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SilentVampire
post Dec 10 2017, 02:14 PM

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QUOTE(FourClover @ Dec 10 2017, 01:53 PM)
Good day to all,

After what seemed like forever I've finally convinced TM to have their cables laid and I'll get fibre soon smile.gif

As per title above, I'm looking to cover 5000 sqft worth of usable land and one router's definitely not going to cut it. I've searched a few solutions online and I'm getting results that direct me to Google WiFi, Orbi, AmpliFi, Eero, and Linksys but I'm not sure if they're compatible with UniFi or if they're compatible in Malaysia at all much less the technical jargon that distances their form of transmission whether they're repeaters/extenders/separate nodes.

I'm hoping that there's someone who's had experience in dealing with this since looking up mesh WiFi in N&B section didn't turn up results on the information I'm seeking.

Cheers!
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Mesh WiFi in Malaysia is still at its infancy and it depends on your floor plan, as the mesh WiFi depends on your wireless backhaul. I can say however, that if you want to use mesh WiFi, you will have to find a way for vLAN tagging, as most of the mesh WiFi systems does not support that, which is required for Unifi. Paging bro blacktubi for further clarification. You can see bro backtubi’s website here for reviews on different routers that may suit your purpose better: https://www.blacktubi.com
SilentVampire
post Sep 8 2018, 09:24 PM

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QUOTE(dk999 @ Sep 8 2018, 09:02 PM)
Want to tumpang, I have a 3000 sqft office using 2 consumer wifi router as ap.

Currently there are many drop connections the wifi will get disconnected and devices cannot get reconnected.

What's the recommendation to cater to an office setting? I think consumers routers not suitable for such application.

Area is small and unobstructed but about 50 to 100 devices connected. Any idea what hardware needed? Using a good router perhaps? What is recommended.

Used for printer connection n internet usage
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Of course it can't support, as consumer routers are not powerful enough for too many devices. You need enterprise routers and AP, either Mikrotik or Ubiquiti or Ruckus. Get a networking company to do it if you are unsure. You will want to implement WPA-Enterprise, if possible, with VLAN segmentation, for security reasons.

 

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