Help me figure WAP placment (Unifi)

[mummer43]

Building a new home and I decided to take on the task of building the network myself. Drywall will be going up soon, so I need to figure out where to place my wireless access points. I'll be using the Unifi pro. Below is what I came up with, but I'm a complete novice at this stuff, so I'd appreciate some feedback. The WAP's are in red.

First Floor

Second Floor

 

[freeskier93]

The UniFi app has a utility for this.

 

[mummer43]

Just downloaded the app. Can't find this utility.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

See if this helps.

 

[kevnich2]

I see a total of five AP's in your diagram, is this correct? This seems a bit overkill actually, unless you intend on disabling 2.4ghz on a few of them to avoid interference. 5ghz works best with LOS to the client's and I know several people that put a unifi in every room and simply disable 2.4ghz on all but the most centrally located to ensure proper coverage and roaming. This is another option for you as well? Definitely ceiling mount the AP's, wherever you locate them.

Only way to really get a good picture as far as placement is to do a complete site survey with the AP's setup temporarily in the locations and going around with a device to test signal and RSSI.