Hi, my house is a 2,200sqft apartment and I plan to lay down LAN cable at each room.

Internet usage is work & media streaming only.

1. POE switch (blue) - not sure yet which model or brand yet. Will connect to modem & NAS.
2. TP-Link EAP613 x 1 (purple) - living room https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-network...g-mount/eap613/
3. TP-Link EAP235 x 5 (red) - at each room & wet kitchen https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-network...te/eap235-wall/

All equipment will be connected via LAN.



Is this setup overkilled for my house size or is there a better alternative? Reason I chose EAP235 in each room is just in case there's a future need to use LAN connection.

All feedbacks greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I don't think u really need so many AP, especially the wet kitchen,just share with the bedroom 3 or living room should be okay. (Or u really need the wet kitchen bedroom toilet got stable wifi)

But of course if u got budget then go ahead.

Sometimes too many AP roaming might not be good,it might jump here jump there. Or u can use different SSID for some bedroom.

Cat6A Cable to every room will be 99% futureproof,in case u want 10G network every room in future. (2 Cable per room is also doable,in case wifi and ethernet got problem)

This post has been edited by go626201: Aug 30 2024, 12:58 AM

Supernice setup.Just ensure reduce power transmission accordingly.

Too many wireless access points. My home is three storeys - about 4000 sq ft built up. Only have one Asus Wireless Router located in level 3 near the staircase with line of sight to main bedroom timber door . The three other bedrooms in the same level as master bedroom but not line of sight to the Asus router but the reflections of the microwave signals from the brick and concrete walls ensure signals are able to enter into the three other rooms. No issue for WIFI in all four rooms in level 3 and all other areas in level 3. Living room and dining room plus Guest room in 2nd level also able to receive Wifi signals due to signals propagating along the stairs well.
It is only the Ground floor, Surrounding Gardens and Car Porch for 4 cars that need an access point I installed at ground floor.

The problem with most homes is that the optical network terminal is located in the wrong place together with the wireless router.

Wooden doors or wooden partitions etc are considered naked to microwave signals. Concrete and brick walls are the obstacles which must be considered but you can have good WIFI signals using reflections from the concrete and brick walls.

Cat 6 is rated at 1 Gbps up to 100 m which is more than sufficient for all apartments. No need for Cat 6a which is rated for 10 Gbps up to 100 m.
My home has a camera network with nine cameras (Most 8 MP Network cameras with fewer 4 MP) connected using Cat6 to POE switches.
The cameras streamed at 2160p VBR to the server. Note that network cameras only has 100 Mbps UTP ports. You only need the uplinks to be 10 Gbps which I used Multimode Optical fibres with optical transceivers to connect to the main POE switch.

It is simply overkill to use Cat 6a for home networks except for the uplink. Cat 6a is not just more expensive but also thicker than Cat 6.