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csteel
Jan 28, 2021Tutor
Understanding the AirBridge
I want to setup some wireless security cameras to our garage but currently our home (base) wireless signal is out of range. The garage (target) is about 100 yards away. I have been researching the WB...
csteel
Jan 28, 2021Tutor
schumaku
Jan 28, 2021Guru - Experienced User
csteel wrote:Do you all have any recommendations for a particular AP in my scenario?
Not a secret, I'm coming from a different networking world. remember my hint ref using a pair of fibers 8-) Consumer routers often don't make any reasonable access point, don't play the dedicated guest and IoT wireless network game at all (even if they do in router mode, or in the context of a consumer Mesh system like Orbi.
Basically, any AP does the job. But it depends where you want to go to...
Tell us a little bit more about your accommodation, your house, your garden, your condo, your property, your farm, probably with B&B (Corona permitting again), ... Starting from two access points (and no more WiFi router - or simply use the ISP provided router with disabled Wireless), we're quickly coming to one or two Gigabit Ethernet switches, with some PoE capability, two or more wireless access points, regardless if the garage is covered by an AirBridge pair or a fiber link, ... look into the Netgear Insight system, it's cloud manageable switches and 802.11ac and 802.11ax (WiFi 6) where really required. Walking around your property, having WiFi VoIP calls with seamless roaming, not having to change wireless, ...
The dream is alife!
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