bossanova808 wrote: > Why use more than 2 if 2 cover the whole area adequately? The backhaul > is ethernet, not wireles , and they are essentially one covering the > front and once towards the back. Other than the separate AP for the > 'old things', everything else connects to this 'mesh' (i.e, one SSID) > and works perfectly. I thus see no need for the visual clutter, power > use, and general hassle of more units, to be honest? One can easily > stream 4K (indeed multiple streams) anywhere in the house wirelessly and > for me that's about as much as we need right now... > > Re: SBs, all the ones at the back are wired, as that area was renovated > and I put in a fair bit of ethernet. The front, which is a somewhat > restored 'Victorian' (~1890) thing, did not get wired, so its just the > two booms and the scale that live in the bedrooms. > > I never found roaming to work properly until this one SSID set up. Now > devices switch automatically to the nearest (strongest) unit at either 5 > or 2.4 all automatically. I can't say I've looked into it too much, > other than some tests to confirm I can take the same device anywhere in > the house and stream 4k (indeed, can do this for a decent bit of the > garden too...)It all depends on coverage. Cranking up the output of the AP > beyond normal output is not the way. That's all I'm saying. I've got pretty much the same setup. On every floor a AP (because of aluminum isolation on the floor) and a AP outside. All with the same ssid. One for Squeezebox stuff which only transmits on 2.4. One ssid for the family, one for guest and one for IoT stuff. All devices switch between the AP's on its own. Even voip connection keeps working when I move between AP's.
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