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- | ====== WiFi planning ====== | + | ====== |
- | So you have wired your home with ethernet cables as described [[: | + | So you have wired your home with ethernet cables as described [[networking: |
Welcome to WiFi hell. Yes, there is a reason why there is a big market for extravagant WiFi solutions, advanced (and very expensive) WiFi Access Points / Routers / Repeaters, mesh stuff and buzzwords. | Welcome to WiFi hell. Yes, there is a reason why there is a big market for extravagant WiFi solutions, advanced (and very expensive) WiFi Access Points / Routers / Repeaters, mesh stuff and buzzwords. | ||
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In some very bad cases, you might evern need one AP for each room specially for 6Ghz coverage. | In some very bad cases, you might evern need one AP for each room specially for 6Ghz coverage. | ||
- | Of course, this require the availability of an ethernet cable reaching each WiFi AP. See [[: | + | Of course, this require the availability of an ethernet cable reaching each WiFi AP. See [[networking: |
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+ | ===== Channels Selection ===== | ||
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+ | Each WiFi band (2.5Ghz, 5Ghz, 6Ghz...) is divided into channels that you can choose to aovid interferences, | ||
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+ | In general if you plan to use also a ZigBee network, you must choose your 2.4Ghz channels with care, see [[homeautomation: | ||