Ceiling mounted access points

[joelk89]

We are renovating our house and our electrician is running some Ethernet cables from where the Virgin Router will be (Hub 5) to a couple of locations that have, historically, struggled with WiFi. 

Our electrician has suggested getting some ceiling mounted access points. 

For an absolute idiot like me, can someone point me in the direction of such an access point that works well with my hub? 

Ideally, it would use the same SSID etc. so can roam around the house without connecting to different SSIDs. 

Thank you

[joelk89]

Hi All - thank you for your help so far.  Our renovation has just completed, so I am looking at hooking up my U7s.

I have my Hub 5, which is connected to a POE switch with a CAT6 cable.  The POE switch is then connected, via 2x CAT6s, to my 2x U7s.

I've now gone to the app to set up the U7s, and it's telling me I don't have a 'UniFi Cloud Gateway'.  My question: do I need this?  The app allows me to set up without, but I wonder if there are any benefits I am missing out of?

To recap, I only want to boost signal in my home - I'm not too fussed about remote management, but do I need this Gateway to move from room to room without disruption (ie, accessing one AP in one room and moving to another AP in another room)?  Sorry to sound so basic, but I appreciate your help, as always.  

Thank you 

[Tudor]

I’ve never used the app, as I have a UDM Pro that runs the controller. The controller itself "UniFi Network Application" cab be run on a Raspberry Pi, Mac or Windows machine. Take a look at www.community.ui.com where there is oceans of useful information. 

[Adduxi]

I would imagine for 2 AP’s you will not need controller software? I use 3 Omada (TP-Link) AP’s and the app does me just fine. 

[avi68]

You don't really need the cloud gateway, the two APs can work in standalone mode. However, if you want features like seamless roaming (moving from one AP to the other without being briefly disconnected) then you'll need the controller.

[Sparks22]

Hi,

you need a mesh, something like a tp-link deco m5 can be wall (or I guess ceiling) mounted.

virgin hub in modem mode and put as many mesh nodes as needed, with one connected to the hub.

there are similar options from net gear and others.

I have m5’s and they work well to give seamless signal in the whole house

[Adduxi]

The problem I find with the Mesh units, is invariably they need a power supply.  With PoE units, they don't need one as they are powered over the cable.  Granted the Mesh is by far the easier solution, but ceiling AP's, to me anyway, are a more elegant solution.