sep8001
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Hi
Looking for some help/suggestions with my setup please.
I am on Vm200 and am using unifi ac pro for wifi.
When I bought the house in 2004 I should have cabled the house, but did not as at that time there was no one to advise that it would be good option to get it all run.
So now a few years later and having Vm and not being able to get the max all over the house I am thinking of retro fitting ethernet.
My machine is hard wired to the router, all other device are wireless, however I am at present using homeplugs near the tv as that is wired into the homeplug, and a second homeplug that has the second ac pro connected.
I have attached a plan of the house, the VM router is on the first floor box room, this is also where the first unifi ac pro sits, wifi in the room and landing upstairs is near the 200mbps speed, however downstairs where I have the second AP the max I can get is 60-70mbps due to the homeplugs.
An ideal solution would be to move the router under the stairs and run some ethernet around the house, but that is not an option without I presume chasing into the walls or removing the flooring as I would prefer to have the cables hidden.
The other option I presume would be to purchase a Unifi Poe, and have three outputs, one for the first unifi ap to sit in the top landing, second one to run to the back of the house for the second ap and another one to run to the TV at the front of the house.
All 3 cables would have to go out of the box room wall, up into the loft and from there run to the closest point where they could be run down on the outside wall to the point were they would go back into the house.
Or would it be better to run one cable into the loft, have the poe switch in the loft and run the cables from there to the points where they would come back into the house, with this I presume I can have multiple drops/wires run to the locations.
Are there any other suggestion or should I just stick with the wifi I have in the back or move to a mesh system, also any idea on cost to get the wiring run based on me being in NW London.
Thank you in advance for your help and sorry about the long post.
Regards
Looking for some help/suggestions with my setup please.
I am on Vm200 and am using unifi ac pro for wifi.
When I bought the house in 2004 I should have cabled the house, but did not as at that time there was no one to advise that it would be good option to get it all run.
So now a few years later and having Vm and not being able to get the max all over the house I am thinking of retro fitting ethernet.
My machine is hard wired to the router, all other device are wireless, however I am at present using homeplugs near the tv as that is wired into the homeplug, and a second homeplug that has the second ac pro connected.
I have attached a plan of the house, the VM router is on the first floor box room, this is also where the first unifi ac pro sits, wifi in the room and landing upstairs is near the 200mbps speed, however downstairs where I have the second AP the max I can get is 60-70mbps due to the homeplugs.
An ideal solution would be to move the router under the stairs and run some ethernet around the house, but that is not an option without I presume chasing into the walls or removing the flooring as I would prefer to have the cables hidden.
The other option I presume would be to purchase a Unifi Poe, and have three outputs, one for the first unifi ap to sit in the top landing, second one to run to the back of the house for the second ap and another one to run to the TV at the front of the house.
All 3 cables would have to go out of the box room wall, up into the loft and from there run to the closest point where they could be run down on the outside wall to the point were they would go back into the house.
Or would it be better to run one cable into the loft, have the poe switch in the loft and run the cables from there to the points where they would come back into the house, with this I presume I can have multiple drops/wires run to the locations.
Are there any other suggestion or should I just stick with the wifi I have in the back or move to a mesh system, also any idea on cost to get the wiring run based on me being in NW London.
Thank you in advance for your help and sorry about the long post.
Regards