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Need a recommendation for wireless equipment
just looking for a simple solution using POE access points and a switch. Can someone recommend a Netgear switch to provide POE to 4 or 5 Netgear access points? Hoping that the access points w...
Gery,
The very basic low-cost version would be using four WAC505 plus the selected switch.
This solution with the four WAC540 will work out OK for a single LAN within the limits of one broadcast domain, one IP subnet only, and only one GbE port can be used on the WAC540 - you won't hit that limit where the LAG would be helpful very often, indeed.
You can manually configure the same single SSID on each device, however in my understanding not all features will be put up without Insight.
Regards,
-Kurt.
schumaku Thank you for the detailed reply. Going for the most simple solution, would this work based on your previous notes?
Switch: Qty of 1, NETGEAR 8-PORT GIGABIT ETHERNET HIGH-POWER POE+ UNMANAGED SWITCH WITH FLEXPOE (GS108PP)
Access Points: Qty of 4, INSIGHT MANAGED SMART CLOUD TRI-BAND 4X4 WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (WAC540)
no other POE devices to connect.
Am I correct that I would then need to use the Netgear Insight cloud app to manager and configure the single SSID to allow for seamleass roaming?
Thank you again for the detailed reply.
Gary
Gery,
The very basic low-cost version would be using four WAC505 plus the selected switch.
This solution with the four WAC540 will work out OK for a single LAN within the limits of one broadcast domain, one IP subnet only, and only one GbE port can be used on the WAC540 - you won't hit that limit where the LAG would be helpful very often, indeed.
You can manually configure the same single SSID on each device, however in my understanding not all features will be put up without Insight.
Regards,
-Kurt.
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