winnoe
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Hi everyone,
Would really appreciate all the Seniors & Brothers advice.
I am a little lost when it comes to Networking, and I've searched HWZ forums, reddit and cant seem to find the right information i need.
Long story short, uncle renovated his house, invited my family to stay and take whole 2nd floor, brother & family takes whole 3rd floor, uncle (bachelor) stays on 4th floor. Then we can both rent out our HDB for some passive income.
Since he is so generous, I am taking it upon myself to sponsor the whole house Internet/Wifi/AP/etc as a show of gratitude.
Let me give the breakdown of users/devices:
4th floor (Uncle - Gamer)
Wired devices : 3 (2 TVs and 1 PC)
Wifi devices : 5 (1 x laptop, 3 x mobile devices, 1 x wireless speaker)
3rd floor (brother, his wife and 2 teens girls)
Wired devices : 3 (1 TV, 2 PC)
Wifi devices : 5 (5 mobile devices)
2nd floor (me - Gamer, my wife, 2 young kids)
Wired devices : 4 (1 x NAS, 1 x PC, 2 x TV)
Wifi devices : 7 (1 x printer, 1 x laptop, 1 x Wireless IP camera for baby, 4 x mobile devices)
1st floor (living room/dining room)
Wire devices : 4 (1x internet fridge, 2x TV, 1x Video Conference room)
Wifi devices : 4 (2x sets of speakers, 1 x alexa +6 philips Hue bulbs +motorized blinds, 1 x helper's phone)
So that's ermm.... like 14 individual LAN connections (not including the wifi mesh or access points that i need to connect), and upto 22 devices in use at any one point in time.
OMG, i've only ever set up home network of:
Viewqwest ONR ---> Asus AC68U ---> PC + TV.
i'm probably going with Viewqwest again.
Can the experts here recommend me :
- Should i use wifi Mesh? Maybe Asus Aimesh... I heard Netgear Orbi (which my brother has) only supports up to 3 satellites only, which given how huge the property is (3800sqft land and 8200sqft built up), i doubt Orbi can fully cover the house.)
- I probably need at least 4 AP/Wifi Mesh throughout the house, right? I prefer to have ethernet backhaul on the mesh.
- Or maybe i should go with Viewqwest 2gbps line with a link aggregation router and then plug in a 24 port gigabit switch to that and plug all the devices & AP to it?
- I have no idea if i need PoE ports on the switch, but i think uncle's video conference room has a Polycomm phone.
- Uncle and myself are big on gaming, he's still got his reflexes, at 57 he sometimes smokes me in COD and Titanfall 2 still. The rest of the household are just into TV and streaming and online shopping. Would we need a router with QoS prioritization? If so, which router?
- The OpenNet FTP is in the storeroom under the stairs, which is hidden behind a giant granite feature wall that swings open.It's usually shut. So am i correct to assume little to no signal will escape that area? I think walls/structure is mainly concrete + steel bars, very little bricks used. How do i get a powerful router that can maximize the 2 x 1gpbs link aggregation without wasting the wifi?
arghh... please help! So many things to consider, getting dizzy... lol
thank you for reading my lor soh post.
Would really appreciate all the Seniors & Brothers advice.
I am a little lost when it comes to Networking, and I've searched HWZ forums, reddit and cant seem to find the right information i need.
Long story short, uncle renovated his house, invited my family to stay and take whole 2nd floor, brother & family takes whole 3rd floor, uncle (bachelor) stays on 4th floor. Then we can both rent out our HDB for some passive income.
Since he is so generous, I am taking it upon myself to sponsor the whole house Internet/Wifi/AP/etc as a show of gratitude.
Let me give the breakdown of users/devices:
4th floor (Uncle - Gamer)
Wired devices : 3 (2 TVs and 1 PC)
Wifi devices : 5 (1 x laptop, 3 x mobile devices, 1 x wireless speaker)
3rd floor (brother, his wife and 2 teens girls)
Wired devices : 3 (1 TV, 2 PC)
Wifi devices : 5 (5 mobile devices)
2nd floor (me - Gamer, my wife, 2 young kids)
Wired devices : 4 (1 x NAS, 1 x PC, 2 x TV)
Wifi devices : 7 (1 x printer, 1 x laptop, 1 x Wireless IP camera for baby, 4 x mobile devices)
1st floor (living room/dining room)
Wire devices : 4 (1x internet fridge, 2x TV, 1x Video Conference room)
Wifi devices : 4 (2x sets of speakers, 1 x alexa +6 philips Hue bulbs +motorized blinds, 1 x helper's phone)
So that's ermm.... like 14 individual LAN connections (not including the wifi mesh or access points that i need to connect), and upto 22 devices in use at any one point in time.
OMG, i've only ever set up home network of:
Viewqwest ONR ---> Asus AC68U ---> PC + TV.
i'm probably going with Viewqwest again.
Can the experts here recommend me :
- Should i use wifi Mesh? Maybe Asus Aimesh... I heard Netgear Orbi (which my brother has) only supports up to 3 satellites only, which given how huge the property is (3800sqft land and 8200sqft built up), i doubt Orbi can fully cover the house.)
- I probably need at least 4 AP/Wifi Mesh throughout the house, right? I prefer to have ethernet backhaul on the mesh.
- Or maybe i should go with Viewqwest 2gbps line with a link aggregation router and then plug in a 24 port gigabit switch to that and plug all the devices & AP to it?
- I have no idea if i need PoE ports on the switch, but i think uncle's video conference room has a Polycomm phone.
- Uncle and myself are big on gaming, he's still got his reflexes, at 57 he sometimes smokes me in COD and Titanfall 2 still. The rest of the household are just into TV and streaming and online shopping. Would we need a router with QoS prioritization? If so, which router?
- The OpenNet FTP is in the storeroom under the stairs, which is hidden behind a giant granite feature wall that swings open.It's usually shut. So am i correct to assume little to no signal will escape that area? I think walls/structure is mainly concrete + steel bars, very little bricks used. How do i get a powerful router that can maximize the 2 x 1gpbs link aggregation without wasting the wifi?
arghh... please help! So many things to consider, getting dizzy... lol
thank you for reading my lor soh post.