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APs need wired backhaul for full speed. CCTV, controllers, and desktops perform better wired. Cat6a future-proofs for 10GbE.

Ubiquiti is our standard — excellent ecosystem. Ruijie is cost-effective for larger commercial deployments. Both deliver enterprise performance.

A home WiFi installation with 2-3 access points starts from £1,500 including the survey, hardware, and configuration. Full Cat6a cabling for a 4-bed house runs £3,000-£6,000. Office and commercial installations are quoted after a free on-site survey. Every quote is itemised, so you see exactly what each part costs.

Cat6 supports speeds up to 1Gbps and is fine for most current applications. Cat6a supports 10Gbps across the full 100-metre cable run and has better shielding against crosstalk. The cost difference is relatively small — typically 15-20% more for Cat6a — but the performance ceiling is ten times higher. We recommend Cat6a for all new installations because it future-proofs your property for at least the next 15-20 years. If you're going to the trouble of running cables through walls, it makes sense to install the best once rather than re-cable later.

A typical 2-3 bed London flat usually needs 1-2 access points. A 4-5 bed house across two or three floors typically needs 3-4. Period properties with thick brick walls and lath-and-plaster ceilings often need more than modern builds because the construction absorbs WiFi signal heavily. We plan coverage based on your actual floor plan, wall construction, and where you need strong signal — not a generic formula. During our site survey, we assess signal propagation and design access point placement to eliminate dead zones while avoiding unnecessary hardware.

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) segments your single physical network into separate logical networks. In a smart home, this means your IoT devices — cameras, sensors, smart speakers — sit on a different network segment from your personal computers, phones, and sensitive data. If a smart device is compromised, the attacker cannot reach your personal files or banking. VLANs also improve performance by reducing broadcast traffic — your 40 IoT devices won't congest the network your family uses for streaming and work. We configure VLANs on every smart home network we build as standard practice.

Consumer mesh systems are designed for simplicity, not performance. Most rely on wireless backhaul — each node re-broadcasts over WiFi, halving throughput at every hop — and offer little control over VLANs, PoE, or per-device management. UniFi access points use wired backhaul over Cat6a for full speed at every point, support proper VLAN segmentation for CCTV and IoT, power cameras and phones over PoE, and are managed from one professional dashboard. For a flat with light usage, mesh is fine. For a smart home running cameras, automation, and dozens of devices, UniFi is in a different league — and it costs less than people expect.

Yes. Every installation starts with an on-site survey: we assess wall construction, measure signal propagation floor by floor, and map where coverage actually drops — which in London's brick-and-plaster housing stock is rarely where you'd guess. The survey produces an access point placement plan with predicted coverage, so you know exactly what you're getting before any hardware is ordered. Surveys are free for residential projects across Greater London, including Harrow, Uxbridge, and the North West London corridor.

Yes. We design and install structured data cabling for offices across London and the Home Counties — Cat6a runs to every desk, patch panels, comms cabinets, and PoE for phones, access points, and cameras. Every run is terminated, tested, certified, and labelled at both ends, with full documentation at handover. We work around your business hours where needed, including evening and weekend installation for occupied offices, and we can combine the cabling with switching, WiFi, and firewall configuration so one team delivers the whole network.

Yes — full home network installation is our core work. A typical project combines a UniFi gateway and firewall, Cat6a cabling to key rooms, PoE switching, and ceiling-mounted access points for seamless whole-home WiFi coverage — one network name that works everywhere, from the loft office to the garden. Unlike plug-in mesh kits, every access point has a wired connection, so speeds stay full-strength on every floor. A qualified network engineer surveys the property first, and most home network installations complete in one to three days.