Moved into a new space, three small businesses sharing a 5000 sqft office. Building is already wired with about 40 cat5e wall-jacks throughout. Single story, brick/concrete perimeter and drywall/lumber interior. Half the building is open desk stations and lounge, 5 private offices. About 15 people currently working during the day, future growth could see up to 30. Currently most users are wifi-only for internet access and shared network printer. Typical use is emails, zoom conferences and browser based tasks. That's it. About 4 workstations want hard-wire for periodic video content uploads/downloads. There's 8 smart TV's in the building, one has as raspberry pi 4 running a lounge room dashboard display. 3 private offices have philips hue lighting with a single hue bridge. And there's 4 generic wired IP securities cameras. Full height server rack already in place in a dedicated IT room with mini-split HVAC system, battery backup and 3 ready to go wired patch panels. All it needs is switch/router/firewall/IP camera recorder. No phones. Gigabit Google Fiber is getting installed next week.
Here's the configuration I'm thinking:
- Unifi Dream Machine Pro
- Unifi Switch 24 POE Gen2
- 2x UAP nanoHD on far ends of the building,
- 1x UAP AC PRO in the middle of the building where most of the smart TV's are.
I'm not a really an IT professional--just tinkered with my home network, I run a small video production team. So Ubiquiti looks really appealing to me for ease of use and deployment. I don't have much time to fool around with it once we get it up and running. I just want to make it go and walk away for a couple of years until we need to change something.
Thoughts?
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