Good afternoon.
I am moving house to a bit of a tricky property which is going to need some thought put into creating a good Wi-Fi network.
The plot is 50m x 22m or 1,100 sq meters containing 3 conjoined single story buildings in a U shape with a central courtyard and one large 17m x 6m basement area and the entire property needs to be covered. As I want only a single SSID I'm thinking access points meet to be used as the entire inside space is cat5 wired giving easy access to a wired connection back to a single broadband router.
What equipment is going to get the job done? I'm thinking building 1, which is 25m x 7m and built with 5 bedrooms and an office will need at least 2 access pointsdue to the number of walls to be passed through, the arch, or bottom of the U shape is open plan, thus 1 WAP, the other side of the U is 17m x 6m open plan above and has the 17m x 6m basement below. Thus 1 WAP upstairs and 1 WAP below?
Do we feel this is sufficient? Which kit is going to be easiest to set up and provide a good enough signal to get the job done, including reaching the courtyard through the exterior wall? I'm not up for mega expensive Cisco gear but don't want to buy cheap and find myself needing a WAP every 5m and another outside as well.
Any help on kit or brand appreciated.
Additional info. Connected kit will be
3 laptops
1 Wi-Fi enabled printer
1 PS4
5 phones
1 smart TV
1 Sky-Q box
1 smart blu ray
2 amazon echos
1 smart sound bar
2 Bose smart speakers
2 children who chew through about 200GB of data each a month.
I am moving house to a bit of a tricky property which is going to need some thought put into creating a good Wi-Fi network.
The plot is 50m x 22m or 1,100 sq meters containing 3 conjoined single story buildings in a U shape with a central courtyard and one large 17m x 6m basement area and the entire property needs to be covered. As I want only a single SSID I'm thinking access points meet to be used as the entire inside space is cat5 wired giving easy access to a wired connection back to a single broadband router.
What equipment is going to get the job done? I'm thinking building 1, which is 25m x 7m and built with 5 bedrooms and an office will need at least 2 access pointsdue to the number of walls to be passed through, the arch, or bottom of the U shape is open plan, thus 1 WAP, the other side of the U is 17m x 6m open plan above and has the 17m x 6m basement below. Thus 1 WAP upstairs and 1 WAP below?
Do we feel this is sufficient? Which kit is going to be easiest to set up and provide a good enough signal to get the job done, including reaching the courtyard through the exterior wall? I'm not up for mega expensive Cisco gear but don't want to buy cheap and find myself needing a WAP every 5m and another outside as well.
Any help on kit or brand appreciated.
Additional info. Connected kit will be
3 laptops
1 Wi-Fi enabled printer
1 PS4
5 phones
1 smart TV
1 Sky-Q box
1 smart blu ray
2 amazon echos
1 smart sound bar
2 Bose smart speakers
2 children who chew through about 200GB of data each a month.