I have two AP11 accesspoints; one in my livingroom and one in the attick. They replace two Unifi AC-AP's. I replace the Unifi setup because the AP's needed a regular restart.
They connect to a 1Gb FTTH up/down...
On the Wifi I have about 28 devices connected. Approx 13 Shelly devices, 3 ipads, 2 iphones, 1 apple TV, 2 android phones, 2 google mini's, 3 Nest firealarms, 1 Nest doorbell - and of and on 3 laptops
on the network also connected a hue bridge, a sonos boost, a NAS
The AP's are not within 5 meters of any other wifi device (like the Sonos Boost), nor near devices that can cause interference like microwave, electrical pumps or such...
There are several recurring issues:
- the Google Nest app almost always complains about not being able to connect to the Nest service. When it connects it often looses connection again. I did not have this problem with Unifi and not when i connect over 4G.
- my iPhone 11pro often experiences disconnects - especially when walking from one AP to another. The disconnect is that long that conversations over Teams or Netflix or alike break down. Most of the times the phone switches over to 4G.... even though i am standing within 5m of an AP11.
- my Apple TV that has a line of sight with one AP11 has bandwidth issues - streams break down and pause.
- the range of the AP11's is bad - compared with the Unifi devices.
I am willing to invest in a good wifi, but i am doubting if adding an additional AP will solve my problems. Especially since the connection to Nest server and the problems with devices that are close to the AP's exist.
Any tips to tweak the wifi more to get better performance? Or should i reconsider the AP's?