. What ? What do you think is making all that smoke ? Hint combustion <| sep |> I really wish I wasn ' t Black Friday shopping right now ? Where can I get good highlights , showing all the rough stuff too ? <| sep |> Doubtful , I think the government just punted it to make good on the campaign promise . We still need an interceptor , and a drone isn ' t yet at that level . I suppose we ' ll see when it ' s actually time to buy them in ~ 2025 . <| sep |> So the first step is to gauge where you plan to use any device which may be on the network the most , and base your access point deployment on that first . The second step is to determine the type of construction you ' ve got to deal with . Are you dealing with thick walled Early 1900 s construction , or are you dealing with more modern , lighter , plywood construction ? Is there lead paint , metallic insulation aluminum Brick Mortar , or none of that ? Thicker materials , and metalliclead materials will cause the signal to become weaker faster , if the signal has to travel through a wall , floor , or ceiling . The third step is 5 Ghz . Plan for strong 5 Ghz coverage throughout your home I like to aim for a signal no worse than 75 dB RSSI , since that accommodates devices with weaker antennasradios , and do this based on square feet . A single Access Point on 5 Ghz in older construction can usually cover a single floor well enough , but that signal won ' t travel nicely through ceilingsfloors to hit devices on other floors . The fourth step to getting the number of access points you want , is to map out your home on an RF planner , such as this one . Once planned , the hard part is done . The hopefully easier part is pulling cable to connect up the Access points . Then the easiest part is configuring the Access Points . But the TLTL to this is , if you currently have an Apple Airport Extreme and it ' s covering your home well enough , a single Ubiquiti should do the same job well enough . For performance , shoot for two of them and place them on opposite floors or opposite ends of the home , for 5 Ghz coverage . Just keep in mind that they are access points Pulling wired connectivity to the AP is a must . If coverage is a concern , get an AP AC LR rather than the AP AC Lite . The Lite will have the same range on 5 Ghz as a Lite , but has an additional Spatial stream on the 2 . 4 Ghz to help further out from the AP .