Hello gurus! I've been learning a lot from you guys in this forum and have setup my current house's network based on some of your advice, especially @xiaofan 's! I'm unable to find the info in the forum, hence would like to solicit some advice regarding my networking plans.
I'm using Xiaomi's AX3600 and AX1800 currently, which when meshed, covers my 4rm HDB very well. But I'm moving into a resale EM soon, hence I'm thinking of the most effective (cost and coverage) way of networking, while waiting for >2.5gbp plans and Wifi 7 devices to become more common. I also do not want to have additional wiring all over the place (unable to concealed wiring and not doing false ceilings), and am trying to avoid having routers in the bedrooms.
I'm looking to do up pfSense, together with home automation as well (should be in separate devices).
Here's a rough sketch of my house's floor plan, as I don't have the final drawing ready, where C1 refers to a cabinet in L1, and C2 refers to a cabinet in L2. The Green/Blue boxes are where I think the routers can be (LAN points available there), and grey boxes will be LAN points as well.
My expected networking route will be something like this:
(all "->" are wired connections)
Now my problem is that at C2, I am not sure if a router like AX3600, which will be behind a cabinet door, will be sufficient to reach all 3 bedrooms. Can I consider that the main router and mesh router 1 which are just directly below BR1 and BR3, to cover these 2 rooms as well? Based on the rule of no more than 2 walls and 2 doors, this seems to be just enough? I do have network points in all 3 bedrooms, and in the worst case, I can put in an additional router like the AX1800 (if I can still find one) in Bedroom 3 (But I'm trying to avoid putting routers in a bedroom).
Alternatively I thought of using something like a PoE mesh for example, the Deco X50-PoE (more costly approach), but not sure if this will improve my earlier plan, other than having a "nicer" looking router outside of the cabinet.
Would like to seek advice on which option, in your opinion, would be the best, or if there are any better recommendations for my conundrum?
Thank you!
I'm using Xiaomi's AX3600 and AX1800 currently, which when meshed, covers my 4rm HDB very well. But I'm moving into a resale EM soon, hence I'm thinking of the most effective (cost and coverage) way of networking, while waiting for >2.5gbp plans and Wifi 7 devices to become more common. I also do not want to have additional wiring all over the place (unable to concealed wiring and not doing false ceilings), and am trying to avoid having routers in the bedrooms.
I'm looking to do up pfSense, together with home automation as well (should be in separate devices).
Here's a rough sketch of my house's floor plan, as I don't have the final drawing ready, where C1 refers to a cabinet in L1, and C2 refers to a cabinet in L2. The Green/Blue boxes are where I think the routers can be (LAN points available there), and grey boxes will be LAN points as well.
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My expected networking route will be something like this:
(all "->" are wired connections)
| ONT (C1) | -> pfSense (C1) | -> main router (C1) -- AX3600 | -> mesh router 1 ( green box in study) -- AX1800 |
| -> Switch in (C2) | -> mesh router 2 (green box in C2) -- AX3600 (?) |
Now my problem is that at C2, I am not sure if a router like AX3600, which will be behind a cabinet door, will be sufficient to reach all 3 bedrooms. Can I consider that the main router and mesh router 1 which are just directly below BR1 and BR3, to cover these 2 rooms as well? Based on the rule of no more than 2 walls and 2 doors, this seems to be just enough? I do have network points in all 3 bedrooms, and in the worst case, I can put in an additional router like the AX1800 (if I can still find one) in Bedroom 3 (But I'm trying to avoid putting routers in a bedroom).
Alternatively I thought of using something like a PoE mesh for example, the Deco X50-PoE (more costly approach), but not sure if this will improve my earlier plan, other than having a "nicer" looking router outside of the cabinet.
| ONT (C1) | -> pfSense (C1) | -> PoE Switch (C1) | -> mesh router 1 (C1) |
| -> mesh router 2 @ study | |||
| -> mesh router 3 @ C2 (this could be wall mounted at the blue box) |
Would like to seek advice on which option, in your opinion, would be the best, or if there are any better recommendations for my conundrum?
Thank you!
