I know this has been asked a couple of times before, but I am looking for someone who can pull CAT6 to upgrade my home that was built in the 1920s. The plaster walls really kill wireless signal and multiple bridges limit wireless throughput.

Bonus points if I can also find someone who is familiar with Ubiquity networking equipment. I need to reinstall some UniFi access points from my old home and probably upgrade my switch equipment to allow for POE and additional devices like security cameras and doorbell down the road.

Thank you.

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lunar_unit t1_iue84nh wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:41 PM

It sounds like you may have seen this thread, but if not, there are a few recommendations there:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/comments/x7dkkg/looking_for_recommendation_for_local_home

SaltyAmbassador OP t1_iuej562 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:52 PM

Thank you.

mah658 t1_iuekh1g wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:01 PM

I could take care of everything you listed, happy to do a free site survey and estimate. Just DM me and I’m happy to share my contact info.

cleverocks t1_iufeeca wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:22 PM

Do you have coax in the walls? If so have you looked at MOCA?

gordonglover t1_iufri62 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:58 PM

MMIS

Charlesinrichmond t1_iufujzh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:21 AM

I did that for my house, it's a great idea.

Get a Dream Pro if you haven't. So much better than running ubiquiti on a computer. You probably need a switch too I assume, with POE injection. There's something I'm not as pleased with Ubiquiti on, I've got a switch 8 open in another window I'm fighting with. The Netgear 5 port gigabit unmanaged poe switch is very good in my short experience with it, and cheap.

I'm glad to see you are pulling cat6 too. Do a plan/site survey and figure out how many waps you'll need. 1920s plaster etc will usually give you say 15-20 foot radiues per wap depending.

And the ubiquiti stuff generally likes to live on the ceiling fwiw

SaltyAmbassador OP t1_iuiidlp wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:17 PM

I am currently using a USG and a cloud key to run ubiquity. Is there a benefit to getting a Dream Pro?

Charlesinrichmond t1_iuik69c wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:29 PM

compared to USG and cloudkey? Not sure. For me I've been running it off an edgerouter lite and a laptop for the last decade or so, so I wanted to upgrade the router as well.

I will say I find the new UI so much of an improvement. Though it makes it a minor pain to force channels, it seems to really want the system to do it, which I'm not sure works in an urban environment yet. I had always previously set my own with wifi scanner

guy-incognito- t1_iuhn3e7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:24 PM

You could try Powerline adapters.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/everything-you-need-to-know-about-powerline-networking/#dt-heading-is-powerline-better-than-wi-fi

finalphasepm t1_iui0mt8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Email your info to matt@vertica.net Vertica specializes in everything Ubiqiti.