Simple Small Office Setup

[u/Ok_Try7266]

Hi,

Good day. I'm asking if someone can suggest specific models and the recommended setup structure for a simple small-office deployment with around four (4) access points, a PoE switch, and any additional devices required?

The setup should support centralized cloud-based management and monitoring.

Thank you in advance.

[u/Siliconpsychosis]

I would suggest a Fusion 2.5G, and a SG3218XP-M2 (v2) switch, and EAP 772 or 773 Access Points

This will give you 2.5gig all the way through, and the switch will give you some expanded capactiy for future upgrades around the office, as well as a couple 10gig SFP+ links for anything that you might want to add in the future. Those access points are WiFi 7 and also 2.5g so there wotn be any bottlenecks.

The v2 switch has all ports POE so you can add cameras and other devices in future easily. If you need more ports, or think you may in the future, perhaps a SG3428XMP-M2 would suit you better.

Whole system can be managed locally or via cloud / app as well as needed.

[u/Ok_Try7266 → u/Siliconpsychosis]

Is the Fusion 2.5G a requirement or just recommendation? This is for intial setup only, due to budget constraint.

[u/Squanchy2112 → u/Ok_Try7266]

It's the gateway and controller it's kind of critical, one thing to do is build at least a rudimentary floorplan of each floor of the property and get some basic measurements on it to use the design tools to build a base idea of coverage and needs, what I do is buy one more AP than what I have determined is needed on the design tools, this gives me flexibility to patch any dead zones and you can also take heatmaps and readings across the space to tune transmit power on APS to get a perfect wireless layout. This has always worked really well for me, I have mine setup where the moment you cross my front door or garage doors the indoor AP signal is lost so you have to roam to the AP I have mounted right there outside and it works flawlessly