Mannaged POE Access point

[Jake72]

With my current xfinity business WIFI the signal is degraded when it gets to my daughter bedroom , I want to get a 16 port rackmounted managed Switch with POE and Acces points, any suggestions, tring to do this on the Cheap!

[ProjectBox153]

What's your current complete setup?

[Jake72]

Basic Comcast Router

 

[Jake72]

I have Cat 5E running from office to the bed rooms and Living room

 

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, Jake72 said:

Basic Comcast Router

 

Quote me when you respond so I'll see it quicker. What's your budget, and what exactly are you trying to achieve? Just better Wi-Fi signal in the one room?

[NZLaurence]

As many have said before, the unifi stuff is good value for money.

[Jake72]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Quote me when you respond so I'll see it quicker. What's your budget, and what exactly are you trying to achieve? Just better Wi-Fi signal in the one room?

I want better wifi connection in the bedroom my office will be all wired , I plan tp change my cat 5E to Cat 6 I want to spend under 400.00 I have 2 bedrooms and a living room to be wireless.

[Jake72]

3 minutes ago, NZLaurence said:

As many have said before, the unifi stuff is good value for money.

Yes but expensive

 

[NZLaurence]

Just now, Jake72 said:

I want better wifi connection in the bedroom my office will be all wired , I plan tp change my cat 5E to Cat 6 I want to spend under 400.00 I have 2 bedrooms and a living room to be wireless.

For what your doing there will be no practical difference between cat5e or cat6. You only really need cat6 if you are running 10gbit Ethernet.

[Jake72]

Just now, NZLaurence said:

For what your doing there will be no practical difference between cat5e or cat6. You only really need cat6 if you are running 10gbit Ethernet.

AHH learn something every day

 

[NZLaurence]

1 minute ago, Jake72 said:

Yes but expensive

 

Per unit they are about the same price as a generic ap.....

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, Jake72 said:

Yes but expensive

 

How much are you willing to spend? 

[Jake72]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

How much are you willing to spend? 

500 or less switch needs to be rack mountable

 

[NZLaurence]

1 minute ago, NZLaurence said:

Per unit they are about the same price as a generic ap.....

Also you can run the management software on a desktop (it's only needed to config the aps). So the only cost you really need are 2 aps and 2 poe injectors.

[NZLaurence]

Get 2x aps, 2x injectors and a generic gbit  rack mount switch. Take the other $200-250 and buy some beer.

 

It will do the same job at a cheaper price and you get beer....

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Jake72 said:

500 or less switch needs to be rack mountable

 

500 what? Dollars? Euros, Pounds?

[Jake72]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

500 what? Dollars? Euros, Pounds?

Sorry USD

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Jake72 said:

Sorry USD

How big is your house? in Sq Ft. 

 

You could look into Ubiquiti is a good option. $500 is good enough for 2 APs and a controller. 

 

There's this one, $77 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504712602&sr=8-1&keywords=unifi-ap-ac-lite

 

[Jake72]

3 hours ago, Abdul201588 said:

How big is your house? in Sq Ft. 

 

You could look into Ubiquiti is a good option. $500 is good enough for 2 APs and a controller. 

 

There's this one, $77 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504712602&sr=8-1&keywords=unifi-ap-ac-lite

 

Can I use those APs with and Rack mounted 16 Port POE managed Switch?

[Sir Asvald]

14 minutes ago, Jake72 said:

Can I use those APs with and Rack mounted 16 Port POE managed Switch?

Yes. It would work. 

 

Also follow this guide: (ignore the power adapter)