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J1nxy said:
Buy something like the U7 Pro Wall (not in wall) with table stand, put it at the back of the house upstairs and that'll help both inside and out. Will work meshed to the UDR7 or cabled if you have the option, just remember to get a POE+ injector if you are running it meshed.
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Are you recommending the U7 Pro Wall over the U6 Mesh just because it’s WiFi 7 capable?

I can’t find the table stand on their site for that model :/
 
thewanted said:
Are you recommending the U7 Pro Wall over the U6 Mesh just because it’s WiFi 7 capable?

I can’t find the table stand on their site for that model :/
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Based on having a UDR7 which is wifi 7 it makes sense as an AP, mine works as well, if not better than the u6 mesh I have and I've seen no degradation in coverage from using the u7 Pro Wall rather than the u6 mesh in the same place, if anything its providing better coverage to back of the house and garage.

I didn't go for an official table stand and have a ebay 3d printed stand, does the job and was only about £10 delivered.
 
J1nxy said:
Based on having a UDR7 which is wifi 7 it makes sense as an AP, mine works as well, if not better than the u6 mesh I have and I've seen no degradation in coverage from using the u7 Pro Wall rather than the u6 mesh in the same place, if anything its providing better coverage to back of the house and garage.

I didn't go for an official table stand and have a ebay 3d printed stand, does the job and was only about £10 delivered.
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Nice one, thanks for the help!
 
What’s the best way to update my UCG fibre without internet?

I can’t get the UCG fibre to talk to my ISP router/ONT combo using its overly complex bridge mode and I can’t restore from my current cloud key/USG combo backup as it’s running a newer version of the network application and Unifi OS.

Is it easier to downgrade my Cloud Key to match the UCG Fibre?

Plan A is to get the overly complex bridge mode working but advice on plan B is appreciated!
 
Drilled holes and ran cables yesterday. The one I’d put upstairs was a 15m cat6 already so was perfect. Did a quick test bringing it all online but the Pro X7 failed to adopt for some reason.

Will try again today after reading up on why that might be. A quick google seems to suggest firmware/updates/wifi version the likely culprit.

Now need to figure out cabling back to the office and see what the signal is like in the utility for some sort of receiver>ethernet.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
What’s the best way to update my UCG fibre without internet?

I can’t get the UCG fibre to talk to my ISP router/ONT combo using its overly complex bridge mode and I can’t restore from my current cloud key/USG combo backup as it’s running a newer version of the network application and Unifi OS.

Is it easier to downgrade my Cloud Key to match the UCG Fibre?

Plan A is to get the overly complex bridge mode working but advice on plan B is appreciated!
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Reset the UCF Fibre, change wan mode to DHCP, plug it into the ISP router, update the UCG Fibre. You can restore in that mode as well, but you'd then need to change the WAN settings. How I typically switch over routers/network componets, just plug it into the existing working router as client, get it configured and working as a network device, then switch it into place of the old router and update want settings.
 
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J1nxy said:
Reset the UCF Fibre, change wan mode to DHCP, plug it into the ISP router, update the UCG Fibre. You can restore in that mode as well, but you'd then need to change the WAN settings. How I typically switch over routers/network componets, just plug it into the existing working router as client, get it configured and working as a network device, then switch it into place of the old router and update want settings.
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That was what I did under my original attempts and plan to give it another go later.

To get an intent connection via my ISP router in bridge mode I had to enable ipv6 prefix delegation and VLAN tagging on the Ubiquiti portal on my old cloud key and USG set up but it didn’t work on the fibre so I must have done something wrong somewhere.
 
bloodiedathame said:
Drilled holes and ran cables yesterday. The one I’d put upstairs was a 15m cat6 already so was perfect. Did a quick test bringing it all online but the Pro X7 failed to adopt for some reason.

Will try again today after reading up on why that might be. A quick google seems to suggest firmware/updates/wifi version the likely culprit.

Now need to figure out cabling back to the office and see what the signal is like in the utility for some sort of receiver>ethernet.
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I think I've figured out with the U7 Pro XG won't adopt, it's not getting enough power. The UDR7 only has one POE port, the U7 needs POE+.

I've got a TP-Link POE+ switch somewhere, so I believe I should be able to use that.
 
bloodiedathame said:
I think I've figured out with the U7 Pro XG won't adopt, it's not getting enough power. The UDR7 only has one POE port, the U7 needs POE+.

I've got a TP-Link POE+ switch somewhere, so I believe I should be able to use that.
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Yeah, they are spec'd at 22W, so definitely the 15W the UDR7 has won't be enough..
Anecdotally, once running, my two U7-Pro's draw 10-13W each..
 
Demon said:
Yeah, they are spec'd at 22W, so definitely the 15W the UDR7 has won't be enough..
Anecdotally, once running, my two U7-Pro's draw 10-13W each..
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I read on reddit that all the U7s appear to want PoE+ not PoE, despite often drawing PoE power.

10GB PoE+ injector, SPF module, and WiFi>Ethernet port bits on the way.
 
I need a new gateway as my old Unifi USG died few years ago, I been think about replacing for some time.

I am on the City Fibre and my contract with Lit Fibre is coming to the end and I will need to return the Lit Fibre router. Some ISP offer router others I do not I need to buy one.

In the past I have been looking at UniFi Dream Machine Special Edition. But I notice that Ubiquiti has release new units Cloud Gateway Fiber and the Max.

Therefore I thinking I would be better going for one of these units maybe the UCG-Fibre. how does this work with the City Fibre ONT box?

I will be replacing the U6 Pro in the loft with a U7 Pro to the 2.5G port or maybe the Max and moving the old U6 Pro to the garage for my solar/GivEnergy battery system/EV charger that requires WIFI which is on a very old AC Pro.

I will be replacing some old 1GB switch's with new 2.5G units later

Thanks

Simon
 
Broken Hope said:
Go for the Fibre, plug it into the ONT and set up any PPPoE username/password as required and make sure VLAN 911 is set on the gateway.
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Ok thanks, I will need to ask the ISP about any PPPoE username/password is required for the line. believe that City Fibre (Lit Fibre) are using the CGNAT, some of the ISP I have spoken to, have priced in a static IP address as default other it is still a pay option if required.
 
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bloodiedathame said:
I read on reddit that all the U7s appear to want PoE+ not PoE, despite often drawing PoE power.

10GB PoE+ injector, SPF module, and WiFi>Ethernet port bits on the way.
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which 10GBE injector and SPF Module did you order?, I want to use the remaining 10G SPF+ port on my Pro-16-Max-PoE for a Flex-2.5G-PoE switch, but want 10G and PoE to power it so will have to inject (ideally)..
 
Demon said:
which 10GBE injector and SPF Module did you order?, I want to use the remaining 10G SPF+ port on my Pro-16-Max-PoE for a Flex-2.5G-PoE switch, but want 10G and PoE to power it so will have to inject (ideally)..
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Just some cheap-ish ones from Amazon.

QSFPTEK Newest 10GBASE-T SFP+ RJ45 Transceiver up to 30 m, 10G SFP+ to RJ45 Module Copper Mini-GBIC with RTL8261N Chip for Cisco SFP-10G-T-S, Ubiquiti UF-RJ45-10G, D-Link, Supermicro Other Switches : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy
www.amazon.co.uk

Should be coming today, so I'll let you know if they are any good.
 
 
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Simon D said:
Ok thanks, I will need to ask the ISP about any PPPoE username/password is required for the line. believe that City Fibre using the CGNAT system or I can go for a static IP address
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Depends on the ISP, I've just moved from Lit to iDNet. I've got a static IP (don't think you can opt to not have one) and it's running fine with my shiny new CGF. City Fibre will change the ONT for one of theirs.
 
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