LAN and Wi-Fi "devices" per floor?

  • Erstellt am 2023-02-11 15:16:20

Tom Ezio

2023-02-12 17:43:46
  • #1
Many thanks, Karl.Jonas, for your post, which seems understandable and helpful to me, thus giving me more confidence. Best regards from Tom
 

Tom Ezio

2023-02-12 17:51:20
  • #2
P.S. would you or someone else also have a recommendation for a product for access point wall mounting, instead of e.g. TP-Link TL-WR940N WiFi Router? And one for the switch in the basement?
 

11ant

2023-02-12 17:54:45
  • #3
Devices that want to be recognized as aimed at the target group "clueless interested parties" call themselves Fritz, Home, Easy, or something with "Box" at the end. The complete layman mainly needs "plug & play," a rather moderate performance or sophistication, and possible redundancies in multifunctionality usually bother little. There are very many users with little technical knowledge, accordingly the numbers of the "just call me router" boxes are high. I'm still waiting for the day when a clever marketing guy writes on the box: "doesn't need a Wi-Fi cable" *SCNR* It should probably say: "he only needs one router in the network."
 

rick2018

2023-02-12 18:13:45
  • #4
The mentioned TP-link router is totally outdated and super slow. But I'm out. You can't save everyone…
 

Allthewayup

2023-02-12 18:42:07
  • #5

Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, I can’t remove any scope anymore, only upgrade. The electrician either does everything or nothing, unfortunately. Then I will upgrade here again, the components from Netgear don’t cost the world. A single socket costs me about €100. The double socket €175, which I find a bit steep personally, which is why I really only planned one socket in places where it’s not even certain yet whether I will ever need LAN there (e.g. hallway ground floor). In the living room, bedroom and office, however, enough are planned. Also in the laundry room and two in the garage. We planned the surveillance cameras over POE. What I didn’t have on my radar is the access point for WLAN on the 1st floor. I understood it in such a way that I can do this either with a router via LAN + 230V connection or via POE (e.g. Cisco, UbiQuiti, etc.)? So an access point cannot run exclusively on LAN alone since there is no power supply over that. Today we use a FritzBox 7350 and that is already very good, we practically have very good WLAN reception throughout the whole house. The question is, what advantages does the POE solution have apart from saving a few loose cables? Is it faster or more energy-efficient?
 

karl.jonas

2023-02-12 18:54:01
  • #6
Caution. I only know the devices from their description and can tell if they meet your requirements. I have not tested them and do not want to give a recommendation here! One option for wall mounting is, for example, the TP-Link EAP235-Wall AC1200. Costs €70 and also has PoE, which could be perfect for you if you want to stay in this price range. The TP-Link EAP115-Wall N300 even seems to fit into your flush-mounted boxes. Maybe you order one and try it out? You only need one router in the basement. Most APs for the apartment (e.g., all Fritz) can work both as routers and switches, and in the end, it doesn’t matter to you. Switch mode is usually easier to configure. That is, of course, a matter of opinion. Of the promised 300 MBit/s, maybe 30 - 50 will reach your laptop. A video stream needs about 1 - 6 MBit/s. Then it depends on who else is using the air simultaneously (that could of course also be your neighbor). Often it is good to buy a slightly more expensive device that transmits not only on the 2.4 GHz frequency but also on 5 GHz. This frequency is usually much less used.
 

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