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dl8860 · 25 Oct 2021 at 12:28

sandys said:
That is how it works, you don't need modem mode, it just means you will have two dhcp servers, one in the sky hub that only serves the AX3, but you must only use the sky hub for that device, disable wifi on sky hub and don'y plug any other devices to it unless you want two separate networks.

This method worked fine for me.

Followed this advice and it's working nicely, so thank you. Hoping that the doubt NAT issue never rears it's head.

Main router + 2 more mesh nodes covers the house with minimum 20Mbps and my actual wired speed at the wall is 37Mbps, so I'm happy.

Now just need to get a wired connection over to the external home office...

sandys · 25 Oct 2021 at 13:26

dl8860 said:
Followed this advice and it's working nicely, so thank you. Hoping that the doubt NAT issue never rears it's head.

Great glad to hear it's up and running double nat never caused me a single problem.

dl8860 said:
Main router + 2 more mesh nodes covers the house with minimum 20Mbps and my actual wired speed at the wall is 37Mbps, so I'm happy.

I assume that is just wifi meshed as with wired backhaul you should get your full line speed, obviously on wifi with 2x2 there's a lot of traffic relaying so there will be a bit of loss, I'd have expected more but it's wifi is very location dependent and every ones house is different.

dl8860 said:
Now just need to get a wired connection over to the external home office...

With such low bandwidth requirements you might find a satellite can do it, mine works to detached garage 10m at bottom of garden. Obviously wired is always better though.

I get about 1 to 5mb from house but turn on a satellite in the garage and it's 60 to 160.

dl8860 · 25 Oct 2021 at 14:05

sandys said:
Great glad to hear it's up and running double nat never caused me a single problem.

I assume that is just wifi meshed as with wired backhaul you should get your full line speed, obviously on wifi with 2x2 there's a lot of traffic relaying so there will be a bit of loss, I'd have expected more but it's wifi is very location dependent and every ones house is different.

With such low bandwidth requirements you might find a satellite can do it, mine works to detached garage 10m at bottom of garden. Obviously wired is always better though.

I get about 1 to 5mb from house but turn on a satellite in the garage and it's 60 to 160.

Would love to do wired backhaul but it's a very old house with either very solid walls (blocking wifi) or timber frame (pain in the bum to wire up then make good/unsightly to run cable). So I'm pretty satisfied with current arrangment for 90 quid outlay and no cables run.

By satellite do you mean another mesh node? It definitely won't reach due to the walls and location of routers inside the house. I want wired speeds in there anyway.

Did look at wireless wire for getting connection to office but that will require some wiring up anyway to get ethernet to exterior of house and from exterior of office to the inside for an AP so I figure the cable between those two points isn't that tricky anyway.

ChrisD. · 26 Oct 2021 at 20:12

What sort of settings and speeds are people with a nanoHD getting?

Also, I live in a two story new build. I have just moved the AP to the top (first) floor, is it completely pointless in putting one on the first floor? I seem to be maxing out at 300 Mbps at the moment.

WJA96 · 26 Oct 2021 at 21:36

ChrisD. said:
What sort of settings and speeds are people with a nanoHD getting?

Also, I live in a two story new build. I have just moved the AP to the top (first) floor, is it completely pointless in putting one on the first floor? I seem to be maxing out at 300 Mbps at the moment.

550-700Mbps should be feasible with a 4x4 client IF you don’t have any 2x3 or 3x3 clients driving the overall speed down.

ChrisD. · 26 Oct 2021 at 21:38

I'm actually seeing 450 Mbps downstairs, I'd forgotten the mrs was watching Netflix on the Apple TV which I haven't yet cabled in so that was using WiFi. I guess I can tweak that somewhat and make it better, will have a look at some point.

WJA96 · 26 Oct 2021 at 21:42

ChrisD. said:
I'm actually seeing 450 Mbps downstairs, I'd forgotten the mrs was watching Netflix on the Apple TV which I haven't yet cabled in so that was using WiFi. I guess I can tweak that somewhat and make it better, will have a look at some point.

The issue is the AP has to handle 2x2 clients so it almost defaults to running a pair of 2x2 connections or even 2 1x1 connections and a 2x2 connection. The headline advertised throughputs require an almost sterile WLAN environment with a single 4x4 client. 450Mbps is pretty decent.

simo182 · 27 Oct 2021 at 09:30

Not sure if I’m being daft here… but I upgraded my iPhone and now when I open the UniFi app and try to log into my NanoHD, I can’t log in. Says the information will be saved in the device I set it up with (it’s a standalone).

Tried a few combinations of what I would think it is, only ones saved to my keychain are for the website.

Do I have to do a factory reset to get access and set it up again?

Cheers

WJA96 · 27 Oct 2021 at 10:01

simo182 said:
Not sure if I’m being daft here… but I upgraded my iPhone and now when I open the UniFi app and try to log into my NanoHD, I can’t log in. Says the information will be saved in the device I set it up with (it’s a standalone).

Tried a few combinations of what I would think it is, only ones saved to my keychain are for the website.

Do I have to do a factory reset to get access and set it up again?

Cheers

So you’ve forgotten your login credentials, correct?

simo182 · 27 Oct 2021 at 10:09

Pretty much. Just relied on FaceID and it being auto filled.

Yaayuh! · 27 Oct 2021 at 10:10

simo182 said:
Not sure if I’m being daft here… but I upgraded my iPhone and now when I open the UniFi app and try to log into my NanoHD, I can’t log in. Says the information will be saved in the device I set it up with (it’s a standalone).

Tried a few combinations of what I would think it is, only ones saved to my keychain are for the website.

Do I have to do a factory reset to get access and set it up again?

Cheers

Most likely, yes.

When you set up an AP standalone using the app, you should note down the device credentials. Usually "admin" and some auto generated password IIRC.

WJA96 · 27 Oct 2021 at 10:29

simo182 said:
Pretty much. Just relied on FaceID and it being auto filled.

In that case then go to account.ui.com and use the forgot password option to reset it.

simo182 · 27 Oct 2021 at 11:08

WJA96 said:
In that case then go to account.ui.com and use the forgot password option to reset it.

I can log in fine there. It’s the access to the AP via the app that isn’t working.

simo182 · 27 Oct 2021 at 11:14

Yaayuh! said:
Most likely, yes.

When you set up an AP standalone using the app, you should note down the device credentials. Usually "admin" and some auto generated password IIRC.

Yeah I’ll be doing that going forward. Just assumed that it would carry over onto the new device like everything else.

WJA96 · 27 Oct 2021 at 11:23

simo182 said:
I can log in fine there. It’s the access to the AP via the app that isn’t working.

In that case then it's a hardware reset I'm afraid.

simo182 · 27 Oct 2021 at 11:43

WJA96 said:
In that case then it's a hardware reset I'm afraid.

Ok cheers!
Will need to wait until kids and wife go to bed.

b-r0ck · 27 Oct 2021 at 12:50

Switch: USW-LITE-16-POE
APs: 2x AP-6-LITE, 2x UAP-IW-HD

...and 30mbps broadband. Tempted to try out 4G broadband. Get well over 100mbps from EE, but worried about data limits. Any thoughts?

WJA96 · 27 Oct 2021 at 13:22

brodlum said:
Switch: USW-LITE-16-POE
APs: 2x AP-6-LITE, 2x UAP-IW-HD

...and 30mbps broadband. Tempted to try out 4G broadband. Get well over 100mbps from EE, but worried about data limits. Any thoughts?

What you get on your phone and what you get from a 4G enabled router are very often different. I'd post in the 4G/5G thread for more informed advice.

b-r0ck · 27 Oct 2021 at 13:41

WJA96 said:
What you get on your phone and what you get from a 4G enabled router are very often different. I'd post in the 4G/5G thread for more informed advice.

Yeah, I'm keeping that in mind for sure. We would be looking to purchase a relatively beefy dedicated antenna for it, which should help. Still trying to work out how many years away fibre is to our door – we have a fibre-connected cabinet literally opposite our driveway as if just to antagonise us.

WJA96 · 27 Oct 2021 at 18:56

brodlum said:
Yeah, I'm keeping that in mind for sure. We would be looking to purchase a relatively beefy dedicated antenna for it, which should help. Still trying to work out how many years away fibre is to our door – we have a fibre-connected cabinet literally opposite our driveway as if just to antagonise us.

Despite stating that they don’t mess about with the speeds, measure your download speed, then try tethering your phone to a PC and test the speed. It’s slower. Often a LOT slower. Then if you attach a non-phone IMEI directly to the network it can be slower again. They know precisely what devices you have attached and they count hops and all sorts of tricks to ease the load on their cell.

A ‘beefy’ dedicated antenna won’t necessarily help, especially a passive antenna because you’ll hear very well, but you won’t be able to shout back loud enough for the cell to hear you. And you could install a second 30Mbps circuit for the cost of a decent 4G/5G router, antenna, SIM charges and installation.

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