House wired with PoE - Best Wifi Solution

daraghwal · 17-08-2020 10:17AM #1

I am working in a house with data points in every room wired back to a gigabit PoE switch. Is my best option to get unifi uap ac everywhere I want wifi or get some sort of a wifi mesh system?

seamus · 17-08-2020 10:25AM

I wouldn't overthink it tbh. Unless you have very specific needs, then a single AP in a central location should be more than enough to cover the entire house.

With data points in every room, you can hook up high-bandwidth devices such as TVs, console or a home office directly to the ethernet, so the wifi is really only needed for phones and tablets.

daraghwal · 17-08-2020 10:27AM

One AP does not cover the house.

afatbollix · 17-08-2020 10:37AM

Would somthing like this help?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RE205-Universal-Extender-Broadband-Indicator/dp/B07M59XVQW?th=1

You can use the Ethernet to Wifi solution part of it.

jester77 · 17-08-2020 10:42AM

I am a fan of Unifi APs, have them in my house running over POE. They are discreet as well plus you can turn off the LEDS. You can either buy a hardware solution or run the UniFi controller software on a local server to manage them.

stevek93 · 17-08-2020 10:47AM

OP I have data points in each room but the walls needed to be chased as they are concrete, I have also a unifi ap pro in the sitting room ceiling and I have a second cat6 coming out of the ceiling to the top of the landing I am going to add a second ap soon.

But you need to run all your data points to a patch panel and then into a switch, I have a 6u cabinet in the back room for all this.

afatbollix · 17-08-2020 10:47AM

Just looking for a POE wifi bridge so you dont have to have cables and theres not much out there.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Wireless-Wi-Fi-Bridge-Vonets/dp/B00KLVDNB6/ref=asc_df_B00KLVDNB6/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=375420566373&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4091777252343409624&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046087&hvtargid=pla-821812909601&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=85278568548&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=375420566373&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4091777252343409624&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046087&hvtargid=pla-821812909601

This kind of thing but you still need to power it.

But I did find this solution which is a POE wall plate that you can take out your wall plate and install this and you would have wifi an ethernet port and a usb.

https://www.alertelectrical.com/clear-flow-wap-u-in-wall-300mbps-wifi-access-point-with-usb-cf-wapu.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw1ej5BRBhEiwAfHyh1LNmJ0fqZn7USRzUVECLNvNjD3k5svksozr1So4t4o9Ewwo6tJ0jfRoCUrgQAvD_BwE

Gooey Looey · 17-08-2020 10:51AM

afatbollix wrote: »

Would somthing like this help?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RE205-Universal-Extender-Broadband-Indicator/dp/B07M59XVQW?th=1

You can use the Ethernet to Wifi solution part of it.

Good God no! That's a repeater, which is exactly what you do not want if you have Ethernet.

afatbollix · 17-08-2020 11:11AM

It works ethernet to wifi too.

daraghwal · 17-08-2020 11:36AM

I am going to go with access points that connect via Ethernet. It's really just advice on which ones to buy I am looking for. Google WiFi? Unifi APs? Or is Google WiFi more for people that do not have wired data points back to the main router?

seamus · 17-08-2020 11:45AM

I've had good experiences in work with these:
https://www.bechtle.com/ie/shop/netgear-wacwac510-ac-wrl-ap-3-pack--4171308--p

Decent price for a pack of 3 (you'll probably find them cheaper), allow you manage them all as a single network (i.e. you don't have to configure WiFi on them individually), and run on PoE so you only need a single cable to them. They also have auto-negotiate features so if the APs overlap they will automatically change channels to avoid interference.

smuggler.ie · 17-08-2020 02:43PM

daraghwal wrote: »

I am working in a house with data points in every room wired back to a gigabit PoE switch. Is my best option to get unifi uap ac everywhere I want wifi or get some sort of a wifi mesh system?

Thing is that, if you have only one port per room and you use it for AP, you dedicate yourself to WiFi only - no wired devices.
Unify comes with power injectors(correct me if wrong). This would allow you to have switches in the rooms if required for other wire connected devices+AP

BailMeOut · 18-08-2020 09:54AM

Big unifi fan and have been using for years at home and professionally however if I was replacing my home Wifi now I'd use the Google mest system. I know on paper some others could be considered technically better but its setup and management is just so simple and it pretty much takes care of itself.

The Real B-man · 18-08-2020 10:48AM

Try this https://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-Seamless-Connection-Everywhere-Complete/dp/B07RRWL39N/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=by+whole+home+inibt+whole+home+minio&qid=1597743990&s=computers&sr=1-1-spell

You can utilize your ethernet ports and backhaul them to your Router for just over €100

degsie · 18-08-2020 05:02PM

TP-Link M4/M5 mesh with ethernet backhaul would work great!

House wired with PoE - Best Wifi Solution

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