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I have the 2.4G on a seperate SSID to 5G anyway so not really a problem
The guest network tick box is gone from wireless settings in the latest controller you need to do it in networks now.
You should RSSI rather than output power. Radios -> Pick your radio -> Advanced Settings -> set RSSI to a lower -ve number so if it’s currently -90dBi set it to -60dBi and it’ll boot the client off much quicker so it finds a stronger signal.
Im also seeing some recommendations around VHT values - please read up on what this does because if you force channel aggregation to can completely kill some clients.
Definitely DON’T use Auto for channels - it doesn’t work. If you have two access points in a detached house, set them on 1 and 11, VHT40 for 2.4GHz clients medium power RSSI -60dBi and soft kick enabled.
For 5GHz use channel 36 and 48 and VHT40 or VHT80 if ALL your clients are 3x3 (they aren’t so use VHT40). If it’s a big house use High power, RSSI set somewhere between -55dBi and -70dBi and move it lower if your clients don’t swap access points as much as you’d like. I regularly do home installs with an AP-AC-InwallHD in every room and UAP-AC-HDNano in the hallways and landings and we set the RSSI to -40dBi so the clients are switching from room to room. Unnecessary? Yes, but if you want to know EXACTLY where your kids are, very handy in a massive home.
Ah yes, forgot about RSSI as well, yup I tuned that as well, was quite a while ago when I did my install 
Agreed on the channel setting, I never use auto, better to scan and see which is best suited, I tend to stick with lower channel width too, especially on 2.4g as its normally so congested.
Agreed on the channel setting, I never use auto, better to scan and see which is best suited, I tend to stick with lower channel width too, especially on 2.4g as its normally so congested.
I always use VHT 20 for 2.4GHz and channels (where suitable) of 1, 6 and 11.
I’ve never really found VHT 40 worth it for the devices using 2.4GHz and usually gives a worse experience with interference/congestion. Most 2.4GHz devices don’t really benefit much from any speed benefits you’d get with VHT 40.
It’s all very much environment dictated though, to be fair.
As for RSSI, it really depends on your use, AP locations and device types. I find a lot of static “smart devices” can switch between APs and be on one that’s clearly worse, it’s a bit dumb, so tuning RSSI for 2.4GHz can really help here.
I’ve never really found VHT 40 worth it for the devices using 2.4GHz and usually gives a worse experience with interference/congestion. Most 2.4GHz devices don’t really benefit much from any speed benefits you’d get with VHT 40.
It’s all very much environment dictated though, to be fair.
As for RSSI, it really depends on your use, AP locations and device types. I find a lot of static “smart devices” can switch between APs and be on one that’s clearly worse, it’s a bit dumb, so tuning RSSI for 2.4GHz can really help here.
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Can you still ping them when they're showing as disconnected? Can you SSH into them when they're disconnected? If you can, can you grab the output of the info command.
About to move to FTTP, I'm trialling the GB package but will downgrade to 600/600 once the offer ends as I've no legitimate need for GB.
Will my USG handle this? I'm thinking in the future of upgrading to the all in one once its mature but with DPI the USG is capped at 80MB iirc?
Will my USG handle this? I'm thinking in the future of upgrading to the all in one once its mature but with DPI the USG is capped at 80MB iirc?
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As long as you don't have IDS/IPS enabled then it'll handle it fine, I'm using a USG-3P on my 900Mbps FTTP package and it's working fine.
DPI is just as unreliable with a 1Gbps connection as a 10Mbps connection.
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DPI is a nice idea, but the stats it generates are all over the place.
What features are you missing on your surveillance system?
Up high sounds great but actually all you see is the top of people's heads. What you actually want to see is faces and for that you want to be at 3-4m. Anything over that and you just don't see anything usable.
Switch Flex is rapidly getting itself a BAD reputation for not working as advertised. And you need an 802.3bt PoE switch to power all the ports on the Flex - so that's probably not a great idea. You can get 2 US-8-60W for the price of the US-8-150W and that will give you better flexibility as well. And they're rock-solid stable. Also look out for the new Unifi Switch Lite 8 PoE, but as it's new it will probably be buggier than an ant-hill.
The only thing that would make a noise is the HDD - no fans in that unit. It is near as darn it silent even with the HDD running full-chat. And unless you're REALLY masochistic I'd bodyswerve Protect at the moment. It's just flakier than pastry. A Cloud Key Gen2 is a bit cheaper and has the battery shut-down so I'd probably get one of those instead.
The G4 Pro is 4K and it has a decent zoom but manual zoom is really only useful for framing the final image or if you can't get as close to the surveillance area as you'd like. Realistically you can't monitor it constantly and zoom in when you want, so I'm going to say no. In fact, I'm going to say no to any of the Protect cameras. They lock you into the Unifi ecosystem and they're B&W at night. Dahua Full Color and Hikvision ColorVu are both full colour night vision options and the latest Dahua 4K TiOC cameras are pretty stunning although the 5MP is good enough for most purposes. Couple that to a Synology NAS running Surveillance Station and you'll be a lot happier - and have a NAS as well.
Thanks for the reply.
My current system works but it's limited in quality and flexibility (if I want to add more cameras etc) so I was just looking for something a bit more up to date.
You've kind of put me off the whole idea. I've been looking at other Ubiquity solutions too, including things like the Dream Machine and all I see is reports of issues, controller updates breaking things, stuff perpetually in beta etc etc. Their actual Wifi APs seem solid enough but everything else seems to have issues.
They’re great (but expensive) and they only work with UniFi Video (now EoL) or Protect. They’re not ONVIF, they’re specific to UniFi.
The base UniFi Dream Machine is solid, it’s the UDM Pro that’s a duffer. My ‘source’ tells me the UDM Pro will be discontinued once the UXG is launched.
Depending on what your cameras are an XVR or NVR upgrade could solve lot of your problems. The new AI ones do all the processing on the XVR/ NVR so you can get all the fancy features (face detection, Smart Motion Detection, even facial recognition) on your old cameras.
I think I quite liked the idea of replacing my routing, Wifi and CCTV with a homogenous system.
And just having something new to play with of course