
Let’s start with the switch, as pretty much everything else is going to connect to it. Plannerįeeding our details into the UniFi Network Planner the recommendation was for 5 access points around our new build.īut with its slightly unusual layout (2 buildings side by side) and lots of WiFi killing foil backed insulation, and plenty of steel too, I decided to contact Ubiquiti about our project and run it by them.Īfter some discussion about our all-block construction, floor area and requirements for our network, I’m incredibly grateful to have received this hardware direct from Ubiquiti to power the Automated Home 2.0 network! But hopefully over the next few months things will get a lot more interesting with this space on the garage wall. Right now the area where our rack will eventually be installed still looks pretty rough.


The next step was to figure out exactly what I’d need to roll out this top-of-the-line home network. In the first part of our home networking series I looked at the reasons why I decided to go with Ubiquiti for the LAN in the new house.
