[GTALUG] of routers and access points

[John Sellens]

I have a Netgate SG-1000 running pfsense inside my bridge-mode Rogers
modem, which has been replaced by the slightly bigger SG-1100 ($159 USD).
In the furnace room, and then some cat5 heads off to more convenient
spots for access points, etc.

I like separate access points, which are sometimes harder to find than
all-in-ones (but you can usually turn off routing on those).

PoE is convenient, but adds expense.  I trust you know about PoE injectors?

I like Ubiquiti, but sometimes they're happier if you buy into their
ecosystem.  But do you know about Ubiquiti's home systems? https://amplifi.com/
Not the cheapest alternative, but almost plug and play (in the good sense).

Hope that helps - cheers!

John
On Thu, 2019/04/25 01:27:02PM -0400, David Mason via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
| This (letting the router do all the work) is a possibility, but the router is very far from all the other connections, so at the moment I have a long RJ45 cable to the router. So I’d have to run another long cable back to the switch where everything else is plugged in.
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| Part of my question was whether anyone else is using POE access points, and whether it’s worth doing as right now I have an extension cord running to the router. If so I’d need a router that supported POE, so I mentioned the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter as such a (non-WiFi) router.
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