AmpLifi
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$199 for the basic unit, not bad.
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Tempted, since I was planning on getting a Edge Router + AP this year. Might just get one of these.
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@hobbit666 I'd still go with the business grade solution.
Try their site planner. https://unifi-planner.ubnt.com/#/
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Which I tried their planner, and it said I needed 20 AP's for a 1600 sq/f house... lol
I went to the "buy now" and it listed two... so yea $420 vs $2600 ...
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I do my own math for site planning
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Looks cool. I was never a fan of repeaters, they add latency and congest frequency. Maybe UBNT will use multi-lane RF with some crazy polarization separation for the back channel. Say -/+ 45 is the sync pole for data transmission between devices and passing user packets between repeaters with home station and use VH for user devices. I would think something like that would cost a bit more, upwards of $500 dollars.
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@johnyog I don't like them either. Wire everything up unless there is just no other option.
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@scottalanmiller Preach it! In a home or an apartment, wire for the ap to router. If you can't use wire then use some nice EOP devices. Ethernet over Power has come along way but if you live in an older home the wire may not be up to snuff.
I do like wireless ptp but for business applications and not a home to garage or a business to sign application were Joe Blow cranks up the juice and uses antennas that are 90 degree in beam width because he "ain't got no time to aim nothing."
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@scottalanmiller Preach it! In a home or an apartment, wire for the ap to router. If you can't use wire then use some nice POE devices. Power of Ethernet has come along way but if you live in an older home the wire may not be up to snuff.
I do like wireless ptp but for business applications and not a home to garage or a business to sign application were Joe Blow cranks up the juice and uses antennas that are 90 degree in beam width because he "ain't got no time to aim nothing."
Fixed that for you...
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@DustinB3403 No, I meant to say "EOP." Ethernet over Power is a technology which uses the already in place power wire infrastructure of a building to interconnect device on a lan. This is also known as power line communication. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication
In home products have been on the market for some time now. They have been getting faster and more secure just as everything does.
A product from Netgear http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/PLP1200.aspx
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@DustinB3403 No, I meant to say "EOP." Ethernet over Power is a technology which uses the already in place power wire infrastructure of a building to interconnect device on a lan. This is also known as power line communication. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication
In home products have been on the market for some time now. They have been getting faster and more secure just as everything does.
A product from Netgear http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/PLP1200.aspx
We had another thread recently where we discussed EoP stuff
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@johnyog Those are just power injectors. You'd still have to power the Ubiqiti devices with "PoE" as they don't have a separate power port (at least from what I've seen).
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For me, I'd prefer wifi to EOP. It's random based on the wiring of the building how good or bad it might be.
@DustinB3403 said in AmpLifi:
@johnyog Those are just power injectors. You'd still have to power the Ubiqiti devices with "PoE" as they don't have a separate power port (at least from what I've seen).
No...Those are Ethernet Over Power adapters. Not Power over Ethernet Injectors
"Use your existing electrical wiring to extend your Internet access to any room in your house. Just plug the Powerline 1200 into any electrical outlet then plug in your new network connection. It's that easy. With a 1200Mbps speed and Beamforming, the Powerline 1200 is perfect for connecting smart TVs, streaming players, and game consoles. Plus the extra outlet provides power for additional devices."
It uses your electrical wiring for networking with those point to point plugs.
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@DustinB3403 said in AmpLifi:
@johnyog Those are just power injectors. You'd still have to power the Ubiqiti devices with "PoE" as they don't have a separate power port (at least from what I've seen).
His point is for avoiding repeaters.
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So every power outlet in your house becomes an "ethernet cable" effectively?
Eh ok if it works.
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@JaredBusch cool. It would have been nice for UBNT to use EOP setup instead of WiFi repeater setup or mixed the two. Have the WiFi ap units use eop to connect to the router but use ubnt roaming and hand off tech for going between ap units.
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@DustinB3403 said in AmpLifi:
So every power outlet in your house becomes an "ethernet cable" effectively?
Eh ok if it works.
It does not work. I've had 2 sets and seen them deployed in other contexts. They are horribly, buggy, low performance. I've had poopy wifi boxes be more reliable.
It's not so much the hardware, it's the electrical wiring of the house, sometimes they just flat out refuse to work.
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@DustinB3403 said in AmpLifi:
So every power outlet in your house becomes an "ethernet cable" effectively?
Eh ok if it works.
Yeah, this is pretty standard. We've been using that for two decades almost for home Ethernet (I think that I bought mine in 2000) and before that we used it for intercoms and such. Works really well, better than wireless in most cases. It's very standard. So standard that some German power companies function as ISPs delivering the same thing over the outdoor power grid!
We had a thread on it recently. I think @Nic is a big user.
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@Breffni-Potter said in AmpLifi:
@DustinB3403 said in AmpLifi:
So every power outlet in your house becomes an "ethernet cable" effectively?
Eh ok if it works.
It does not work. I've had 2 sets and seen them deployed in other contexts. They are horribly, buggy, low performance. I've had poopy wifi boxes be more reliable.
It's not so much the hardware, it's the electrical wiring of the house, sometimes they just flat out refuse to work.
You have to test, a lot of people can't use wireless for similar reasons. But I've had great luck with them, even connecting buildings.
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@DustinB3403 something like this, you would need to power the ap because it would be just plugged in. It would even look like what they have now for the AmpLiFi
