I am trying to weight the options between just putting in a 802.11ac wireless network in our house (4300 sq ft, 3 levels, drywall/wood interior walls) or try and figure out how I can get cat 6 ran to all the locations.
We will have Verizon's 75/75 network, instead of using their router I will be using a pfSense box, and then having one of their red band routers slaved on a different sub-domain to service any FIOS features that require it.
Our network will consist of the following:
2-3 laptops
2-3 tablets
2+ phones
4 game consoles
desktop pc
synology (right now a media server, but will be a backup server later on)
media server
1 apple tv
2 amazon tv
other various small network stuff (usb print server)
We are also looking at using Tivos instead of STBs.
So what I am looking at is 1 802.11ac WAP for the base wifi, and then use repeaters through out the house wherever the signal starts to get weaker. For devices like the desktop and that are wired and don't support the 802.11ac standard I was looking at using "media extenders" or wifi to ethernet bridges.
Does this sound like a feasible option in place of a wired/wireless combo network? I know that wired will always be superior, but it might not be an option for all the areas that I want connected without doing some major work to the house itself. I also thought about ethernet powerline adapters, but because of the different circuits that I know are in the house that would not be a viable option.
Thank you
We will have Verizon's 75/75 network, instead of using their router I will be using a pfSense box, and then having one of their red band routers slaved on a different sub-domain to service any FIOS features that require it.
Our network will consist of the following:
2-3 laptops
2-3 tablets
2+ phones
4 game consoles
desktop pc
synology (right now a media server, but will be a backup server later on)
media server
1 apple tv
2 amazon tv
other various small network stuff (usb print server)
We are also looking at using Tivos instead of STBs.
So what I am looking at is 1 802.11ac WAP for the base wifi, and then use repeaters through out the house wherever the signal starts to get weaker. For devices like the desktop and that are wired and don't support the 802.11ac standard I was looking at using "media extenders" or wifi to ethernet bridges.
Does this sound like a feasible option in place of a wired/wireless combo network? I know that wired will always be superior, but it might not be an option for all the areas that I want connected without doing some major work to the house itself. I also thought about ethernet powerline adapters, but because of the different circuits that I know are in the house that would not be a viable option.
Thank you