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[robj20]

After further digging and finding this on an Intel forum, It would appear that my hunch of auto optimisation is causing the issues and why it would work fine for ages and then suddenly not.

80 MHz Channel Width is reserved only for the channels 42, 58, 106, 122, 138, 155

I have mine set to 80mhz I'm more interested in range than outright speed, but I do have auto off for 5ghx and have it set to 100(DFS) nice and clear because my neighbours use auto it'll never pick those bands.

 

[thewanted]

First thing anyone should turn off, it causes so many issues.

Is there a best practices guide somewhere that explains how to optimise the settings?

 

[michty_me]

Yes I like the G5 Ultra that I have covering my driveway and car parked on the road. I'll swap that for the G6 and move the G5 to the black garden and use it to better control the LED Floodlight I have.
I have another Floodlight to fit to the front for the driveway as well.
I kind of want a camera and light for inside the garage as well. It's a never ending want list. Still holding out for the next gen doorbell as well.

This was also a thought of mine, Use a G5 Ultra for the back garden and the G6 Turret for the front of the house. I would expect that to be a decent enough setup compared to my obsolete Hikvisions?

I have mine set to 80mhz I'm more interested in range than outright speed, but I do have auto off for 5ghx and have it set to 100(DFS) nice and clear because my neighbours use auto it'll never pick those bands.

My current channel selection is set to 100 by the auto optimisation tool but unfortunately it doesn't work with my work laptop. I'll have to do a scan and look for a less congested channel that will work at 80 Mhz.

 

[michty_me]

Well there goes my idea of using the 80Mhz width on one of these channels. I guess they are for a different region as they do not appear in the drop down list.....

80 MHz Channel Width is reserved only for the channels 42, 58, 106, 122, 138, 155

 

[Mikey]

Where is the soffit?

If it’s first floor then all you are going to get a picture of is the tops of peoples heads.

CCTV cameras should ideally be 2.5-3 meters high. For a house, probably at the lower end of that range.

If you are concerned about the form factor, use a G6 bullet, IIRC, they are the same.

Edit: I meant bullet!

Makes sense. I have a G4 bullet lower down at the moment, but the positioning is rubbish, hence the thought for a wider coverage with the turret. I've got a cabling CCTV guy coming over Friday to have a look, camera was originally put up by builder whilst doing other stuff and tbh they were ***** at pretty much everything in the end

I already have a G5 Ultra in black, but it's sat new in box since last year. Just not done anything with it. The G4 bullet was going to moved to inside the garage to cover activity there. Rather than record 24/7 that'd be set to on activity only.

Interested in the G6 for the 4K aspect.

 

[robj20]

Well there goes my idea of using the 80Mhz width on one of these channels. I guess they are for a different region as they do not appear in the drop down list.....

80 MHz Channel Width is reserved only for the channels 42, 58, 106, 122, 138, 155

What region are you in and where did you buy the APs. Some regions block certain frequencies.
On 80mhz I can select anything between 36 and 64, then 100 and 161.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Makes sense. I have a G4 bullet lower down at the moment, but the positioning is rubbish, hence the thought for a wider coverage with the turret. I've got a cabling CCTV guy coming over Friday to have a look, camera was originally put up by builder whilst doing other stuff and tbh they were ***** at pretty much everything in the end

I already have a G5 Ultra in black, but it's sat new in box since last year. Just not done anything with it. The G4 bullet was going to moved to inside the garage to cover activity there. Rather than record 24/7 that'd be set to on activity only.

Interested in the G6 for the 4K aspect.

Definitely need it lower down, if one camera doesn’t cover the area, it may be that you simply need two.

Also consider the field of view, the wider it is, the more it captures but you’ll have less ‘zoom’ and if you need to punch in, you’ll have less detail.

 

[michty_me]

What region are you in and where did you buy the APs. Some regions block certain frequencies.
On 80mhz I can select anything between 36 and 64, then 100 and 161.

I'm UK but the U7 Pro was bought from the EU store.

 

[michty_me]

What region are you in and where did you buy the APs. Some regions block certain frequencies.
On 80mhz I can select anything between 36 and 64, then 100 and 161.

Do you have this option selected for extended 5Ghz Spectrum?

 

[robj20]

Do you have this option selected for extended 5Ghz Spectrum?

No

 

[michty_me]

No

I think this is what was confusing me.
In the WiFi settings they show as available

In the settings of the U7 Pro, I can't select the channel I wanted from the drop down list.

Edit: So I've been looking at it wrong, I need to select the base channel that corresponds to the channel i want technically.

 

[Armageus]

Edit: So I've been looking at it wrong, I need to select the base channel that corresponds to the channel i want technically.

Was just about to say that - so e.g. for 106, you'd pick 100, which would use 100 through 112

 

[michty_me]

Was just about to say that - so e.g. for 106, you'd pick 100, which would use 100 through 112

That explains it better. Apologies for my stupidity everyone. Now trucking away nicely on my work laptop back on the 80Mhz channel width.

 

[ChrisD.]

Thanks, I'll get this turned off today. Is there anything else I should be looking to remove for a home setup?

Anything auto to do with WiFi, think there's a nightly one and something else, can't quite remember. Better off using a wifi scanner on your phone and figuring out what's best. The issue is, I think a lot of ISP supplied routers do this now as well, so what might work well one day might not work the next as next doors Eero or what other garbage they're using has switched channels.

 

[michty_me]

Anything auto to do with WiFi, think there's a nightly one and something else, can't quite remember. Better off using a wifi scanner on your phone and figuring out what's best. The issue is, I think a lot of ISP supplied routers do this now as well, so what might work well one day might not work the next as next doors Eero or what other garbage they're using has switched channels.

Great, thanks Chris. I shall give it a going over and see what's left.

 

[robj20]

Was just about to say that - so e.g. for 106, you'd pick 100, which would use 100 through 112

Yeah I'm not a fan of the way Unifi shows it in the settings.

Right now I have mine set to 149 (40mhz) and 100 (80mhz)
You'd expect it to show them as band 151 and band 106. I always get confused thinking about the bands as the MHz as well and think how is 100 to 112 80 MHz lol.

 

[robj20]

I think this is what was confusing me.
In the WiFi settings they show as available

In the settings of the U7 Pro, I can't select the channel I wanted from the drop down list.

Edit: So I've been looking at it wrong, I need to select the base channel that corresponds to the channel i want technically.

What page do you view that channel allocation on, your first picture?

 

[michty_me]

What page do you view that channel allocation on, your first picture?

Click settings at the bottom, then WiFi.

 

[robj20]

Click settings at the bottom, then WiFi.

Must need the webpage, I'm only on the app at the minute.

The new Flows section in insights is that what's being blocked. I have tons of stuff to one of the top Destinations is logs.netflix.com.
We don't even use netflix. Loads of beacons5.gvt.com.

I'm guessing so because in Regions China is second this month with 5,618 but I specifically blocked China?

 

[Simon D]

I just order my UCG-Fibre.

Before I order a new WiFi access points I better check if people seen any problems in mixing WiFi 7 with WiFi 6 access points I could keep the whole system on WiFi 6 and just buy a U6 in wall for the garage.

The plan was I was to replace the U6 Pro in the loft with a U7 Pro or maybe U7 Pro Max, buying U7 in wall access point or another U7 Pro/max if needed and moving the old U6 Pro to the garage for my solar/GivEnergy battery system/EV charger that requires WiFi that is running on a very old AC Pro.

I do have devices that run on 6E and WiFi 7 a mixture of Android Pixel 9 phones, tablets, Apple iPads, Macbooks Pro which would benefit going to WiFi 7 setup.

Thanks

Simon