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choppra
09-20-2009, 02:40 AM
So a VIP in my company has asked me to setup wireless in his new home. He had someone come by to set something up but it wasn't setup in a great way.

The house is around 24,000 square feet. It's big with 3 floors. He pretty much wants the entire house lit up with wireless access.

Now currently, he has individual routers plugged into existing jacks all over the house. But, the person who set them up before hand made them all indvidual SSID's (which is ridiculous). So on 1 floor there are 4 different AP's.

Anyway, he wants to throw out all the old equipment and have me set everything up from scratch. Currently in the basement where the switch is for the house, Verizon installed a primary router/switch and that is what does the IP address leasing and each room in the house has a network jack. So, essentially I would just need to configure about 10 AP's with DHCP setup plugged into random Network jacks throughout the house.

Here are some things I need some help with understanding..

1) Should I just get small access points and upgrade the antennas?
2) Should I get 1 router for each floor and setup repeaters throughout each floor?
3) If I use just access points and not a router on each floor. Can I name each access point the same exact SSID? If so, how does it always show a strong signal strength? Will it automatically switch over to the stronger site when moving around the house? This is where I need some explanation.

I'm current a Computer Technician (so i understand technical setups)but have never really worked this extensively with wireless hotspots. I setup small house networks for family and friends with 1 router and 1 repeater but this is a HUGE house.

I'm curious to what my options are for the most effective network. What kind of equipment would make sense? I'm not really familiar with which brands are trusted for this type of setup.

Thanks for the help.

Patrick
cszeto
09-20-2009, 04:01 PM
http://forums.practicallynetworked.com/showthread.php?t=3410
http://forums.practicallynetworked.com/showthread.php?t=9376
http://forums.practicallynetworked.com/showthread.php?t=3418
choppra
09-21-2009, 03:40 PM
Wow, really? Ok, I'll take my questions elsewhere.
cszeto
09-26-2009, 09:47 PM
Ideally, you should consider seeking out a local wireless networking professional who will stand by their work or recommendations. The equipment manufacturers may also be a source of information for comparison.
choppra
09-29-2009, 02:45 PM
Ideally, you should consider seeking out a local wireless networking professional who will stand by their work or recommendations. The equipment manufacturers may also be a source of information for comparison.



Ideally, you need to stop being such a typical internet forum poster. People come here for help. Yes, I can refer him to a "wireless professional" but it is SIMPLE technology ANYONE can figure out with some experience.

Just an FYI, I got a basic explanation (on a great site) of what I needed to do what equipment would be ideal. The customer is extremely happy and yes..you are still a jerk.


Thanks!
Patrick
t34b4g5
09-30-2009, 05:54 PM
2) Should I get 1 router for each floor and setup repeaters throughout each floor?


Easiest and most cost effective way to get the job done. :)
cszeto
10-03-2009, 11:30 AM
choppra/Patrick,

Was this for "a VIP in my company" or "customer?" Are you confused or just confusing?

You might take a closer look at the mirror and put yourself in your "customer's" shoes...

- If you found out that the person that you hired is just "winging it" with no actual "experience"
- How you may feel, if they wound up doing you more harm or made things worse?

The "help" around these forums are mostly around basic SOHO networking - period. You are welcomed to search around these forums as you wish, but you don't need to be a "jerk" about it.