I have two LRs, each in a separate loft. One covers about 200sqm of house, half on the same floor as the loft (It's above a single storey extension so much of the coverage required is on the same upstarirs floor) and half the floor below it. Lowest signal, but still perfectly usable, is 20m away on the same floor through four walls. The other AP-LR covers 100sqm of the floor below it and well out into the garden to a distance of about 40m, but it's only got a set of roof tiles to go through to get out there.
Given you're putting a PoE switch up there (check it is compatible with the UAPs or else you'll need to inject some power somewhere along the line) then it's fairly low risk to get one and put it up there when doing the work and see how you go.
I'd sell the Apple routers (unless you're using them for airplay or something unique to them) and get the Sky Q back on routing duties. Soon enough if you get on with the Ubiquiti kit then you'll be lusting after an Edgerouter or USG to replace it.
Already lusting
Thinking of ordering the edgerouter X, can’t find a USG in stock. This seems like the best option over pfsense for a home network.
I’m also reading I need a UniFi key, does this just replace running the software on another machine?
It isn't just the fact it has more features, it is easier to understand, configure and there's more support/documentation when you need it. There have also been some glaring security holes with Ubiqiti routers that have taken ages to patch IIRC.3. The ER-X is a powerful little Router, a pfsense box is always going to be more flexible and powerful but do you need all those extra features 99% of people do not.
1. 4Gon and Broadbandbuyer have the USG instock, if you have OCD i would recommend getting it as half the dials in the controller software won't work else.
2. Yes the cloud key a dedicated little computer to a run the controller software on it's kind of like a Raspberry Pi.
3. The ER-X is a powerful little Router, a pfsense box is always going to be more flexible and powerful but do you need all those extra features 99% of people do not.
The UAP-AC-LITE now supports 802.3af PoE. Even with the older version the passive PoE injector is included in the box so it's no big deal.
Hi, sorry to hijack the thread but if i wanted to extend my wifi around my house, would i buy one of these Ubiquiti Unifi AP's?
BT router is in the kitchen at the moment, i would like one of these on the 2nd floor as the signal is a bit poor. Can you run a cable into it from the router? I'm not too clued up on networking tbh
Thanks for your time, yes, i can run a cable, i already have a cable up to the 2nd floor, it's just not attached to anything, it was in the back of my xbox. Sounds like i should get one of these...