Virgin SH3 - Unifi AP only, or modem mode+router+AP ?

[MehulLakhani]

Hi All

About to move over the Virgin 350mb next week.

I have been reading up on the Unifi AP's, and they seem the best for performance, and I think I will need some sort of access point as it is a large house, with lots of blackspots.

My question is, would I be better off putting the SH3 into modem mode, buying a seperate router, say an Edgerouter X, and a switch, and then connect the access point to this ? Or can I just rely on connecting the Unifi AP to the SH3, and let the SH3 assign IP's etc ?

Any advice gratefully appreciated

R

Mehul

 

[bremen1874]

No point buying a new router unless you need to.

Try the SH3 with its wireless switched off first and then decide.

In fact try the SH3 on it's own before you buy anything.

 

[Rainmaker]

In fact try the SH3 on it's own before you buy anything.

This. I have a Unifi UAC AP Pro and actually find the SH3's wifi marginally better. I haven't gone to any pains to place the AP particularly usefully though, which is one of its primary advantages (eg ceiling mounted to cover weak/dead spots). The reason I actually have one is because we rely predominantly on wired connections and the SH3's routing power isn't great. I wanted a stand alone edge router and firewall, so I made a SFF x86 box (G4560 2c4t, 4GB DDR4) and coded a Linux install to be a router and firewall to handle everything. The AP allows us to still connect mobiles and iPads etc, with a separate captive portal on a guest network vlan for visitors.