this is junk
Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
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Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#22I'm pretty happy with Ubiquity's hardware, but if it has anything to do with their cloud based software it's gonna be a hard pass due to the increased security risk. It's a shame too, since cloud based services make device admin so convenient.
> It's a shame too, since cloud based services make device admin so convenient. I don’t see how cloud services could make anything easier than just sticking a Linux box with their controller in a rack or closet. It’s your own cloud.
the problem is their software is bullshit and requires mongodb for some godawful reason. thankfully you can configure it once and even go so far as uninstalling the software after, but it’s just messy for no reason. their edge router is kind of ridiculous too, there’s no reason it couldn’t just be as simple as dealing with a linksys device with the reliability being the main focus. I only use it because it’s the most stable hardware but it is stupid as hell to manage and setup.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#23The app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurv... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ubiquiti-wifiman/id1385561119
Worth noting that the iOS app does not do any of these things. It has a speed test function, a ping function, and that’s all.
ubiquiti have a tendency to ship stuff very undercooked - I’ve had no statistics on my hub for months now, as they shipped with dependencies on a version of mongodb that hasn’t been released yet. Still unpatched. They immediately knew what the issue was when I reported it - quality just doesn’t matter to them though.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#24The app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurv... https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ubiquiti-wifiman/id1385561119
Worth noting that the iOS app does not do any of these things. It has a speed test function, a ping function, and that’s all. ubiquiti have a tendency to ship stuff very undercooked - I’ve had no statistics on my hub for months now, as they shipped with dependencies on a version of mongodb that hasn’t been released yet. Still unpatched. They immediately knew what the issue was when I reported it - quality just doesn’…
I would claim that the iOS version might not be capable of doing the tricks due to the restrictions of the platform. Their Augmented reality functions for Switch Ports only works on iOS.
That or the teams are really bad at syncing their work.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#25I don’t know anything about this company (which people seem to not like), but SLAM for WiFi is looks pretty cool (and even somewhat useful).
Same. I'm seeing a lot of criticism here but their WiFi mapper looks amazing!
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also if you lose connectivity during a disaster, you're effed. Sure you wouldn't have internet, but you would have a local network that would still work, and could still be administered.
I believe that this is not a problem with UniFi. It should save your credentials locally. And you always have the option to log in via a local IP address rather than ui.com
A second local based login actually. But yes, the network works locally.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#27Wow lots of haters here. I love their products. I, for one, don’t have that time or energy to build or manually maintain my own home grown networking gear. So having something that works flawlessly for me nearly all the time is very valuable.
The hate is because most felt like you at one point, and loved, and want to love, the products. Then one day you try to change a simple setting, and realize it'll take ssh and scripts and half a day of tinkering to make a non-persistent change that Linksys/Netgear/whoever does off the shelf, and dd-wrt could do a decade ago. Or add an additional device, or run the software update, or have a UPS kick on, and everythin…
That is the point. They have the holy grail of customer emotions attached to them: love/hate.
With a little bit of focus on quality they could have propelled themselves to yet another level. When you built a house or setup a small biz, they are the ones: good hardware, no subscription, beautiful and - with focus - quality.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#28Great. More things no one needs. Please, Ubiquiti, work on your existing products. Your forums and reddit are full of frustrated customers with unresolved bugs and issues.
I disagree that no one needs it; this would have been very helpful when I was trying to troubleshoot my AP’s dead zones. Agree on the rest
Would WifiAnalyzer help you troubleshoot your dead zones? https://f-droid.org/fr/packages/com.vrem.wifianalyzer/
It has visualizations for which channels are used by which surrounding Wifi network and their strengths.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Worth noting that the iOS app does not do any of these things. It has a speed test function, a ping function, and that’s all. ubiquiti have a tendency to ship stuff very undercooked - I’ve had no statistics on my hub for months now, as they shipped with dependencies on a version of mongodb that hasn’t been released yet. Still unpatched. They immediately knew what the issue was when I reported it - quality just doesn’…
I would claim that the iOS version might not be capable of doing the tricks due to the restrictions of the platform. Their Augmented reality functions for Switch Ports only works on iOS. That or the teams are really bad at syncing their work.
This is the case.
The iOS APIs to obtain details about the current WiFi network environment are extremely limited. I suppose it’s because ad networks were using these to fingerprint the user or obtain their location using WiFi access points as a proxy for it.
Re: Dynamic visualization of your WiFi signal
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree that no one needs it; this would have been very helpful when I was trying to troubleshoot my AP’s dead zones. Agree on the rest
There are quite a few basic, long-promised, high-demand features they need to spend time on first, before introducing an additional half-baked feature. If it's anything like the dashboard it'll be lots of pretty without the simple tweaks needed to actually make it useful.
> There are quite a few basic, long-promised, high-demand features they need to spend time on first, before introducing an additional half-baked feature.
I'm sure those are all features "noone needs" just like "noone needs" (quiting OP of this thread) a good tool to debug WiFi deadzones when deploying prosumer equipment like UniFi APs.