn't interfere with normal Cable TV/internet?
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@Dashrender The only service it interferes with is DirectTV. It can run alongside the cableTV & internet service. MOCA is how most of the multiroom DVR's communicate and stream video.
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@Dashrender It also won't pass through an amplified splitter.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@Dashrender It also won't pass through an amplified splitter.
But the cable boxes will?
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@Dashrender It really depends on the amp... some of them have upstream pass through ability.
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@JaredBusch said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@DustinB3403 said:
So I'm considering wiring up my house with ethernet and ditching my single wireless unit for a more robust solution. Looking at Ubiquiti they have some really nice offerings but I'm hesitant to drop the money on it for the purposes of "home use" without great cause.
So I'm looking for recommendations on specific products and configurations from the community.
Any input is welcome.
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
I have this same setup (after having a bad experience with the AC-LR). I am a happy camper now.
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Hrm, cool. The OP found a cool product for sure. I could deal with 150mb, my isp only provides 100, no gig around here yet.
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@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
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@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
Yes. Purchased a set last week for a client to use at home.
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@JaredBusch said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
Yes. Purchased a set last week for a client to use at home.
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
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@DustinB3403 said
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
You know you are the one who started this thread with the exact same question, right?
I am glad I resurrected it.
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@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@DustinB3403 said
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
You know you are the one who started this thread with the exact same question, right?
I am glad I resurrected it.
haha I know, I never came back to this at my place, and seeing it again reminded me about it.
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I go with a ERL and a UAP-AC Lite. Though if you want the fastest available versions of AC, you should go with the UAP-AC Pro.
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@Dashrender said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
I go with a ERL and a UAP-AC Lite. Though if you want the fastest available versions of AC, you should go with the UAP-AC Pro.
ERX is cheaper and has a switch chip, so I go with that over the ERL.
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I might finally bite the bullet and stop using the built in wireless on my FiOS router. I never need to connect to the FiOS devices anyway.
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With the ERX and the APC Lite you can only run the one AP over POE with that router, correct?
If I wanted more AP's I'd have to run power.
Where as I could get the SFP and have 5 passive POE ports usable for additional AP's if desired. (wouldn't this be the wiser choice?)
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@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@DustinB3403 said
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
You know you are the one who started this thread with the exact same question, right?
I am glad I resurrected it.
An ER-X and the UAP-AC-LITE
It is the perfect setup for the small office or home office.
The ERL is more expensive and does not have a switch chip. So if you have more than one wired device, you have to get a cheap switch.
The ERX also can be powered from the same PoE injector that comes with the UAP-AC-LITE. So that is one less wall wart to plug in.
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@JaredBusch said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@Dashrender said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
I go with a ERL and a UAP-AC Lite. Though if you want the fastest available versions of AC, you should go with the UAP-AC Pro.
ERX is cheaper and has a switch chip, so I go with that over the ERL.
I haven't played with the ERX yet, but I'm sure JB is right.
