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Equipment Recommendation - 20 apartments
Hi,
I have 20 apartments for which I would like to provide internet.
The plan is to buy two Startlink Internet connections and distribute the signal across the 20 apartments. Each apartment to have individual username and password for accessing the hotspot.
Apartments are located around a swimming pool. and are located on either ground for first floor. Apartment size varies from 600 - 800 square feet.
What equipment(s) is recommended to connect to the two starlink ISP routers and distribute to all 20 apartments. Each apartment to have it's own username and password.
Thank you
4 Replies
Orbi home would not be recommended.
Something small business wireless APs maybe.
Thank you for your response. If you have any brand / make / model suggestion(s), please share.
I googled business wireless APs but, so far not having much luck
bunmiade wrote:
The plan is to buy two Startlink Internet connections and distribute the signal across the 20 apartments. Each apartment to have individual username and password for accessing the hotspot.
I agree completely with FURRYe38 that Netgear's Orbi is totally inappropriate for this application.
In addition, two Starlink connections may result in under 200MB/s total download, which is enough for about 8 HDTV streams.
bunmiade wrote:
What equipment(s) is recommended to connect to the two starlink ISP routers and distribute to all 20 apartments. Each apartment to have it's own username and password.
Designing and implementing a basic distribution network is comparably simple. In general, I suggest to avoid any experimenting with wireless mesh type implementations.
To build a simple LAN using Ethernet in some hub-and-spoke config is basic. Considering what's available these days https://www.ookla.com/articles/starlink-hughesnet-viasat-performance-q1-2022 a simple Gigabit Ethernet, even if sharing two Starlinks, looks fine as of writing. but things can change very quick.
Challenges start with having to (or more) Internet connections for most users. You need a router to combine these Internet (WAN) connections, able to apply some load distribution and connection/bandwidth availability, apply bandwidth limitations to the individual apartments and/or concurrent users. You might want to target a single LAN with a single IP subnet ideally for user-friendliness..
Think about the fact that Starlink is nice for some areas, however, the available average bandwidth is limited. Especially if you compare to what decent Wi-Fi can provide. Current essential Wi-Fi 6 AP demand 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet LAN connections to be able to cover the Wi-Fi 6 bandwidth alone.
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