WiFi System Recommendations

[red-beard]

I recently installed a Netgear AC5000 router, R8300, Nighthawk X8. It changed everything! The 'beam forming multiple antennas have widened the Wi-Fi around the house and I'm getting 750bps WiFi speeds.

[Rtrorkt]

https://amplifi.com
have this mesh system. Works great, looks good and is scalable. I have added one new mesh point in the garage, easy to do and very effective. No dropped signals. Arris router is connected to Cox

[jyl]

Originally Posted by red-beard

750bps WiFi speeds.

Hmm

[stealthn]

Cisco Meraki

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Cisco Meraki, I'll even get you a free one. You just have to watch a seminar

http://meraki.cisco.com/webinars?ref=1PUMI3P

Dude! You got me all worked up. I was ready to watch whatever seminar I had to, and then I read...

"...Limit one free AP per organization and per individual.

By accepting the AP you represent that you are authorized by your employer to accept the AP and that you will disclose receipt of the AP to your employer as and if required...."

I work for a VERY large company where, I suspect, someone has either already done this, or if "they" ever found out, they'd probably be pretty grumpy.

Full-time IT professionals can receive a FREE Cisco Meraki MR access point (AP)* with a 3-year cloud management license. While Cisco Meraki webinars are open to all audiences and while APs may be offered at live events, to be eligible for a free AP, participants must:

Attend the live event or the live webinar in its entirety
Provide a valid company name and website
Be an IT professional working in one of the countries listed below and have an active role of managing, maintaining, or monitoring their organization’s network infrastructure, and be employed by the company
Not be a partner, reseller, or consultant
Register with a shipping address in the US, Canada, the UK or the rest of the EEA, Croatia, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, or Puerto Rico. We cannot ship free APs outside of these regions and cannot ship to post office boxes.
If from a European country, provide a valid VAT ID for shipment.
Register with their company email address
Confirm satisfaction of the above requirements and shipping address with a Cisco Meraki representative by phone


Free AP’s are not available under this promotion for partners, resellers, or consultants, and the promotional AP’s may not be used for resale or distribution. Limit one free AP per organization and per individual.

By accepting the AP you represent that you are authorized by your employer to accept the AP and that you will disclose receipt of the AP to your employer as and if required. Cisco Meraki reserves the right to not fulfill your free AP shipment in the event that the promotional AP is not certified in your country, or it is unable to clear customs at the time of shipment. The recipient is responsible for taxes and duties, if any. Due to abuse, we cannot provide promotional APs to individuals who register with yahoo, gmail, hotmail, and other email domains not registered to your company. Please speak directly to your Cisco Meraki rep if you have any questions.

[stealthn]

Alright, let me clear it first, people need networks at home too

[mikester]

I use meraki at home but I also work for Cisco so...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by mikester

I use meraki at home but I also work for Cisco so...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mr FancyPants!

[jhynesrockmtn]

I bought a google mesh for my house due to the weird layout and drop location for my network. My goal was to get much better coverage which it did but I would not recommend it. I've had too many issues with devices not connecting reliably and questionable tech support.

[mikester]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mr FancyPants!

I also have a Standard cisco setup in parallel for lab purposes.

You know, wave 2, mgig, etc...

[KFC911]

Damn networking geeks....I got nuthin'

[RKDinOKC]

Trying to save some ISP monies. Changing from a Cox business connection to a newly available (in my area) AT&T business connection. AT&T is $70 a month cheaper for the same speeds.

Where the cox modem just has one 1 gb ethernet port and I have my own routers and wifi routers, the AT&T modem is a 4 port ehternet and wifi router.

Did I just mess up my network?

[Rtrorkt]

just checked my amplifi system speed. Connected to Cox, 380 download, 32 upload

[masraum]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Trying to save some ISP monies. Changing from a Cox business connection to a newly available (in my area) AT&T business connection. AT&T is $70 a month cheaper for the same speeds.

Where the cox modem just has one 1 gb ethernet port and I have my own routers and wifi routers, the AT&T modem is a 4 port ehternet and wifi router.

Did I just mess up my network?

? Why would you have messed up your network? Just don't use or better yet, disable the ATT wifi. only use whatever Eth port you need on the ATT gear.

[RKDinOKC]

Derp on my part, that would make the most sense. Just use the AT&T Uverse box as a modem like am using the cable modem.

[stealthn]

Originally Posted by mikester

I use meraki at home but I also work for Cisco so...

In which area Mike?