its great gear for an amazing price, its amazing how many inferior setups cost more
Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi
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#132For something just as awesome but a fraction of the price take a look at MikroTik/RouterBoard Hex GR3 and wAP AC.
And then good luck configuring them.. UniFi is plug and play. Mikrotik, while relatively easy, requires much more work.
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#133what is a good way to connect router or access points OVER WIFI. i dont have wired backhaul in my office and it would be fairly cumbersome to build one. are there APs with two radios each - one for backhaul and one for service?
Honestly, there isn't one. Ironically the secret to a good wireless network is lots of wires, you can just about make do with wireless uplinks between your access points but in my experience it tends to have far more problems than running some CAT6 around the place. Its not quite as reliable as real network cables, but you could try powerline networking - performance varies pretty wildly depending on your wiring, but it will usually beat wireless.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
OP made no moral claim, just stated unreferenced facts.
Nothing is so black and white. If you point out that others are engaging in bad behaviour, then it makes that bad behaviour look less bad.
What do you mean with the "nothing is so black and white" cliché in this context? The psychological reaction of onlookers has nothing to do with an action being ethical or not.
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#135For those of you well versed in Ubiquiti, what's the recommended approach to connecting two switches that don't have wired backhaul between them? Right now I am using two consumer ASUS routers and one is in "wireless bridge" mode. I don't think the Ubiquiti access points support that model. So what's recommended? The distance between is fairly small but with many walls in between.
The Unifi access points are capable of wireless uplinks, but performance isn't going to be anywhere near as good as running some network cable. Otherwise as other people have commented you're looking at some of their ISP grade wireless network gear but that's probably overkill for the distances in question, its more designed to provide wireless ISP services across several kilometres than a bridge up the hallway.
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes - probably, though our most recent takeover was in August and I didn't see that link. Just knew it was broken and sounds like they're admitting their implementation of an 802.11 standard is broken to me :) The particular link is another gripe I have with Ubiquiti - most of their articles are left up with referral links to new documentation. Here's an example - up until Dec 3rd (from at least October) Ubiquiti mar…
Just to be clear, Ubiquiti's implementation of Zero Handoff (and all similar solutions) are not 802.11 standard. They are creative hacks that create one big virtual APs out of many APs.
Does anyone know a good way to implement wireless roaming around a large home? I had Ubiquity's Zero-Handoff on my list of things to check out, but seems they don't use it anymore, and as above it was a hack anyway.
I have been for years using (and recommending to others) multiple access points (of any brand) wired together and just set them up with the same SSID and passwords. Usually works mostly OK, although VoIP tends to drop out moving around the house (and thus changing BSSID). Keen to fix the VoIP issues. Maybe I'm missing out on something such as using special routers or some 802.11 standard that might work better.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their AC APs are pretty power intensive, last time I tried them they were drawing well over 20 watts each, which would have required we replace our switches due to the power requirements.
https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AC_APs_DS.pdf UAP-AC-Lite & UAP-AC-LR: 6.5 watts maximum UAP-AC-Pro: 9 watts maximum UAP-AC-Edu: 20 watts maximum, but it does have a speaker for doing announcements
Power drained from the network != power consumption if the device. There is a power adapter in between, and depending on it's quality, that thing can make a lot of watts disappear.
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#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their AC APs are pretty power intensive, last time I tried them they were drawing well over 20 watts each, which would have required we replace our switches due to the power requirements.
https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AC_APs_DS.pdf UAP-AC-Lite & UAP-AC-LR: 6.5 watts maximum UAP-AC-Pro: 9 watts maximum UAP-AC-Edu: 20 watts maximum, but it does have a speaker for doing announcements
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#139As a european I find this totally ridiculous. 500 square meter house? That's enough for an apartment building with 10 units. Wifi won't be the only problems that are caused by such a waste of resources. How are those problems making your life better?
Here DSL router/modems by AVM (Fritz!box) are really common and they do their job extraordinarily well for being consumer grade hardware. They also regularly get regular updates and offer most things you need as a consumer in one device. (No you don't need a special DHCP server device). There are also other decent consumer grade wifi routers like the now discontinued ones by Apple
Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi
#140As a european I find this totally ridiculous. 500 square meter house? That's enough for an apartment building with 10 units. Wifi won't be the only problems that are caused by such a waste of resources. How are those problems making your life better? Here DSL router/modems by AVM (Fritz!box) are really common and they do their job extraordinarily well for being consumer grade hardware. They also regularly get regular…
> As a european I find this totally ridiculous. 500 square meter house? That's enough for an apartment building with 10 units.
Surely some Europeans live in large houses, right? He's living in a freestanding house in a more regional part of Australia. Travel into the city in Australia and you'll find smaller dwellings, like my 56sqm apartment :)