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Mikey said:
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KLEIN TOOLS VDV501-851 Scout Pro 3 Cable Tester?
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501-915 - should be £200-ish
 
I have got some unifi equipment that i longer need/use (change of home)

my question: Am i allowed to ask for guide prices on here to what they are worth or is that against forum etiquette?
 
Hhhhmmm not sure what's going on. The AP was in port 6 which seemed to only run at FE. Moved it to 7, still FE. Moved it to 5, which was showing as GBe earlier and the AP in it also ran at GbE. But now my WAN port is operating at FE. Something up with thr UDM SE maybe?



Edit - manually changing the WAN port to GbE kicked into action. Now at full speed.

Edit - plugging one device/cable back in at a time. Now at GbE for the AP and WAN.

Edit - confused and happy. All working now but the WAN port stopped again, albeit briefly. It feels like something is loose.

Question - can you have Unifi protect as a limited user? Need to add it to my wife and mother-in-law's phone for the doorbell but don't want them to have full/admin access. Edit - never mind, family now set up on Unifi Protect.
 
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No issues overnight. The houses we've been in must have extra think walls/interference, as I've seen many say the likes of 1 U6-Pro will cover a large house. Upstairs where the AP is, you'll be getting into the hundreds of Mbps. Downstairs seems to be between 100-200Mbps and just like my old place, it drops like a stone in the garden (30-50Mbps). This was a quick test though and I haven't fiddled with power levels or channels but think it's on auto channel optimisation by default.

I've put the WD Purple in the UDM SE, got a bunch of record, camera and motion settings to sort out at the weekend. The 6U rack and UDM SE are under the stairs (did a deep clean for dust last night) and temps seem fine, will keep an eye with dust and sort out ventilation. And my wife and mother-in-law are set up with Unifi Protect on their phones, just need to get a tablet for the kitchen we can attach to the walls so my mother-in-law can easily glance who is at the door instead of get her phone which is never on her person :p.

Future upgrades will be the 10GB aggregation switch and I might chunk in a NAS or backup into the network. I know Unifi can have their ups and downs but been very impressed with how it all connects and easy setup process (bar whatever shenanigans happened last night).

Next up - getting around CGNAT for my Emby server.
 
doodah said:
No issues overnight. The houses we've been in must have extra think walls/interference, as I've seen many say the likes of 1 U6-Pro will cover a large house. Upstairs where the AP is, you'll be getting into the hundreds of Mbps. Downstairs seems to be between 100-200Mbps and just like my old place, it drops like a stone in the garden (30-50Mbps). This was a quick test though and I haven't fiddled with power levels or channels but think it's on auto channel optimisation by default.

I've put the WD Purple in the UDM SE, got a bunch of record, camera and motion settings to sort out at the weekend. The 6U rack and UDM SE are under the stairs (did a deep clean for dust last night) and temps seem fine, will keep an eye with dust and sort out ventilation. And my wife and mother-in-law are set up with Unifi Protect on their phones, just need to get a tablet for the kitchen we can attach to the walls so my mother-in-law can easily glance who is at the door instead of get her phone which is never on her person :p.

Future upgrades will be the 10GB aggregation switch and I might chunk in a NAS or backup into the network. I know Unifi can have their ups and downs but been very impressed with how it all connects and easy setup process (bar whatever shenanigans happened last night).

Next up - getting around CGNAT for my Emby server.
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UBNT state no more than one wall or floor between the client and the access point. If you’re unlucky and the house you’re in has metallised plasterboard walls then you will see radical reductions in signal strength. That’s why installers do site surveys before they do the network layouts. In general, in the UK, a single access point over the stairwell will indeed cover the inside of the whole property but not the garden. You generally do need to add an external access point for good coverage outdoors.
 
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WJA96 said:
UBNT state no more than one wall or floor between the client and the access point. If you’re unlucky and the house you’re in has metallised plasterboard walls then you will see radical reductions in signal strength. That’s why installers do site surveys before they do the network layouts. In general, in the UK, a single access point over the stairwell will indeed cover the inside of the whole property but not the garden. You generally do need to add an external access point for good coverage outdoors.
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Agree with this and this is generally my setup, I'm looking to add an AP to a ceiling downstairs when the ceilings are skimmed etc. I have U6-Pro, outdooor AP and FlexHD at mo. Just sold U6-Lite, U6+ and U6-IW not in use. Boxed and not really used. So U6+ downstairs.

What software are you using for site survey, netspot?
 
Thanks, I'm on the fence about installing an additional AP for the garden. For now it will do especially as winter is around the corner. Maybe if we do up the shed and summer hits, might extend with a small outdoor WiFi 6 AP.
 
Mikey said:
Agree with this and this is generally my setup, I'm looking to add an AP to a ceiling downstairs when the ceilings are skimmed etc. I have U6-Pro, outdooor AP and FlexHD at mo. Just sold U6-Lite, U6+ and U6-IW not in use. Boxed and not really used. So U6+ downstairs.

What software are you using for site survey, netspot?
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Metageek Chanalyser with their custom hardware. I think it’s basically a WiFi Pineapple :)
 
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WJA96 said:
Metageek Chanalyser with their custom hardware. I think it’s basically a WiFi Pineapple :)
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That looks much better software than last time i looked into this for work good few years ago. Spicy price for home though $500.

I see people sll recommending th u6 pro over the others but dont see the reasons..
 
doodah said:
Hhhhmmm not sure what's going on. The AP was in port 6 which seemed to only run at FE. Moved it to 7, still FE. Moved it to 5, which was showing as GBe earlier and the AP in it also ran at GbE. But now my WAN port is operating at FE. Something up with thr UDM SE maybe?
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What firmware is it on?

I've never had any link negotiation issues with any UniFi device except for my loft switch which I think is due to some dodgy SFPs I have.
 
img said:
I see people sll recommending th u6 pro over the others but dont see the reasons..
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A bit Smaller and a bit cheaper than an LR while only sacrificing some 2.4ghz throughput. Seems pretty clear to me.

Given you are going as far as putting dedicated access points in, it's fair to say you are probably covering everywhere you need with 5ghz so it's lower 2.4ghz throughput is not so much of an issue.
 
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img said:
That looks much better software than last time i looked into this for work good few years ago. Spicy price for home though $500.

I see people sll recommending th u6 pro over the others but dont see the reasons..
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It’s “pro”. On paper it’s cheaper than the U6-LR or the U6-Mesh or the U6-IW but it’s only 2x2 on the 2.4GHz band. In reality, most WiFi devices in the home are still 1x1 2.4GHz and not WiFi6 but try telling that to people…
 
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In reality, most WiFi devices in the home are still 1x1 2.4GHz and not WiFi6 but try telling that to people…
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Context is everything, yes IoT stuff is likely 1x1 2.4ghz but on the vast majority of those devices the bandwidth is almost irrelevant.

Everything where speed matters, (e.g. laptops, consoles, phones, tablets, TV's etc) have almost all had 5ghz for nearly a decade at this point and you aren't going to want them hanging around on 2.4ghz if you can avoid it.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Context is everything, yes IoT stuff is likely 1x1 2.4ghz but on the vast majority of those devices the bandwidth is almost irrelevant.

Everything where speed matters, (e.g. laptops, consoles, phones, tablets, TV's etc) have almost all had 5ghz for nearly a decade at this point and you aren't going to want them hanging around on 2.4ghz if you can avoid it.
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Bandwidth isn’t relevant but simultaneous connections is. OFDMA helps enormously but 4x4 on 2.4GHz is radically better than 2x2 in most homes.
 
Does anyone know if seamless roaming will still work if I replace one of my UniFi AC Lite with U6-Enterprise.?
So I will have U6-Enterprise at one end of my flat and AC Lite at the other.?
I really need our phones to switch seamlessly between the two without dropping connection for calls etc.
Thanks.
 
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z10m said:
Does anyone know if seamless roaming will still work if I replace one of my UniFi AC Lite with U6-Enterprise.?
So I will have U6-Enterprise at one end of my flat and AC Lite at the other.?
I really need our phones to switch seamlessly between the two without dropping connection for calls etc.
Thanks.
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Yes, they will roam but it’s not possible to switch radios without some signal interruption, so you might get a click or a moment of silence. It is buffered, but you cannot guarantee no loss of signal. It’s like driving in the car and switching base stations on your mobile phone. It works, but it’s not always perfect.
 
WJA96 said:
Yes, they will roam but it’s not possible to switch radios without some signal interruption, so you might get a click or a moment of silence. It is buffered, but you cannot guarantee no loss of signal. It’s like driving in the car and switching base stations on your mobile phone. It works, but it’s not always perfect.
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Oh yeah that’s not a problem as long as it doesn’t drop a call.
Will look for one at best price, don’t think enterprise devices will get Black Friday price drops.
Thanks.
 
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