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Old 11-19-2025, 02:13 PM   #343
Regorium
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by indes View Post
The gateway runs your network (it becomes your "router").

You will need POE to run the APs so you could run an Express 7 or a dream router + a poe switch or get a UDM Pro SE which has built in poe ports but no wifi built in. 1 AP on your top floor + 1 in the basement very well could be enough, you can always add some extenders, jam an In-Wall in your drywall box behind the TV or put an AP facing upwards from your basement (I did this before I finished the basement and it worked fine).

Do you plan on running any cameras?
No, not planning to run cameras other than doorbell.

So what you're saying is something like:

Fiber cable -> Telus modem -> Telus Router -> Gateway -> PoE switch -> Access Points and other hardwired stuff

Or if I want to go with TP Link, something like https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/acces...tches/78810994 might work as well (since it seems like it's a gateway and a switch?)
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