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WAX630e - Mesh Setup
Hello - I recently purchased a WAX630e, which is sitting in the middle of my 2000 sq ft. apartment. There is a lot of concrete in the building and network traffic surrounding the area. Additio...
Thank you.
Much appreciate your guidance and support.
I have gone ahead and ordered a new switch and one additional access point. I plan to connect the access point mesh with the existing access point, as hard wiring is not an easy task to accomplish.
Are there any settings in particular that would be useful for me to update either on the switch or access points as they relate to network traffic or the Sonos equipment? I am currently not using any VLANs, but open to suggestions if you think there are valuable configurations. For example, is it possible to create a separate SS ID only for the Sonos devices that operates only on one radio band ? Just curious if this would make any significant improvements.
Thanks again
Much appreciate your guidance and support.
I have gone ahead and ordered a new switch and one additional access point. I plan to connect the access point mesh with the existing access point, as hard wiring is not an easy task to accomplish.
Are there any settings in particular that would be useful for me to update either on the switch or access points as they relate to network traffic or the Sonos equipment? I am currently not using any VLANs, but open to suggestions if you think there are valuable configurations. For example, is it possible to create a separate SS ID only for the Sonos devices that operates only on one radio band ? Just curious if this would make any significant improvements.
Thanks again
You can have up to 8 different SSID's I believe. Using multiple SSID's is about managing access to your WiFi, and will have minimal impact to performance. For example, do you want a guest network that visitors can use? A separate SSID will allow you to change the password whenever you want without having to update every single other connected device, because they connect to a different SSID. VLAN usage is more about whether or not you want to separate network (WiFi and cabled) traffic away from each other, again minimal impact to performance.
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