networking Used Enterprise Access Point

[ezjose167]

I have a question would be beneficial to buy used enterprise-grade access points or a used enterprise-grade access point that are being sold at deep discounts and add them to a home network? Currently, am running cable at 200 Mb per second with a TD link 1200 AC router running DD WRT. Unfortunately, the range in my apartment isn't that great because there are so many Wi-Fi signals. My router is currently in the back of the apartment in one of the bedrooms and really can't be moved because of the location of the existing "cable modem", I am planning to move it to the front of the room once I cut my cable using the existing coaxial cable that is currently going into my cable box. I will also be moving my Wi-Fi router to that location which would help to get Wi-Fi to the front of the apartment but I was wondering if it would be better to add a used Cisco access point in the middle of the apartment making sure it has POE I would only have to run one cable as there is no electricity in the location I would like to put it. I don't live in a very large apartment but if I pull up how many networks are in my area that has to be over 20 which degrades my signal from the bedroom to the front of the apartment and I'm going to need for reliable Wi-Fi connections if I intend on disconnecting my cable and running I like Amazon fire sticks or Roku boxes.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[mynameisjuan]

Used Ubiquity is your best bet. The most reliable for 99% of use cases.

 

If you go Cisco APs you will need really know what you are doing.

[NEXUS2345]

I use Ubiquiti gear in my house, specifically the AP-AC-LR. If you're living in an apartment, you are going to be dealing with a lot of network congestion on the air, so I would suggest first using the Wifiman app from Ubiquiti to see what wifi channels your neighbours are using and trying to set your channel to the least congested.

 

If this still doesn't fix your issues, my suggestion would be a small Ubiquiti Unifi network. A pair of AP-AC will probably do the job for your apartment, but you need to make sure they are both wired so that you aren't having to deal with the airtime congestion due to multiple wifi networks. Here is a great guide from Troy Hunt on how to plan, install and set up a unifi network from scratch: 

 

[ezjose167]

On 1/5/2019 at 12:18 PM, NEXUS2345 said:

I use Ubiquiti gear in my house, specifically the AP-AC-LR. If you're living in an apartment, you are going to be dealing with a lot of network congestion on the air, so I would suggest first using the Wifiman app from Ubiquiti to see what wifi channels your neighbours are using and trying to set your channel to the least congested.

 

If this still doesn't fix your issues, my suggestion would be a small Ubiquiti Unifi network. A pair of AP-AC will probably do the job for your apartment, but you need to make sure they are both wired so that you aren't having to deal with the airtime congestion due to multiple wifi networks. Here is a great guide from Troy Hunt on how to plan, install and set up a unifi network from scratch: 

 

This I figured that's what I would have to do because of the network congestion, by the time I Wi-Fi signal reaches the front of my apartment it degrades.