Be careful with the GivEnergy inverter. My Gen 3 5kW hybrid inverter only supports WPA2 so I had to disable the 6GHz band in order to select WPA2-only.
I’m now using a powerline adapter instead.
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Be careful with the GivEnergy inverter. My Gen 3 5kW hybrid inverter only supports WPA2 so I had to disable the 6GHz band in order to select WPA2-only.
I’m now using a powerline adapter instead.
That's an issue with most IoT devices. WPA3 came with WiFi 6, its been a thing for a while.
Turn 2.4GHz off on your main SSID that things like your laptop are connected to. Make a 2.4GHz-only IoT SSID and put the old things on that.
You really have no need for a network that is only going to have modern devices on it having the 2.4GHz band still enabled.
You really have no need for a network that is only going to have modern devices on it having the 2.4GHz band still enabled.
Just pointing it out because it’s the only device that couldn’t connect when the router was set to WPA2/WPA3.
Yes I found that I had to lock the GivEnergy WiFi dongles to the garage Access Point as it kept moving to different AP in the house and losing signal. I will also look into creating a separate 2.4Ghz network for IoT devices.
I may leave the U6 Pro in the loft, add a U6 in Wall with 4 Data-out: GbE RJ45 ports to the garage as it these units handles better Ambient Operating Temperature and use U7 Pro Walls on desk stands in parts of the house for devices that require WiFi 7
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I was considering it, but I haven't even used the G5 yet, still sat in a box in the loft.
Yes got one to swap out at home.
I'm looking for one G5 Ultra so if anyone puts one on the MM, I would be interested.
Has anyone grabbed a U7-LR yet?
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I was just about to hit buy on a U7 Lite when this popped up on the store unannounced (or at least I hadn't seen it before so I assume it's new). I was planning on sticking it on the wall above the stairs - we have a U-shaped staircase so I'm thinking that positioning will allow it to blast it's Wi-Fi goodness horizontally across both floors quite effectively rather than have it radiating downwards through a floor. The U7-UDR is at the opposite end of the house.
Any reason to not get this over a U7 Lite for the extra £55? 3x3 on the 5Ghz seems a slightly strange choice. I'd have loved a Wi-fi 7 AP that dropped the 6Ghz in favour of 4x4 on the 5Ghz, at a sensible price. Or should I stop being a tight-wad and just get a U7 Pro XGS because it'll be worth the extra (extortionate) cost?
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Compact, ceiling-mount WiFi 7 AP with 5 spatial streams and extended signal range.
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I was just about to hit buy on a U7 Lite when this popped up on the store unannounced (or at least I hadn't seen it before so I assume it's new). I was planning on sticking it on the wall above the stairs - we have a U-shaped staircase so I'm thinking that positioning will allow it to blast it's Wi-Fi goodness horizontally across both floors quite effectively rather than have it radiating downwards through a floor. The U7-UDR is at the opposite end of the house.
Any reason to not get this over a U7 Lite for the extra £55? 3x3 on the 5Ghz seems a slightly strange choice. I'd have loved a Wi-fi 7 AP that dropped the 6Ghz in favour of 4x4 on the 5Ghz, at a sensible price. Or should I stop being a tight-wad and just get a U7 Pro XGS because it'll be worth the extra (extortionate) cost?
Do the cameras come with a mounting junction box similar to Hikvision or is that an added extra?
Extra. I just go straight through the wall 20mm hole lined with 20mm conduit. Cable fits through perfectly.
Thanks, I'll look at doing similar then.
If I had the WAN port of a Unifi gateway connected to the LAN port of an upstream Unifi gateway (providing internet to tenants scenario), would I need to do anything special with the firewall rules to prevent the tenants kit attempting to be adopted on the primary controller or vice versa? Or is the fact that it's only connected to other Unifi stuff on a WAN interface enough to stop it trying?
Tenants kit as in UniFi kit? Yes, I think you'd need to block their adoption/stun ports from reaching the upstream gateway, otherwise they might show up.