The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/vincem2015 on 2025-02-22 05:21:00.

New to the community and looking for some advice. Home is 3 stories including basement, ~3,800 sq ft. Currently, in a basement closet, I have my internet coming into the house > modem > Netgear Nighthawk R7000. There is a Netgear EAX15 mesh extender on the third floor. I have 2 wired connections tied to the router: one goes to a home office on the third floor and the other goes to the family room on the second floor. Over the past month, the Netgear router has been crashing almost daily. Sometimes it comes back in 20 seconds, sometimes 5+ minutes. That said, I am looking to upgrade.

I am thinking of going to a TP Link setup. Internet comes into the house, goes to the modem, goes to a ER605 router, then a PoE switch, all in the basement closet. From there, one cable goes to the attic where I will have another PoE switch connected to a wireless access point (EAP670), and in the future, cable coming off the attic PoE switch to a few more bedrooms for televisions and maybe PoE cameras. The next cable from the basement PoE switch will go to a wireless access point on the second floor. The final cable from the switch in the basement will power a wireless access point in the basement itself. I will then tie the existing two wired connections into the basement switch.

Modem>Router>Basement PoE Switch Basement PoE Switch >Attic PoE Switch>WAP, 3 bedrooms, PoE cameras? Basement PoE Switch>Second floor WAP Basement PoE Switch>Basement WAP Basement PoE Switch>Wired 3rd floor office Basement PoE Switch>Wired 2nd floor family room

I am new to this, so please tell me if this is nuts or overkill for home needs, home size, etc? Can I get away with doing just two access points to the existing wired connections? If so, would a WAP like the EAP655 be more in line?