andymet87
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Hi all,
My parents have a long bungalow that is currently served by 3 access points (one at each end and one in the middle) each with their own SSID to provide wifi coverage.
These access points are all old routers that we had lying around. The system works fine so long as you remember to manually switch to a different SSID. This causes a great deal of confusion as both my parents seem to struggle to do this meaning I get frequent phone calls along the lines of "the internet is not working".
Doing some research a series of UniFi AP's would resolve this issue allowing devices to seamlessly jump to the best access point. However, the controller needs to be hosted either locally or online. Locally is not really possible as my parents won't like a PC always being on, and the remote hosting option seems costly for what it would achieve in this single dwelling setting...
So, are there any other options available to create a seamless 3 access point network?
Thanks in advance!
My parents have a long bungalow that is currently served by 3 access points (one at each end and one in the middle) each with their own SSID to provide wifi coverage.
These access points are all old routers that we had lying around. The system works fine so long as you remember to manually switch to a different SSID. This causes a great deal of confusion as both my parents seem to struggle to do this meaning I get frequent phone calls along the lines of "the internet is not working".
Doing some research a series of UniFi AP's would resolve this issue allowing devices to seamlessly jump to the best access point. However, the controller needs to be hosted either locally or online. Locally is not really possible as my parents won't like a PC always being on, and the remote hosting option seems costly for what it would achieve in this single dwelling setting...
So, are there any other options available to create a seamless 3 access point network?
Thanks in advance!