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Robert · 6 Dec 2019 at 09:38

pioneer2000 said:
Interested to know this also. The alien is a suspiciously marketed... it's listed as a tri-band router in places but from the spec it sounds like the wifi5 and wifi6 5Ghz bands are actually connected to a dual band antenna array? So it's actually dual band?

Ubiquitis website shows a dedicated chip for WiFi 5 / 5ghz and a dedicated chip for WiFi 6 2.4 and 5

WJA96 · 6 Dec 2019 at 10:38

2.4GHz bgn
5GHz n
5GHz ac

AX isn’t a new band, it’s a different way of utilising all the bands already in use.

SimonR · 6 Dec 2019 at 11:32

If you are interested on how 802.11 ax differs from 802.11 ac there is a great paper here on it, that describes how they squeezed a quart into a pint pot - it is a bit technical but understandable - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327785405_A_Tutorial_on_IEEE_80211ax_High_Efficiency_WLANs

Snow-Munki · 8 Dec 2019 at 16:01

I’ve got a couple of the ac lite AP’s which works great.
However think my plusnet router is playing up and not assigning ip addresses anymore :mad:

what’s a good replacement router, don’t need WiFi obviously, and needs to work for fibre connection.

WJA96 · 8 Dec 2019 at 16:26

The UniFi option would be a UniFi Security Gateway but personally I’d probably use a Mikrotik RB4011.

Snow-Munki · 8 Dec 2019 at 16:31

Unless I’m mistaken that’s quite expensive?

looking to spend as little as possible as it will just be for dhcp and stable as possible.

reading up on it now and some ppl suggest pi hole ??

WJA96 · 8 Dec 2019 at 16:35

What about a BT HomeHub 6 (whatever the latest one is) - they’re cheap as chips.

neil_g · 8 Dec 2019 at 16:57

Snow-Munki said:
Unless I’m mistaken that’s quite expensive?

looking to spend as little as possible as it will just be for dhcp and stable as possible.

reading up on it now and some ppl suggest pi hole ??

Pihole isn't a router, just a dns based ad blocker.

Edgerouter isn't bad if you don't mind some options binding behind cli

Snow-Munki · 8 Dec 2019 at 18:10

Sorry wasn't being very clear, my mistake.

I meant to say, I could keep my plusnet router for now and just disable DNS/DHCP options. I have already disabled WIFI on it and using the Unifi APs.

So I just need 'something' which is low powered and easy to assign DHCP addresses.

Unless any other suggestions ? Cheap as possible though please

b0rn2sk8 · 8 Dec 2019 at 18:24

Just get something like a Home Hub 6 as already suggested.

ChrisD. · 9 Dec 2019 at 13:40

4.0.69 switch firmware has been recalled due to a DHCP issue. Those on the latest controller software will be offered a downgrade. I'm not having any issues so I may just leave it.

https://community.ui.com/questions/...0#answer/7135f739-6d53-4f5d-b66f-611960cd58b8

There was a regression in 4.0.67 until 4.0.73 which would block DHCP traffic over the 6th LAG interface. That was fixed in 4.0.73, but there are stability problems related to DHCP snooping in 4.0.73 which might spontaneously reboot switches. While that's being identified and resolved, the last safe stable version for all use cases is 4.0.66.

If you're on a newer version than that and not having any problems, then there's no need to downgrade.

DIABLO · 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04

Got lucky at work today, they decided to throw away 2x Unifi Switch 8 150w.... Needless to say i took them home. Is it normal for these to have a badly faded blue LED?

the-evaluator · 13 Dec 2019 at 06:35

I've got 3 US-8-150W's and the LEDs seem as bright as they were when the switches were brand new.

neil_g · 13 Dec 2019 at 10:15

DIABLO said:
Got lucky at work today, they decided to throw away 2x Unifi Switch 8 150w.... Needless to say i took them home. Is it normal for these to have a badly faded blue LED?

wouldnt be the first time ive heard of people complaining of unifi kit and faded led to be honest

DIABLO · 13 Dec 2019 at 10:17

When the LED is displaying white it’s as bright as you might expect but when it’s Blue it’s pretty dull. Other than that though the Switches work perfectly.

DIABLO · 13 Dec 2019 at 10:19

the-evaluator said:
I've got 3 US-8-150W's and the LEDs seem as bright as they were when the switches were brand new.

So pretty bright when displaying white and a lot less so when they are blue?

the-evaluator · 13 Dec 2019 at 10:30

Equal brightness I would say. I'll check later, I have an used US-8-150W which I'll plonk on top of a working one and see what the brightness of the LEDs are.

Simon42 · 13 Dec 2019 at 10:50

The blue LEDs on my various 2 to 3 year old kit are definitely a lot dimmer and colour is off compared to more recent purchases in the last year. Not surprising for an LED (especially blue) if left on 24 x 7.

DIABLO · 13 Dec 2019 at 11:00

Simon42 said:
The blue LEDs on my various 2 to 3 year old kit are definitely a lot dimmer and colour is off compared to more recent purchases in the last year. Not surprising for an LED (especially blue) if left on 24 x 7.

Yeah these are at least 2 years old and as you said they have been on 24/7 as far as i know. And yes i've read before that Blue LED age faster than any other colour. I should probably switch the LED off and save it's life for when it's needed.

robj20 · 13 Dec 2019 at 18:50

So my AC Pro seems to have died. No WiFi, no lights on the access point.
Light on the injector lit up fine, tried different cable nothing.
Luckily for it from somewhere that instantly have me a refund and sent me a shipping label.

Nearly 2 years old so good service. Disappointed in this so called pro equipment.

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