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raymond82	Dec 29 2017, 01:32 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
Getting Started Junior Member 83 posts Joined: Jul 2015	look at yr floor plan, i think one ap is more than enough to cover, why bother to add another wifi point hehe, i juz dun like to sleep with strong wifi This post has been edited by raymond82: Dec 29 2017, 01:33 PM
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raymond82	Dec 30 2017, 12:34 AM Return to original view \| Post #2
Getting Started Junior Member 83 posts Joined: Jul 2015	QUOTE(19 Degree South @ Dec 29 2017, 01:37 PM) If one has a thick wooden bedroom door, the signal penetration rate is weak! Happen to me! 5000 sq ft with two floors is quite a large area! wooden door wont decrease wifi much -6dbm brick wall -12dbm if fire resistant doors difference story -15dbm i been working as network engineer for few year, mainly design wireless network for hospitality did you see any hotel is using mesh/repeater solution....no right? if you insisting wanna setup a mesh network....i'd suggest go for mikrotik,cheap and reliable
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raymond82	Jan 1 2018, 05:35 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
Getting Started Junior Member 83 posts Joined: Jul 2015	QUOTE(Lushtree @ Dec 31 2017, 12:05 PM) i would recommend you try Ruckus AP. Recently i installed a R510 to cover about 6100 sqft in my office, the coverage is very good. Added: https://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/acc...s/ruckus-indoor very powerful AP, can support up to 500 connection(without auth), but really expensive introduce another brand, xclaim, subsidiary of ruckus, aiming entry-level enterprise market This post has been edited by raymond82: Jan 1 2018, 05:40 PM
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raymond82	Jan 2 2018, 10:49 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
Getting Started Junior Member 83 posts Joined: Jul 2015	QUOTE(jio @ Jan 2 2018, 06:41 PM) Ruckus Unleashed AP is a good choice if you have the budget. XClaim is not worth considering as Ruckus R310 is not much different in price than XClaim XI-3. Ruckus BeamFlex and other enterprise AP with similar active directional antenna array is so much better than those omni directional APs in crowded environment. Much better than wasting money on fugly behemoth white elephant tri-band wifi router. Some rants » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « I hope those idiot consumers will stop buying consumer high powered wifi router and having wishful thinking of using single wifi router/AP to cover the entire home and still demanding the full bandwidth from every corner of their home. 1. Range is not the issue, but rather the obstacles in between. 2. 1 additional layer of wall block the signal is enough to reduce the signal strength by more than 10dBm, which is more than what a high power AP had over a normal AP. 3. High transmit power means nothing if the AP cannot the receive the signal from the client due to low receive sensitivity. 4. You will need good signal strength in order for the wifi to communicate at higher speed mode. Even if you can receive some signal from the other corner end of your house, you cannot get good speed if the signal strength/quality is bad. Xclaim Xi-3 249USD Rukus R500 550USD yes, you point out the true This post has been edited by raymond82: Jan 2 2018, 11:00 PM
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