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intermentals · Apr 25, 2016

I'd like to know if it's realistic to expect to reach three floors of a building with a single access point.

The building has three floors but each is fairly small. I don't think that there's any structural considerations that would affect signal.

popatim · Apr 25, 2016

Yes there are, they are called floors & Ceilings. Anytime you have to go thru something you degrade the signal. The denser the material you need to go thru the more it blocks the signal typically.

kanewolf · Apr 25, 2016

Many access points are designed to radiate in a specific pattern. A ceiling mount unit probably doesn't radiate a lot upward. Don't assume a spherical radiation pattern.

I would put one AP per floor if it was me. That way all users are distributed among multiple APs and the wired network, which has more bandwidth, carries the aggregate traffic.

intermentals · Apr 26, 2016

kanewolf :

I'd totally agree but (something that I should have specified) the usage will be absolutely minimal. Perhaps to remote in to a computer on the third floor from the ground floor and to access files stored on the cloud (laptop and a PC on a stick on each floor).

I'm trying to save on cost, since it's not really something that needs much substance, just basic wireless connectivity. I might look at an access point on the middle and top floor and the wireless router on the bottom floor.

Any recommendations on hardware?

intermentals · Apr 26, 2016

popatim :

Thank you.

What I mean is that there's no structural considerations beyond the signal going through a floor. They're not lead lined or anything.

kanewolf · Apr 26, 2016

intermentals :

I recommend using the same WIFI hardware everywhere. It makes setup simpler. Since you say "building" rather than home, I assume this is a commercial installation. Get a good wired VPN commercial router, like a Zyxel or similar. Or use the UniFi system from Ubiquiti -- router and access points

intermentals · Apr 26, 2016

kanewolf :

intermentals :

I recommend using the same WIFI hardware everywhere. It makes setup simpler. Since you say "building" rather than home, I assume this is a commercial installation. Get a good wired VPN commercial router, like a Zyxel or similar. Or use the UniFi system from Ubiquiti -- router and access points

Ok. Thank you for your help.

intermentals · Apr 26, 2016

kanewolf :

intermentals :

I recommend using the same WIFI hardware everywhere. It makes setup simpler. Since you say "building" rather than home, I assume this is a commercial installation. Get a good wired VPN commercial router, like a Zyxel or similar. Or use the UniFi system from Ubiquiti -- router and access points

Also, it is a small art gallery so it's a very small scale setup. Cost is far more of a priority than commercial equipment. 3 PCs on a stick and three laptops. The most that would be online at once is two of the laptops.

Would this affect your advice?

kanewolf · Apr 26, 2016

intermentals :

kanewolf :

Also, it is a small art gallery so it's a very small scale setup. Cost is far more of a priority than commercial equipment. 3 PCs on a stick and three laptops. The most that would be online at once is two of the laptops.

Would this affect your advice?

You will probably want to offer guest WIFI to your customers. That is another reason to look to light commercial equipment.

intermentals · May 1, 2016

kanewolf :

intermentals :

You will probably want to offer guest WIFI to your customers. That is another reason to look to light commercial equipment.

We have considered that but it is not something that we have decided to go for something smaller scale and cheaper and to look at the possibility of two separate networks in the future.

The gallery is a new business and, at the moment, basic functionaility (the ability to remote into the PC on a sticks, to change what they are outputting to the televisions they are connected to, and change the music that is being played on each floor) is all that is required.

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