If I wanted to set up four ubiquiti PoE access points throughout my home, should I buy a dedicated ubiquiti PoE switch?
Here's my current setup:
* Virgin Media Super Hub in modem mode connected to an ASUS RT-AC66U Router (ethernet only, WiFi on this is off).
* The ASUS router is connected to a larger Netgear GS724Tv4 switch.
* Currently connected to the ASUS router are two Ubiquiti access points (these are powered by the PoE injectors that come with the access points).
* On the ASUS router, all the ports are taken up by (Virgin modem / APx2 / netgear switch / NAS).
* The Netgear switch has quite a few spare ports.
I'm hoping to expand my network to a home office and my garage. For this I would require a further two access points.
The one in the home office will be PoE powered. The garage one could also be PoE powered, but's it's not absolutely necessary.
I'd like to keep all the access points ubiquiti gear so that I get seamless handoff between points.
The Ubiquiti PoE switches are pretty expensive and I'm trying to work out if it's worth the cost? It would feel nice to have all four Ubiquiti PoE products on one dedicated switch and get rid of all those injectors, but beyond that are there actually any practical reasons?
I've also never been sure if mixing switches will somehow affect traffic. Am I better to just put everything on my Netgear switch, does it even matter?
Here's my current setup:
* Virgin Media Super Hub in modem mode connected to an ASUS RT-AC66U Router (ethernet only, WiFi on this is off).
* The ASUS router is connected to a larger Netgear GS724Tv4 switch.
* Currently connected to the ASUS router are two Ubiquiti access points (these are powered by the PoE injectors that come with the access points).
* On the ASUS router, all the ports are taken up by (Virgin modem / APx2 / netgear switch / NAS).
* The Netgear switch has quite a few spare ports.
I'm hoping to expand my network to a home office and my garage. For this I would require a further two access points.
The one in the home office will be PoE powered. The garage one could also be PoE powered, but's it's not absolutely necessary.
I'd like to keep all the access points ubiquiti gear so that I get seamless handoff between points.
The Ubiquiti PoE switches are pretty expensive and I'm trying to work out if it's worth the cost? It would feel nice to have all four Ubiquiti PoE products on one dedicated switch and get rid of all those injectors, but beyond that are there actually any practical reasons?
I've also never been sure if mixing switches will somehow affect traffic. Am I better to just put everything on my Netgear switch, does it even matter?