Yes, it turns out houses are shockingly bad for propagation of signals in the 2.4 - 5 GHz ranges, which is why analog TV and cell phones are at much lower frequencies.
UniFi has a nifty heat mapping tool you can use to figure out exactly what stuff in your house is causing problems and where the most ideal placement of your APs is. I was able to get by with two AC-APs - one up in the attic and one on the wall in the basement - to cover my house, or at least the areas that we use the most. On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 5:57 PM Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought of going Unifi and I would of, but then I had the two > TRENDnets so I gave it a try and it works so well I decided to use > them. Plus running the CAT, and power, from one Unifi to another > would be difficult given my high ceilings and the routhing of the > wires.. I was surprised the my Unifi...even at AC could not do this > on it;s own given that the distance from the Unifi to my back fence > is less then 50 feet. Apparently going through the windows or walls > and maybe interference was too much for it to overcome. I won't be > using wifi in the yard very often and when I do I just manually log > into the appropriate router... primitive I know but it works. Thanks > for the link and the help! > > > At 03:04 PM 10/2/2019, you wrote: > >Best case you'd be Unifi across the board and allow them to handle the > >roaming handoff. When you have different brands of APs you can use the > > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005546/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html > >Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness (or equivalent for your vendor). With 3 APs > >you should set one each on channels 1 6 and 11 so there is minimal > overlap. > > > >To answer your SSID question, you'll want to have the same SSID, otherwise > >your clients will connect for as long as possible to a weaker signal until > >it becomes unusable and it then tries other SSIDs. > > > > > >Good luck! > > > >On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 3:03 PM Winterlight <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > > I have a Ubiquiti UniFi_AP-AC-Pro mounted in the hallway of my single > > > story house. It is plugged into my Ubiquiti Edge router and it works > > > great... in the interior. However in my front and backyard wifi > > > becomes spotty. I happen to have two TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless > > > Easy-N-Upgrader routers so I wired one up on my back patio and it > > > solved my backyard problem. I have a second older version one that I > > > want to put in my garage to handle the front yard. The routers will > > > be plugged into two different switches on my LAN and will DHCP = > > > different IP address. They will both use WP2 AES but have identical > > > passwords. > > > > > > Would it be best to give them different SSD names or use the same SSD > > > name? > > > > > > > > -- --------- Brian
