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Two APs, same SSID

OP: yes that is best solution given the circumstances, with out redoing a lot of work for negligible improvements.

The best option is to have one router in the middle of the house doing all the wifi.

Adding more networks with different SSID's wont help unless you have practically zero reception. By adding more networks - even if on different channels - they will start to interfere with each other reducing all of there capacity. This is why people in apartments often get terrible wifi coverage even when beside the router.

if you want your device to be able to switch between AP's seamlessly you need to have AP's with Zero-Hand off, which basically means the AP will decide if they will broadcast/receive to/from you or not. Apposed to the device deciding which AP to connect to.
 
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Varroa said:
went with a single Ubiquity unifi access point
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This is what I'm going to do now. I was thinking about getting the long range version, as I'd like to get Google Play down in the fire pit, but I read some compliants that it's a bit louder than the regular model. And for the time being, the only room I have Cat 6 ran to is our bed room so I'm not sure if I want to get the LR or just the normal base UAP. Price doesn't matter as the LR isn't much more expensive.


I also picked up a powerline kit to play with since it was crazy cheap on a Black Friday deal. I might try that out for the console gaming room.
 
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So I ordered the LR model after. If the clicking is too loud I'll have to look into running cable in another room sooner than I planned.
 
louder? I haven't seen any complains on the dev forum.
It should be silent AFAIK its passively cooled, i'll have to investigate. Let me know if you have any issues.
 
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From what I've read it was more of a problem around 2012 or so, the LR version would make a clicking noise while it's in use. Most seem to be reporting that it was fixed with a firmware update since so hopefully it's fine.
 
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So I got the UAP-LR a couple of weeks ago and it's been perfect. No noise out of it, was able to turn off the light and hide it mounted to a wall behind a dresser. Excellent coverage all over the house and in the front and back yards. I have to suggest it to anyone who's looking for a solution to a situation like this. The only negative I find is that setup and control on the AP is slightly more complicated than a normal AP or cable/fiber modem, but it wasn't a problem for me.
 
So appears like I ought to really put them on seperate channels rather than the same. I'll need to have a go at doing that and running a few tests.
 
I thought i would chime in on the ubiquity love here :.

Just recently installed 2 UAP in home. Works beautifully. Probably one of the easiest enterprise grade WiFi products i have installed.

Even got the unifi controller to run on a raspberry pi :)
 
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