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Can add to the thread that I finally purchased a UNIFI Dream Machine (UDM).
I have added one AP to improve the coverage, as I notice that e.g M5 do not have a very good WiFi reception capabilities.
The UDM have a lot of functionality for the really advanced network people, but is still easy to use for someone as me 🙂
Location: Sweden
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I habe completely redone our homenetwork and b&o network and now everything works perfectly.
i changed everything from a standard system to something professional. I decided to go with Netgear but I think the brand doesn’t matter.
This is my setup
This was the setup I got recommended by a professional from my company (I work for an IT Distributor)
After one week of setup I have 0 problems with b&o, Homeoffice, etc. As this setup is able to run over 10 simultaneous Wifis this is no normal solution. There is no problem with Wi-Fi mesh as the system has way more functionalities thane home use systems. As b&o stuff doesn’t move all of my b&o gear has a fix Wi-Fi Acces Point they connect to and they are not able to change it.
nice side note. I have Poe++ with 90Watts per port everywhere. We even run our lighting via POE and most of the other stuff. Sadly b&o won’t support Poe. A Poe Loudspeaker would be very nice. Just one cable for network and power ;-)
the whole setup was 2k EUR including all cables etc but this setup takes the space of a small rack. So you can decide to go with something professional or commercial. I think as we mostly spend a huge amount of budget on our gear the professional setup is with the money. But to be honest I wouldn’t have done it if I had to pay for the manpower. This was 3 days of setup of an IT consultant and security expert. With such a setup you get no support from your ISP.
I have ASUS XT8 AX6600 mesh and can confirm it works with various BO products.
I’m also using 3-band 2Gbps (Wifi 6) Wireless backhaul between mesh points, so that’s kinda extreme. I’m genuinely surprised it works :).
There’s a small out-of-sync in the BO App when I roam between mesh points. It says the BS Core is not connected. For sure it’s the app’s fault not the Asus mesh because Spotify Connect App stays in-sync to the BS Core when I roam between mesh points. I’m using the iPhone BO app.
Few thoughts about Beolab Transmitter 1 and 5GHz WiFis. As a general rule make sure you keep channels 36-64 free from whatever WiFi router or mesh you are using. When TR1 powers on it will look for free channels and tries first in this range. So change your router channel settings for 5Ghz networks above this range with a fixed channel. Some newer routers know how to use DFS channels (100-165) or even 6GHz bands (the new WiFi 6E). From my testings the TR1 is pretty powerful. But if your wireless Beolabs start popping or turning on/off/on then this means there is a channel collision between your router (or neighbor’s) and TR1. Make a WiFi site survey to see. The problem is that routers don’t know about WiSA networks, they only know the 802.11 standard.
Not at all, if configured properly they can be a great asset!
The Unifi Dream Machine is a great ALL-IN-ONE router, Ubiquiti have announced it's successor coming soon:
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