Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti
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@dafyre said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
I'm not sure that the Powerline stuff is THAT strong yet. I could be wrong, lol. But I know a couple of years ago I was checking on it for someone and that having them all on the same circuit was still a requirement then, and they couldn't do it because they needed one in one part of the house, and one in the other.
Ah yes. I could still read that data from the neighbors. Remember that the power going into the house is actually 240V that gets split to provide the 120V we're used to. So a power line thing plugged into a circuit connected to one side of the box will have difficulty talking to something on the other leg.
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@dafyre said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
I'm not sure that the Powerline stuff is THAT strong yet. I could be wrong, lol. But I know a couple of years ago I was checking on it for someone and that having them all on the same circuit was still a requirement then, and they couldn't do it because they needed one in one part of the house, and one in the other.
It is still a requirement per every vendor spec sheet. But that does not mean that it will not work. Basically as long as you are on the same leg of the 240 it will almost always work perfectly. They just won't sell it as such.
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Like you guys, I'd read bad things about powerline Ethernet. But for $40 I figured what the hell. It's been rock solid. For those of you who haven't tried it in the past year or so, give one of the TDLink units a try and see how it goes in your house. As long as your house isn't ancient then the wiring should be good enough.
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@Nic I'll have to try powerline again... haven't had good experiences with it in the past, but that was 4 or 5 years ago. I will say if you have coax running to the places I am a big fan of the MOCA adapters.
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@brianlittlejohn yeah I looked at those too, but since we have a lot more power outlets than cable outlets, I figured give that a shot first. I'm guessing that MOCA is just as good as powerline at this point.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@Nic I'll have to try powerline again... haven't had good experiences with it in the past, but that was 4 or 5 years ago. I will say if you have coax running to the places I am a big fan of the MOCA adapters.
Do you need to put these coax cables on their own grouping so it doesn't interfere with normal Cable TV/internet?
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@Dashrender The only service it interferes with is DirectTV. It can run alongside the cableTV & internet service. MOCA is how most of the multiroom DVR's communicate and stream video.
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@Dashrender It also won't pass through an amplified splitter.
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@brianlittlejohn said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@Dashrender It also won't pass through an amplified splitter.
But the cable boxes will?
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@Dashrender It really depends on the amp... some of them have upstream pass through ability.
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@JaredBusch said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@DustinB3403 said:
So I'm considering wiring up my house with ethernet and ditching my single wireless unit for a more robust solution. Looking at Ubiquiti they have some really nice offerings but I'm hesitant to drop the money on it for the purposes of "home use" without great cause.
So I'm looking for recommendations on specific products and configurations from the community.
Any input is welcome.
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
I have this same setup (after having a bad experience with the AC-LR). I am a happy camper now.
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Hrm, cool. The OP found a cool product for sure. I could deal with 150mb, my isp only provides 100, no gig around here yet.
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@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
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@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
Yes. Purchased a set last week for a client to use at home.
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@JaredBusch said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@JaredBusch said
Go professional at home. Bring your home line up to business level.
Ubiquiti ERX for $60 and a UAP-AC-LITE for $80.
@JaredBusch (or anyone with this setup)
You still going with this recommendation?I need to throw another AP in, and was considering going with this setup to get some experience with it.
Yes. Purchased a set last week for a client to use at home.
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
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@DustinB3403 said
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
You know you are the one who started this thread with the exact same question, right?
I am glad I resurrected it.
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@BRRABill said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
@DustinB3403 said
What hardware in particular did you get for this client? I'm considering doing some rewiring at my home.
You know you are the one who started this thread with the exact same question, right?
I am glad I resurrected it.
haha I know, I never came back to this at my place, and seeing it again reminded me about it.
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I go with a ERL and a UAP-AC Lite. Though if you want the fastest available versions of AC, you should go with the UAP-AC Pro.
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@Dashrender said in Home Wireless - Rewiring - Considering Ubiquiti:
I go with a ERL and a UAP-AC Lite. Though if you want the fastest available versions of AC, you should go with the UAP-AC Pro.
ERX is cheaper and has a switch chip, so I go with that over the ERL.
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I might finally bite the bullet and stop using the built in wireless on my FiOS router. I never need to connect to the FiOS devices anyway.
