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Orcvader said:
Any places I need to check?

Under Settings -> WiFi -> Nightly Channel Optimization it's already set to off.

On the access point settings themselves the channels are fixed, it's not on auto. Optimization is also off there as well.
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Which controller version are you looking n?
 
Just an update to this. When it happened again, a little more troubleshooting, it's not the 5GHz actually moving to a super high channel, but actually getting stuck when a radar event happens. Updated to 6.5.62 and my AC Pro now behaves again, so it was indeed a firmware problem, not a setting I missed out in the controller.
 
Been offered a full refund by the original retailer of the U6-Pro due to the shield cable warning. I heard a couple of people had they replaced my Unifi so I logged a call, they advised to contract the original retailer and they've just refunded the amount. No offer of a replacement, not a prob as I'd rather buy direct these days.. I might order another, but equally will prob press my U6-Lite back into service for now. I've got a U6-Lite, U6-IW sat on the office shelf. They were both going to be sold on as a consolidation / clearout.

Equally mulling looking at the U6+
 
Mikey said:
No offer of a replacement, not a prob as I'd rather buy direct these days..
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I got my stuff from a supplier, to this day I am faced with replacing the power jack with an English made one because the switch function on the Power Jack seems to have failed.
IE just becaus.. doesn't always mean better or maybe I am just unlucky. Either way I used another supplier and got a free POE Injector which now solves said problem.
 
Morning folks, looking for a bit of advice.

We live in a modern 2 story 4 bedroom house. Up until mid last year we did ok with Wifi as an AP/Mesh point in the study downstairs in one corner and another in the kitchen in the opposite corner would provide pretty decent coverage for all the device (5 people phones, TVs , Ipads, laptops, streaming, ring cameras etc etc) with the 80Mbps FTTC. We had laminate flooring installed upstair and the installer used a metal backed foam underlay which did an amazing job of wiping out the signal upstairs.

I've moved to Eero and currently have 4 of the 6 Pro APs deployed around the house, 2 downstairs and 2 upstairs and these do a pretty decent job of covering the house with good speeds when we had FTTC. We've moved to 500Mbps FTTP and also ran some cables, into the study and into 2 bedrooms upstairs on opposite corners to a switch in the roof and use those to deliver ethernet connections for the backhaul to the Eero's upstairs, the one in the kitchen is still using wifi for its backhaul. Upstairs we get the full 500Mbps kitchen around 400 and the rest of the house between 400-500 so pretty decent coverage.

I've been talking with my Stepson and we'e been looking for other solutions which offer more options for configuring and managing the network.

We've been thinking of using a UDR in the study as the router and AP for that corner, then possibly a U6 Mesh in the kitchen using Wifi meshing for that side of the house, then U6 mesh in the bedrooms, but wondered about using a U6 Pro mounted on the ceiling upstairs in the hall instead of the U6 Mesh's in the 2 bedrooms. The switch in the roof would also be replaced with a POE switch.

Wondered what people thought between the 2 mesh v u6 Pro
 
I've got a UDM-SE and a NanoHD.

If I stand directly below the NanoHD and run a speedtest to the UDM-SE via wifiman app and my Pixel 7 I get the following.



Is that reasonable or is there room for improvement?
 
Dream network house starting to come together a little. Found a cable fitter who was much more willing to explain the process and prices, quoted £125 per run suggesting a few cables for each run. A fair bit less then the nearly £4k one other company quoted.

I still need to buy a UDM SE*, 2 cameras (G4 or G5 bullets) and the RJ45 cable (solid core, CAT6/6A right?), a shelf I can screw to a wall to house everything and possibly a patch panel. As long as I can get the CCTV sorted, the wife is generally onboard :D.

I'll run the fibre from the ground floor living room via RJ45 to the utility/network room. A run from there to the TV/media area in the kitchen. A run each to the ceilings of the hallways on each floor - for the APs. A run to one of the bedrooms upstairs. A run each to the front and back of the house externally, for the cameras.

*Scouring Facebook Marketplace for a decent secondhand one but I think that's unlikely and looks like I can get £150(ish) for my UDM.
 
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J1nxy said:
Morning folks, looking for a bit of advice.

We live in a modern 2 story 4 bedroom house. Up until mid last year we did ok with Wifi as an AP/Mesh point in the study downstairs in one corner and another in the kitchen in the opposite corner would provide pretty decent coverage for all the device (5 people phones, TVs , Ipads, laptops, streaming, ring cameras etc etc) with the 80Mbps FTTC. We had laminate flooring installed upstair and the installer used a metal backed foam underlay which did an amazing job of wiping out the signal upstairs.

I've moved to Eero and currently have 4 of the 6 Pro APs deployed around the house, 2 downstairs and 2 upstairs and these do a pretty decent job of covering the house with good speeds when we had FTTC. We've moved to 500Mbps FTTP and also ran some cables, into the study and into 2 bedrooms upstairs on opposite corners to a switch in the roof and use those to deliver ethernet connections for the backhaul to the Eero's upstairs, the one in the kitchen is still using wifi for its backhaul. Upstairs we get the full 500Mbps kitchen around 400 and the rest of the house between 400-500 so pretty decent coverage.

I've been talking with my Stepson and we'e been looking for other solutions which offer more options for configuring and managing the network.

We've been thinking of using a UDR in the study as the router and AP for that corner, then possibly a U6 Mesh in the kitchen using Wifi meshing for that side of the house, then U6 mesh in the bedrooms, but wondered about using a U6 Pro mounted on the ceiling upstairs in the hall instead of the U6 Mesh's in the 2 bedrooms. The switch in the roof would also be replaced with a POE switch.

Wondered what people thought between the 2 mesh v u6 Pro
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You may as well run hard wired cables mate if you are having to have loads of Wi-Fi devices around the house and you probably could have done so before putting up new laminated floors!
 
jonneymendoza said:
Throw in om3 fibre LC to LC cables for good measures. They are very good!
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Why fibre optic cables?

Edit - a follow up question. My wife is interested in a smart doorbell and like with our CCTV, don't want a cloud-based one or anything with a subscription. A Unifi doorbell seems a good place to start, the issue surrounds her mother - we need it to just work, no faffing.

I was thinking a cheap tablet for the kitchen with whatever app runs it constantly running and maybe notifications to her iPhone/iPad when she's not in the kitchen. Assume that's all dooable on Unifi Protect with a tech-shy mother-in-law?
 
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jonneymendoza said:
You may as well run hard wired cables mate if you are having to have loads of Wi-Fi devices around the house and you probably could have done so before putting up new laminated floors!
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I have run cables, we have them them in the study down stairs and in 2 of the bedrooms. With that the coverage is good throughout the house, it was more a question of would a u6 Pro be a better option ceiling mounted than the 2 x 6 Mesh points located and cabled in each corner of the house.
 
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