On moving day ..?
They rented office space and did not check the infrastructure?
Glad you guys got power and running water.
How we solved our office Wi-Fi problems
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
The above may sound like an Ubiquiti ad, but I've tested a few top specs routers about 2 years ago and settled with unifi for my home installation. I needed a good coverage and reliability for my home automation, e.g. when I switch lights on/off I want a consistent few milliseconds latency.
One of the FEW downsides for smaller installations, is them not selling a Cloud Key, Gateway, and Switch in a single box.
What are you talking about? There’s https://amplifi.com/ for, let’s say, less sophisticated home installations.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the FEW downsides for smaller installations, is them not selling a Cloud Key, Gateway, and Switch in a single box.
What are you talking about? There’s https://amplifi.com/ for, let’s say, less sophisticated home installations.
which tends to fair poorly compared to orbi, asus, velop and others. a bottom of the pack product at the moment. its also not part of the unifi family, and doesnt have the advanced management interface.
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#94I run a pfsense + unifi network for the home and it's fantastic.
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#95Cool! Building big-office/building-size WiFi networks had always been such a huge pain... Thank you for sharing your experience!
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#96>Assign static IPs for infrastructure like access points. This makes them easy to reach when reconfiguration is needed Am I missing something, or did they buy consumer routers to use as access points? Triplebyte, I can save you a ton of management, troubleshooting, and learning time: switch to Ubiquiti Unifi or an equivelant now, youll have one pane of glass to reconfigure every device. The devices will talk to each…
I use Unifi AP at home and a Fritzbox router. At work I have a two sites of Unifi with cloud keys and an edge router. All visible on one management screen and super easy to configure. Fabulous kit. Make sure you take a backup of the cloud key btw, they can get corrupted by a power interruption, and then you have to install from scratch. You can do this from the browser. I wanted to caution people who are choosing Mik…
> by default they have way too much open on their public interfaces
They used to. Since about a year or so ago, the public interface is so completely locked down by default that I've heard people wondering if they've bought defective units (because they're trying to access management through eth1.)
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#97While it doesn't really matter whether you use EIA-586-B or EIA-586-A so long as you're consistent, I've been told that EIA-586-A is the standard in Canada. addendum: Re crimping RJ45 - the better way to do terminations is to use the EZ-RJ45 pass-through plugs like the ones made by Platinum Tools. You need a special crimper, but it's night and day easier. If you're using AWG23 Cat 6, you also need to make sure your p…
Typically the cable manufacturer will have a recommendation but in AU I pretty much exclusively use B unless the manufacturer of the cable being used requires A for some reason (like, they spool the strands a certain way, so you might get less AXT with A vs B or some such)
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the cost, I'd agree that Ubnt gear is quite good. I use it at home, and rarely have any problems. That said, I'd like to provide one caveat: In my experience, they tend to not do great in very noisy RF environments. Twice now I've deployed Unifi APs in offices with RF spectra similar to what the OP has going on, and we had nothing but problems. In each case, we ripped out the Ubnt gear, replaced with equivalent R…
I've had similar issues with Ubiquiti in a noisy RF environment. The 2.4GHz spectrum was extremely saturated and people were frequently dropped whenever they were on it. Thankfully, the neighbors aren't using 5GHz too much--I just turned off 2.4GHz for our own WiFi and it seems to have solved the issue. Still, very annoying and took a long time to figure out.
I have seen the exact same thing, 2.4Ghz runs a little overpowered, causing interference. Turn it down a little, doesnt need to be off.
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#99>Assign static IPs for infrastructure like access points. This makes them easy to reach when reconfiguration is needed Am I missing something, or did they buy consumer routers to use as access points? Triplebyte, I can save you a ton of management, troubleshooting, and learning time: switch to Ubiquiti Unifi or an equivelant now, youll have one pane of glass to reconfigure every device. The devices will talk to each…
Same as this , except with one change. For the router, use the (cheaper and more powerful) Mikrotik Routerboards. We don't use a Poe switch - we just use cheap Poe adapters and connect directly to the routerboard. For those who have never touched a Ubiquiti, configuring it could be a little iffy . I normally advise setting up DHCP 43 advertisement on the router before trying to setup the access points. But seriously,…
Mikrotik routers were just hacked pretty badly. I'm not so sure they are competent enough with the security of their routers now, even if their routers are otherwise good value.
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#100It’s only sort of passively mentioned in the article but I am AMAZED at the number of people who don’t hardwire everything they can. Obviously phones are out, but why not hardwire every laptop when it’s at the desk? If someone’s using a actual desktop computer like an iMac then what’s the point of Wi-Fi? Clear up the signal space and get a 100% reliable and ultra fast connection.
You got a wifi problem? I'll bring the cable.
Don't forget the dongle too.