Hi all,
Longtime lurker, first-time poster! I'm in the process of buying a new house and having it fully re-wired. I'm taking this opportunity to have network points put in every room - multiple cables / multiple locations. Of course, there's also the opportunity to put in ceiling mounted wireless AP's at this stage - which is where my question to the forum comes in -
what do you think the best wireless AP layout might be?
I've done my research and think i've settled on using Ubiquiti gear - i was wondering about several POE powered AP UAC Lite's? I was wondering about 3 or 4 AP UAC Lite's - one in the ground floor hallway, one in the outbuilding / lean to, one on the 1st floor landing, and 1 on the 2nd floor landing. Is that overkill? I wasn't sure if the ground floor AP might cover the 1st floor as the floor is just wood (same goes for the 1st floor AP covering the loft)?
Obviously i can supplement this set up further down the line with wall mounted AP's if i have any spare network sockets in any rooms - but this is likely the only time i'm going to be accessing the floor / ceiling spaces in the next 5-10+ years, so keen to get some ceiling points in now while i can.
Some additional info: This house is in the UK, standard brick and plaster construction, wooden floors. I'm going to be terminating all the cables in the cupboard under the stairs, where i'll have patch panel, switch, etc. etc. House is currently got Virgin Media broadband - i'll be carrying this on and will be extending the cable from the Virgin Media point located in the bottom left corner of the sitting room with co-ax so that the virgin modem can be located under the stairs with everything else.
Floor plan is here shared on google drive - i think i've set it up so you can leave comments if you want!
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me out!
Sidebar - is there a way of running the ubiquiti management software without any kit connected - i know it has the feature where you can put a floor plan in and see potential signal strength, but i wasn't sure if it'd let me draft a set up with gear that wasn't connected....