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Parth_Goyal
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Sep 30, 2020
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Home WiFi: Mesh vs WAP

I'm looking for setting up my home network. I have 5 Floors(Residence) + 1 Floor(Maintainence). Entire home's on automation so network would be very populated. On maintainence floor there is modem fr...
  • Mstrbig's avatar
    Mstrbig
    Sep 30, 2020
    Parth_Goyal wrote:

    Thanks.

    So as a final solution is it that Orbi Mesh is better than WAP? But, if WAP supports IEEE 802.11r (which is for smooth handoff) then it is also great.

    And if a mesh is installed then caution should be taken while selecting the switch.

    Final installation:

    Modem(Maintainence Floor) >RBK50 Router Router Mode(Maintainence Floor) >Switch Unmanaged non green >RBS50 (on each floor)

    A tri-band Orbi mesh system will perform far better than an access point, as they don't have to repeat the signal, and they have a dedicated backhaul. The RBR850 and RBR750 have a super fast backahaul channel, which will give you far better performance than Access Points. And the RBK853 and RBK753 have great coverage.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 30, 2020

Non managed, non green ethernet switches are preferred. NGs DGS-105/108 should work ok. I haven't tested these. 

I do have D-Links DGS-105/108s and HP ProCurve 1400/1800 series and these do work.

Parth_Goyal wrote:

I'm looking for setting up my home network. I have 5 Floors(Residence) + 1 Floor(Maintainence). Entire home's on automation so network would be very populated. On maintainence floor there is modem from ISP and ethernet wire running to all the other 5 floors. So, my entire backhaul is wired.

 

What would be better

  1. Modem(Maintainence Floor) >Router(Maintainence Floor) >Switch >WAP(on each floor)                All WAPs with same SSID and passwords
  2. Modem(Maintainence Floor) >OrbiRouter(Maintainence Floor)> Switch >OrbiSatellite(on each floor)

*Star topology in both cases. WAP: WirelessAccessPoint. Orbi: NetgearMeshWiFi

 

I'm looking for a robust solution with

  • Seamless switching while going from one floor to another
  • Fast communication b/w all devices in network
  • Efficient traffic management