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WAX 630E AP Sample Designs
Hello, Are there any sample network designs with multiple WAX 630Es, gigabit switches and cable modem routers/ thank you
Any network layout fitting your location.
The PR460X is the router in this installation, built on a 10 GbE backhaul, with both pure GbE and MultGig ports serving the other devices (APs, ....). It's a TV production location by the way.
So,
Just connect WAX630Es to a switch with an uplink to a cable modem router that supports DHCP. Router will be programed to support the ip address range, netmask, etc. WAX630s will be programed for the number of clients for each band; 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz, channel width, etc.
Add DHCP reservations (MAC-IP) for each AP (regardless if using local admin or Insight).
Avoid over-managing the AP. Just define the SSID WPA2-PSK network-wide. Keep the AP on the possible default amount of clients.
Deploy Netgear Insight for better monitoring, WPA3, MAC security if desired. Local admin will kill you.
Avoid to limited network capacity, eg. deploy a 10 GbE backhaul for all the APs (since each more AP can handle much more than the legacy GbE idea to avoid unwanted bottlenecks
Hello,
Good idea to specify a DHCP ip address for each AP so they can always be connected.
I'm using three APs. If someone is in the building and they select the closest AP, they
stay connected to that AP, even when they walk to the other end of the building.
Is there a way to connect to the strongest signal regardless of the AP previously
connected to?
Thank you
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