Thinking of replacing my current wireless network and now moving all Zyxel

EdC

I need a solution with 4 locations. 1 each on each floor of the house (3 SSIDs); 1 in the Carport below the house (1 of the 3 SSIDs); and one that is 250 feet away in my Dockhouse (1 of the 3 SSIDs.) 1 of the SSIDs is the main network. The other two are tied to VLANs. The Carport node is wireless backhaul connected and needs to provide a main network ethernet access port and is low network volume of IoT devices. The Dockhouse has ethernet backhaul and needs two LAN ports beyond the backhaul and is on the Main network for 1 TV (wireless) and an occasional laptop. The two for the main floors are both ethernet backhaul and need no LAN ports other than the backhaul. I am thinking Carport and Dockhouse using NWA130BE and both floors using WBE660S units. In addition, I will upgrade me current 2 XGS1250-12 units to XMG 1915-10 units to I can put everything on Nebula.... and then everything ultimately connects to a Zyxel 200H firewall.... Does this all makes sense? Am i moving into Smart Mesh or Wireless bridge territory?

Can I pull it off?

Zyxel_Melen

Hi @EdC

Put every device to Nebula allows you to manage your devices in one place, and your APs can broadcast all of the SSID without repeated configure process. (Of course, you can decide which SSID should be broadcasted by which AP.)

And there's something you should note:

1. USG FLEX 200H only support 2 port 2.5G, port 1 and port 2.
2. NWA130BE only support one LAN port. If you need more ethernet LAN port, you will need additional switch or WAC300H.
3. You need to ensure the uplink signal strength of the Carport node. If it is poor, the clients under this node will have poor connection. You may check this Reference link for more details about the smart mesh.

Please feel free to ask if you have other questions.