[TriLUG] Large coverage area wifi: Eero, Ubiquiti, other?

[Ron Kelley via TriLUG]

For what its worth, I just bought a pair of Ubuqity UAP-AC-PRO units for our house (2-floor, 3K sqft), and they are outstanding.  I installed one unit upstairs (centrally located) and was able to max out the cable internet connection (220Mb/s) on wireless if I was anywhere upstairs.  Once I went downstairs in some remote corners, I was able to get about 110-120Mbps.  Still, very good, but I wanted the fastest connection anywhere in the house.  Thus, I put one upstairs and one downstairs (opposite corners).  Fantastic coverage.

The Ubuqity software is easy to use.  Just create a wifi profile via the GUI, and it will get pushed to all the APs automatically (instead of managing each AP individually).  Took about 10mins max to setup the devices.  I have a single SSID all over the house with roaming; no dropped connections; all is good (wife is happy!).

Just my $0.02





On 8/29/2016 9:11 AM, Warren Myers via TriLUG wrote:
> I am getting ready to wifi my house, garage, and detached workshop.
> 
> I've been hearing great things about the Eero (eero.com) and was recently
> reminded of the Ubiquiti products (ubnt.com)
> 
> Are there other better / equal options in roughly the same price range (say
> in the ~$500 ballpark, but definitely under $1000) that will handily cover
> an end-to-end distance of 200' across a couple floors?
>