- No. you mean Wi-Fi 6E, which introduces 6GHz, which travels even less far than 5GHz does, so it would only be fast in the same room as the access point.
- No idea what an AX value is.
- No, directional systems only work with line of sight, you should not mesh Wi-Fi at all but always connect all access points via ethernet.
- Use Unifi. Get two U6 access points (doesn’t matter which ones) and connect them via ethernet.
ElevenNotes
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Then I would recommend to get all Unifi. A router, a switch and one, two or three access points.
The point of a 10G NIC is to be 10x faster than a 1G NIC. Most 10G NIC’s only work at 1G and 10G, they do not do the new 2.5G or 5G, for that you need a newer 10G NIC that will use these lower speeds which in terms makes no sense because you can just get a 2.5G or 5G NIC instead. You confuse your internet connection with your local network. Your local network can run at 10G while your internet runs perfectly fine at 1G, the other way around the same. If you have a 10G internet connection you need a 10G local network to actually make use of that 10G internet connection. If you have a 1G internet connection, the only reason to have a 10G local network, is because you have lots of data that you regularly move around, and you think 125MB/s is too slow. Other than that, there is no need for 10G in any home network.
10GbE = 10 Gigabit Ethernet, regardless of what technology you use, be it 10GBASE-T or SFP+.
Test with iperf2, not 3, 2 uses multi cores, 3 doesn’t. SFP+ is always preferred over 10GBASE-T for using less power and getting less hot, and the added benefit that SFP+ supports everything.
Do you see much interference and connection retries on the 2.4GHz spectrum in your Unifi controller?
Unifi. Just works, does everything you need. Simple UI, lots of different hardware.
No. A PoE injector will simply ignore any PoE coming in on the data port. Why not use a PoE powered switch like the Unifi Flex? I used several of these to power multiple cameras where I only ran one PoE cable to.
100% agreed, yet, pointing out all options available is a nice thing to do.
Do you need a cable or is a good Wi-Fi connection enough? You have three options, since 26m is not very far.
- Run fiber. You can use so called media converted to convert from ethernet (copper) to fiber, you need them on both ends, they both need power.
- Run an ethernet cable. Since it runs outside, make sure you use a S/FTP cable that is properly grounded on both ends and use ethernet surge protectors to prevent your gear from being fried by lightning.
- Install a directional Wi-Fi access point on the outside of your house pointing in the direction of your garden office.
You built your own hydro? Tell me more!