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RAX50 + WAX214v2 Compatibility
I live in a 2,800 square foot ranch with a finished basement (1,400 upstairs, same footprint downstairs) and my cable modem comes in the house in the middle of the lower floor. All rooms have Cat6 jacks so I'm not interested in using a Mesh Network unless it has a wired backhaul.
My goal is to get fast routing with decent WiFi far below the $1,000 Orbi price. Most devices in the house are wired (TVs, Chromecasts, PC, outdoor cameras, etc). Only Laptops, phones, and a few extraneous devices are WiFi. Current device count is ~30.
My plan is to put an RAX50 Router next to the cable modem and mount two WAX214 PoE Access Points on the each end of my home. I have an Unmanaged Gigabit Switch and an Unmanage PoE Switch that will both connect directly to the RAX 50 Router.
Any tips/comments on this type of setup? Rough idea of layout attached. Thanks in advance!
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Why not simply go with something like the Netgear MK93?
It supports wired backhaul and has 2.4/5/6ghz.
It'll make a decent mesh versus trying to mix-match a consumer router with a quasi-business class one.
And it'd come in well cheaper than the $1k price point.
Easier setup as you're only managing a single system.
Easier roaming/fast roaming/bandsteering
Has 6ghz.
Not sure why you're looking at the RAX50/WAX214 setup
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