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Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by no_wizard »

soylentcola wrote: post #269
no_wizard wrote: post #268

I know I'm a little late to the party, but the Linksys routers he did buy originally are completely openWRT compatible (and here i'm gonna plug it, www.openwrt.org), so i have to ask, why not put openwrt on these guys? I have the exact same routers, and they were terrible with the linksys stock firmware, but once I install openwrt it was actually quite nice. Had to upgrade the antennas on one though, beyond that, it…

At least according to the article, he didn't like the option. > After venting on Twitter, I got a variety of responses including that I should install the open source dd-wrt firmware or that I should buy a power adaptor that can automatically cycle the power every night. No, no, a hundred times no to both - if I buy a product then I expect it to work as advertised and not need to implement hacks to keep it alive. It'…

This is a completely good point and exposes that I did not read the post close enough so sorry about that. These are excellent points

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by mitchty »

noja wrote: post #267
mitchty wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried logging in but the java app is giving me the middle finger. I seem to recall turning it on, but will have to set that all back up again tonight. I couldn't logon to the AP via their web app but ssh worked. So I just reset it to factory defaults and I'll try again tonight after setting it back up.

I've never had problems with the java app, so that surprises me.

It was weird, but anyway I've data now. Band steering to 5g: same spiel. Balanced: seems to still do the same. Off no big deal.

Without mapping the signal to find out if my laptop is in some dead zone while being in direct line of sight of the AP, I can't find a great pattern to it.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by noja »

mitchty wrote: post #272
noja wrote: post #267

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never had problems with the java app, so that surprises me.

It was weird, but anyway I've data now. Band steering to 5g: same spiel. Balanced: seems to still do the same. Off no big deal. Without mapping the signal to find out if my laptop is in some dead zone while being in direct line of sight of the AP, I can't find a great pattern to it.

What network card do you have on your laptop? Did you try manually clicking "check for driver update" on the network card itself in device manager?

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by lightedman »

kiallmacinnes wrote: post #200
lightedman wrote: post #196

One could just as easily get a few cheap laptops from a rummage sale and install Linux on them and turn them into powerful APs within a few minutes with a live environment.

While I agree that you can, and I have done so before (at home). There's frankly no way I would ever even consider something like this in a business environment. Depending on your work situation, i.e. full or most time work from home, this would include my home.

I would especially do this in a work situation. At least with a Linux install I don't have to worry about all these typical routers and switches with their built-in hardcoded vulnerabilities threatening my work network security.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by mitchty »

noja wrote: post #273
mitchty wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was weird, but anyway I've data now. Band steering to 5g: same spiel. Balanced: seems to still do the same. Off no big deal. Without mapping the signal to find out if my laptop is in some dead zone while being in direct line of sight of the AP, I can't find a great pattern to it.

What network card do you have on your laptop? Did you try manually clicking "check for driver update" on the network card itself in device manager?

Whatever the 2014 vintage macbook pros have. I have a couple buddies with the same AP and macbook pros so its likely I have some interference issues. I see the same spiel on my work laptop which is the same vintage only smaller drive.

OSX for what its worth so don't think there is such a checkbox to check. :) I just keep it up to date with security updates. Its about time to install 10.12 so I'll just reinstall and restore my home dir at that point.

Re: Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi

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Post by rb2k_ »

rblatz wrote: post #76
rb2k_ wrote: post #17

The only thing I'm slightly sad about with my ubiquiti setup is that the Edge Router PoE doesn't integrate with the controller. It's basically the same hardware as the security gateway, but no way to manage it :(

I've been debating getting the USG, why did you pick the edge router? Would you get the USG if you had to do it again? I currently have a UAP AC PRO.

I wanted less devices and I wanted PoE. I would love to see everything in the webinterface for the controller, but I can't really find a good reason to replace my one device with two...
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