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I am moving into a new house this month that is 5500 sq/ft and on 5 acres. HUGE change for our family. The house is wired with Cat5 throughout. So it will be easy for me to add access points. I am trying to decide on a wifi design. I would love your feedback and any specific product recommendations.
Here is what we have to work with:
5500 sq/ft ranch style house with basement
5 acres
cat 5 wired throughout
over 40+ devices due to portable electronics, home automation and other stuff
need for outside coverage about 100 ft around the outside of the house
Here is what I am thinking:
Im just not sure that AX is worth it considering I can use a wired backbone
I am currently thinking a real wifi router and then mlutiple access pointed throughout the house.
I am not seeing a need for a full mesh network considering the wired backbone
I would like to find a router and access points that can used a wired backhaul channel
Any thoughts or recommendations? Am I headed in the right direction?
I know you're not needing a "real mesh" but I'd actually look at it.
Something like the RBK43 version with a wired backhaul would have the same performance as the 50 series because the difference is in the backhaul. Plus it'd give you seamless roaming, the ability to add more satellites as needed, and even the option to use a wireless backhaul if you wanted.
Plus if you look at it, netgears consumer line up of devices doesnt have an extender/AP that functions with mesh (same ssid capabilities) before moving into the business grade equipment which gets expensive.
Not saying you have to but the single ssid function with seamless roaming works great in larger homes and is worth it.
If you wanted a higher functioning router to control it all, you can do that and just run the orbi setup in access point mode. I've done that before with great success.
I know you're not needing a "real mesh" but I'd actually look at it.
Something like the RBK43 version with a wired backhaul would have the same performance as the 50 series because the difference is in the backhaul. Plus it'd give you seamless roaming, the ability to add more satellites as needed, and even the option to use a wireless backhaul if you wanted.
Plus if you look at it, netgears consumer line up of devices doesnt have an extender/AP that functions with mesh (same ssid capabilities) before moving into the business grade equipment which gets expensive.
Not saying you have to but the single ssid function with seamless roaming works great in larger homes and is worth it.
If you wanted a higher functioning router to control it all, you can do that and just run the orbi setup in access point mode. I've done that before with great success.
Interesting. This is exactly why I asked the question. I believe that I read that the Orbi didnt support wired backhaul on a switched network? Is that still true? I have a Netgear Gigabit ethernet PoE+ switch that everything is going to be plugged into.
