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[robj20]

I have an 18U rack in the garage with my NAS and homelab kit in. It could theoretically house my UniFi gear in the same spot in the house but I was having heat issues with the cupboard door closed. Having the door open lost me wife points. Plus it wasn't particularly easy to get around the back of it.

I haven't really considered heat to be honest, I could have it in the garage but dust might be an issue as would extending a lot of cables.
It's in the under stairs cupboard at the minute, NAS just on the floor beside a 6u cabinet.

Maybe multiple locations is a good idea.
Cables being short means the patch panel and switch are best in that location, but then I could have my DM SE and NAS in the garage connected to the switch with a 10GB DAC.
The hardware that's more likely to need messing with is then easier to access in the garage as well.

 

[platypus]

Boy oh boy it works. And its so simple!

 

[doodah]

It's on my to-do list (PPSK), seems a decent feature.

 

[platypus]

It's on my to-do list (PPSK), seems a decent feature.

The only thing I can't bring myself to do is change all my sonos speakers to using a psk.

The software is awful and it always takes two hundred times longer than it should .

 

[ElliorR]

The only thing I can't bring myself to do is change all my sonos speakers to using a psk.

The software is awful and it always takes two hundred times longer than it should .

Sky Stream WiFi password entry has been implemented so poorly it's painful.

 

[robj20]

It's on my to-do list (PPSK), seems a decent feature.

Been so long since I set mine up. What's ppsk and how do I check if I'm using it or not.
Never mind, I have two separate SSIDs anyway for my VLANs IOT and a full access one.

 

[ChrisD.]

Been so long since I set mine up. What's ppsk and how do I check if I'm using it or not.
Never mind, I have two separate SSIDs anyway for my VLANs IOT and a full access one.

One SSID, multiple VLANs. The WLAN password used defines the VLAN the client goes one. Read back earlier posts from today.

 

[platypus]

Been so long since I set mine up. What's ppsk and how do I check if I'm using it or not.
Never mind, I have two separate SSIDs anyway for my VLANs IOT and a full access one.

I've just moved my entire wireless network over onto one SSID. Thats 6 vlans down into one.

It took me <10 minutes. Would recommend.

*Still not counting Sonos .

And not only is it really easy, its more secure. There's no real reason not to do it I would say, unless you desperately need WPA3 or 6GhZ which is Wifi 7 - (not Wifi6! thats supported). I think its not yet supported.

 

[Armageus]

If you aren't already, use pre shared keys for wireless. One SSID, and the password defines which VLAN the client goes on.

UniFi - How to setup Private Pre-Shared Keys (PPSK) | HostiFi Help Center

Learn how to setup Private Pre-Shared Keys (PPSK) within the UniFi Controller

support.hostifi.com

Not sure if that's what VLAN magic does in the background, I haven't looked into it.

Another thanks for this - just in the process of streamlining our work Unifi wifi, and setting up some additional Customer VLANs. This will be ideal

 

[ChrisD.]

Glad I made the move to a standalone NVR, the way the UDM-SE was mounted before meant the 8TB HDD in it make a right racket. I now have 4x 1TB NAS SSDs in the NVR, as well as being silent, scrolling footage/detections etc and Protect in general is far more responsive. 3TB usable storage gives me about 21 days of footage which I feel is more than enough.

 

[ChrisD.]

Another thanks for this - just in the process of streamlining our work Unifi wifi, and setting up some additional Customer VLANs. This will be ideal

I don't think 6Ghz or WPA3 works just yet, but for generic guest/IoT/work networks it's plenty with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wireless.

 

[platypus]

I don't think 6Ghz or WPA3 works just yet, but for generic guest/IoT/work networks it's plenty with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wireless.

Yep, no wifi 7, wifi 6E nor WPA3. I can't actually find out of there are any concrete plans to make it happen either. But I suppose the beauty of it is because you're down to only needing a single SSID, you can create a separate wireless vlan for any wpa3/6E/7 devices anyway.

For us mortals though its brilliant.

@robj20 if you don't think you've enabled it, chances are you havent as you need to tick a box in advanced:

 

[Armageus]

I don't think 6Ghz or WPA3 works just yet, but for generic guest/IoT/work networks it's plenty with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wireless.

We're not on 6Ghz or WPA3 yet anyway (Warehousing environment so legacy equipment, and large but obstructed spaces so 2.4Ghz is mostly the way)

Will just be ideal for the increasingly growing list of customers who seem to demand Wifi without our warehouses)

 

[platypus]

We're not on 6Ghz or WPA3 yet anyway (Warehousing environment so legacy equipment, and large but obstructed spaces so 2.4Ghz is mostly the way)

When/if you do get there you can just create a separate 6Ghz network anyway .

 

[robj20]

I've just moved my entire wireless network over onto one SSID. Thats 6 vlans down into one.

It took me <10 minutes. Would recommend.

*Still not counting Sonos .

And not only is it really easy, its more secure. There's no real reason not to do it I would say, unless you desperately need WPA3 or 6GhZ which is Wifi 7 - (not Wifi6! thats supported). I think its not yet supported.

One thing I don't think it would suit me for is my IOT is only 2.4ghz, I have a few cheap smart plugs that for some reason just don't connect if I have 5ghz enabled. My main. VLAN and WiFi is full speed.
I don't really want any smart devices using anything but 2.4ghz to be honest either.

 

[platypus]

One thing I don't think it would suit me for is my IOT is only 2.4ghz, I have a few cheap smart plugs that for some reason just don't connect if I have 5ghz enabled. My main. VLAN and WiFi is full speed.
I don't really want any smart devices using anything but 2.4ghz to be honest either.

You could always split out a 2.4/5ghz network?

 

[robj20]

You could always split out a 2.4/5ghz network?

How would it know which device is on which network if not by which SSID they connect to? MAC address maybe. Seems like more work.

 

[ElliorR]

I may have to change my setup to incorporate PPSK this weekend.

 

[Dangerous]

Using PPSK at home I can't see many advantages, how many SSIDs are you using??? Can't be many.

 

[doodah]

LOL after putting it off for a year, I finally thought I'd install my UDM-SE into the 6U open rack I have and the patch panel. Just one problem, I've left it so long I don't know if I've misplaced or need to order the part that actually allows me to install the SE into the rack. Any pointers? Assume it's some form of sled or bracket?