New enough anyway - 15 years old, built a little more solid than older ones around here. Topology is important in that it is over 4000 sq ft single floor - and spread out the long way for maximum privacy on a long hallway. When we remodeled it, my wife "required" that I not clutter it with Internet equipment, but I want to run Comcast at 75Mb/s - so an AC network is essential. Luckily it is not a congested area, so I have very little potential neighbor interference.
The only place where I could get enough "hidden space" to put the originating modem, router, etc. is in the far end of the house. I had a cable line run in there and about 5 Cat 6 lines run (from there) to various closet areas around the house (with a power outlet placed near each) - so I could run access points anywhere I wanted. From the cable to modem to main router, I can broadcast a WiFi signal from an Asus AC68 router about halfway across the house. 2 or 3 more points of transmission should be fine.
In my current house I have an Asus 68U as router hardwired to another 68U in access point mode - and they work well. Wiring was relatively cheap as the new house was taken apart to remodel it - but I don't feel like being too cheap with the equipment. Ideally it would something that I set up and ignore (i.e. - not a Ubiquiti system). I figure I can totally saturate the house with 5MHz if I use 2 or 3 access points. What would be good access points or routers in AP mode to use at the "remote" locations? Seamless roaming is not critical.
I've heard the Apple Airport Extreme is good for this kind of thing, but only have 2 or 3 ports instead of the usual 4 or 5. I'd have to add a small switch at the router to give myself an extra port of two if needed. I run mostly PC's and iPads (a strange mix), but no Mac's - and I hear Airports do not easily set up without Macs. That's about it. Any good idea of hardware to use? I don't need to use $400+ routers in AP mode - but $200 routers in AP mode or $200 APs would be fine.
The only place where I could get enough "hidden space" to put the originating modem, router, etc. is in the far end of the house. I had a cable line run in there and about 5 Cat 6 lines run (from there) to various closet areas around the house (with a power outlet placed near each) - so I could run access points anywhere I wanted. From the cable to modem to main router, I can broadcast a WiFi signal from an Asus AC68 router about halfway across the house. 2 or 3 more points of transmission should be fine.
In my current house I have an Asus 68U as router hardwired to another 68U in access point mode - and they work well. Wiring was relatively cheap as the new house was taken apart to remodel it - but I don't feel like being too cheap with the equipment. Ideally it would something that I set up and ignore (i.e. - not a Ubiquiti system). I figure I can totally saturate the house with 5MHz if I use 2 or 3 access points. What would be good access points or routers in AP mode to use at the "remote" locations? Seamless roaming is not critical.
I've heard the Apple Airport Extreme is good for this kind of thing, but only have 2 or 3 ports instead of the usual 4 or 5. I'd have to add a small switch at the router to give myself an extra port of two if needed. I run mostly PC's and iPads (a strange mix), but no Mac's - and I hear Airports do not easily set up without Macs. That's about it. Any good idea of hardware to use? I don't need to use $400+ routers in AP mode - but $200 routers in AP mode or $200 APs would be fine.
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