I currently have a Netgear Nighthawk R6000. While doing an adequate job for most of the house, my signal tends to be a little weak upstairs (Upper floor of a bungalow) and on the far end of the house (garage closed in for living space). The router is in the basement, as that's where the cable feed comes in. I don't have much option for moving it, other than moving it around in the basement.
To get to the end of the house, the signal must go through 2 cinder-block walls and about 10 ft of earth. To get to the upstairs, it has to go through the first floor, then the 2nd. While I get signal, it isn't the strongest.
I am looking to make my wireless a little more robust. I am not sure if that would mean just adding a couple more AP's to the Nighthawk, or whether to upgrade to something like the Ubiquiti system. I do have the means to run physical cable to both the enclosed livable garage, and the upstairs.
Option 1 - Add to Nighthawk
While probably the cheapest option, I wonder if I can retain the same SSID? Or will each AP have a new SSID to connect to?
Option 2 - Upgrade to Ubiquiti
Certainly more expensive, right? Also, as I am just really reading about it, I am not sure what all I would need. I think I would just need 3 AP, and an EdgeRouter. I would prefer to run PoE. Also, I'm nearly positive that everything would be under one SSID (or two, since it would be 2.4GHz and 5GHz), and devices would just float to a new AP.
Any suggestions?
To get to the end of the house, the signal must go through 2 cinder-block walls and about 10 ft of earth. To get to the upstairs, it has to go through the first floor, then the 2nd. While I get signal, it isn't the strongest.
I am looking to make my wireless a little more robust. I am not sure if that would mean just adding a couple more AP's to the Nighthawk, or whether to upgrade to something like the Ubiquiti system. I do have the means to run physical cable to both the enclosed livable garage, and the upstairs.
Option 1 - Add to Nighthawk
While probably the cheapest option, I wonder if I can retain the same SSID? Or will each AP have a new SSID to connect to?
Option 2 - Upgrade to Ubiquiti
Certainly more expensive, right? Also, as I am just really reading about it, I am not sure what all I would need. I think I would just need 3 AP, and an EdgeRouter. I would prefer to run PoE. Also, I'm nearly positive that everything would be under one SSID (or two, since it would be 2.4GHz and 5GHz), and devices would just float to a new AP.
Any suggestions?