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Building a home net work
Hi I am building a new 3 story house each floor about 1700 sqf. I intend to have both a wired and wireless network. Will have home automation, smart lights, shades etc. Would like to build a ...
The attraction of "mesh" products, such as the Netgear Orbi (and similar products from every vendor) is a "unified solution". i.e. the router is built in. Coordination between access points is built in. Devices "roam" seamlessly. Management of the entire network is centralized in one device.
If I were to "start over" today, I have no idea if I would pick the Netgear Orbi solution. I selected Orbi back in 2018 when it was "the only game in town" and I (thought that I) was familiar with Netgear products. (Was that ever naive!)
For sure you need to have space to mount all this gear (patch panel, switch, router, UPS, NAS, NVR, etc. etc.), electrical outlets, and air flow.
What is the time frame?
Hi
Timefram - I am in the middle of construction. I made already all the preperations for the wired connetion around the house. Have about 30 places with CAT7 all runnig to a central communication place (a thecnical room). I assume I will do keysotne + install hardware in about 6 month wher we are about to move in.
As mentioned, interenet will be provided by the cable company modem. I intend to connect the cable company modem to a router, from there to a near by switch fo about 24-48 ports (some with POE), from there the wire CAT7 will feed the wired clients such as smater TVs etc. At some place in the house either MESH satelites or stand alone Access Points will provide wifi coverage (I assume about 4-6 nodes will be needed to cover all the house and the outdoors).
My main questions is which concept should I follow: A) the MESH concept instualin satelites like Orbi or Orbi pro or B) the stand alone access points concept like WAC510.
Also which router and switches would u recommend?
Many thx