Hi, I hope its appropriate to ask this here, considering this is the most active community closest to this topic (Networking). I am moving places shortly and will need to start from scratch will all networking equipment. Including router and wifi-extenders. Am wondering what the general consencus is around networking gear, what brands are good and homelab friendly? I’ve heard great things about Ubiquity, but know nothing about their products. I do wish to buy a mesh system, as I do have 2 floors and concrete walls in the new place. I am looking for something easy to maintain, yet customizable for when I get more comfortable with playing around with networking equipment.

I have some experience with TP-link + decos, but really dont like their app and default settings. Blocks mullvad.net by default for instance…

If it matters, there will only be 2 people connected normally ~ approx 8 devices or so in total.

  • 2 phones,
  • 2 laptops (wired if possible)
  • 1 desktop comupter (wired)
  • server (wired)
  • Nvdia shield (wired)
  • RaspberriPi (wired)

Am also aiming to buy a 1000/1000 Mbps connection :)

Lemmy know what you would recommend in this scenario, and please feel free to ask about further details if I have missed anything, Thanks as always!

  • Sunny' 🌻OPEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    Thats really neat! Unifi devices seem really good, but a little confusing for someone (like me) without a ton of knowledege on these devices. Not sure what to get. From what I have read I need:

    • Dream Machine (UDM), as the UDR seems to be capped at 700mbps.
    • I need 2 APs, but no idea which ones to get.
    • In the future I will need one of their switches, but also not sure which one.
    • jgkawell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      I have two of the U6 lite APs and they cover my whole house perfectly. They’re POE but I just got a cheap POE unmanaged TP-Link switch for now.