Naphz

So I swapped in the r650's today. I went from 5 araknis down to 3 of the 650's. Overall coverage is roughly equal on 2.4, but speeds are much faster. Also, the 5ghz band coverage is a huge difference and speed also more than double. Before it was hardly usable unless you were in a room with an AP. I still have the used 710 that I need to put up outside. I did a few speed tests before and after (standing in roughly the same spots). Before Avg on 2.4 - 54 down/33up 5ghz - 285 down/213up After: 2.4 - 148down/140up 5 - 702down/641up

How many of the 810's are you using? How do those compare to r650's? I had enough coverage to actually get WiFi with a mix of 3x 510s and 2x 700s, but 2.4 speeds are usually only about 25-35 and the 5.0 bands are only usable if you are in a room with the AP. With that, it's 150-250ish depending. This on top of the random drops. Apparently that may have been a setup issue, but I'd rather have blazing speed too. I currently have 1gb up/down, but 2 gb will be available in a couple weeks for $99/month if I wanted it. One would be ceiling mounted (basement), the other 2 wall mounted. I'll give the 2 upstairs and 1 in basement a try and compare it to 2 on the main floor on opposite sides of the house. That's where I have Araknis APs already so it'll be easy to swap them in.

I bought 3x r650s for inside and bought a used r710 off ebay for $250 that I was going to use outside (covered area and inside a junction box). Main areas of use are main floor and basement, so I thought putting two r650s on the main floor and one in the basement might work well.

Problem is, the guys who set everything up have everything locked out (apparently this isn't uncommon?). They've already stated everything looks good and basically I'd need to replace the units. Previous owners left them, so maybe something could be bad with the APs? The switches and the Araknis 310 router are practically new though apparently. These guys are extremely frustrating to deal with. It took 5 months after we moved in just to get them to come in and have everything up and running, and we've had non stop problems since. They never answer the phone. Never. You have to leave a voicemail and MAYBE you'll get a callback. I tried to get a competing outfit come in, but they were locked out as I said before. They said they could force them to give everything up, but to be aware that in the long run I'd probably end up spending way more for them to do that because they didn't setup the house to begin with and it'd take quite a few billed hours to get up to speed. So in a best case scenario, I want to replace and not even have to deal with those guys. Or no matter what am I going to have to get them here? Will changing this out affect anything with the Control4 setup? And is Ruckus simply better to go with over a cheaper Ubiquiti option?

Hardware: I bought a home last summer that has an Araknis 310 router with 5 Araknis 510 APs (~8500 sq ft house. Entire first floor is tile floors. All brick, lots of rock in the interior. this may affect coverage?), and multiple 210 Switches. When we first moved in, I installed my Eero Pro 6 (3 pack) from the old house. It worked, but wasn't the best. Some dead spots on each end of the house, but it actually reached out to the pool, albeit <10mb speeds. The AV guys the old owners used then came out and got the "professional" system up and running. It doesn't reach outside at all, so I could no longer control the pool robot from the phone app. For now I've got one of those TP Link Wifi Extenders and i can finally control the robot, but if you're out at the pool, while you can get a 2.4 signal, it's pretty bad. The property is water front and if we go further out, it's dead again. The house itself has better coverage and no complete dead spots with the araknis APs, but it's still pretty shit. 5Ghz rarely has more than 2 bars and WiFi speeds generally max out at about 150-200 unless you're in the same room as the AP. I also keep getting random WiFi drops on devices and they can't reconnect again until I reset the router. The AV company claims they've checked everything and see no issues, but this never happened with the Eero. It's also not a handoff issue I don't think because it happens with stationary TVs. As soon as I reboot the system, everything works fine. This happens multiple times a week and it's frustrating. Anyway, can I pick up a few Ruckus Router/AP's off eBay, replace my Araknis with those, and easily be up and running? Any suggestions on which ones to get? Or will there be compatibility issues? Will I notice much improvement? My wife and I both work from home and I want everything rock solid and running at maximum. We have 1Gig up/down fiber. Tons of smart devices, laptops, ipads, Ten 4mp/8mp ip cameras. I'm also open to other brands, but I've just heard solid feedback from Ruckus. Cost isn't a big issue, but at the same time I'd rather not spend double or more for 5% gain.