If they are both wired then you should disable meshing.
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I had my APs wired the whole time and always wondered why they were listed as each others uplink on the network diagram. No real performance issues but I did eventually find the setting to turn off meshing, no idea if it was using that or not (suspect not). They do now show as expected in the network diagram though.
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I’ve decide that despite my U6 Pro, in my living room facing upwards, covers the whole house, I want an AP upstairs as well. Not looking forward to running the Ethernet cable but such is life.
Why do I always gravitate towards, potentially, expensive hobbies?
Why do I always gravitate towards, potentially, expensive hobbies?
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I’m torn with what to do at our place, approx 1200sqft per floor.
Could do with having an AP upstairs and have two options.
1. I have a network port on the upstairs landing, I could get an in wall device and stick it there, or get a U6 Mesh ‘Coke can’, and do what I did when I tried one years ago which is to use the U6 Mesh wall mount along with a longer screw for the network port faceplate to mount it to the wall.
Easy option, but having the AP at knee height or there abouts probably isn’t ideal coverage wise.
2. Somehow drop a cable from the loft down the internal wall that landing port is on, join the cables, and then have a ceiling mounted AP on the other end.
Best for coverage, but harder to do as to get a cable down the wall to where the existing cable is means finding a way to get through the noggin in the wall with minimal disruption.
Also another plus point is I could run up to a switch in the loft, and then have the ability for more cable runs to be dropped down in future for things.
Could do with having an AP upstairs and have two options.
1. I have a network port on the upstairs landing, I could get an in wall device and stick it there, or get a U6 Mesh ‘Coke can’, and do what I did when I tried one years ago which is to use the U6 Mesh wall mount along with a longer screw for the network port faceplate to mount it to the wall.
Easy option, but having the AP at knee height or there abouts probably isn’t ideal coverage wise.
2. Somehow drop a cable from the loft down the internal wall that landing port is on, join the cables, and then have a ceiling mounted AP on the other end.
Best for coverage, but harder to do as to get a cable down the wall to where the existing cable is means finding a way to get through the noggin in the wall with minimal disruption.
Also another plus point is I could run up to a switch in the loft, and then have the ability for more cable runs to be dropped down in future for things.
If your U6 Pro covers the whole house already then adding another AP is just going to introduce wireless interference and unnecessary complexity.
Please reconsider the Express. The device is a bit of a lemon and severely underpowered if you use all of it’s functions.
Ok, so I have an all-Ubiquiti network here, consisting of six switches, an AP, four cameras and a CloudKey G2 Plus. The exception is the gateway as I use pfSense on a dedicated mini-pc.
I originally deployed the pfSense solution as the Unifi firewall/gateway didn't have the necessary functionality but it's obviously been catching up so now I'm wondering if I can or should replace the pfSense device for a genuine all-Ubiquiti system.
Key requirements for the firewall/gateway are:
Question is would the Unifi Gateway allow me to do all of the above or would I be looking at reduced functionality in some areas?
Interested in any opinions and especially those of anyone who's made a similar switch to Unifi from pfSense/OPNsense.
I originally deployed the pfSense solution as the Unifi firewall/gateway didn't have the necessary functionality but it's obviously been catching up so now I'm wondering if I can or should replace the pfSense device for a genuine all-Ubiquiti system.
Key requirements for the firewall/gateway are:
- 2.5G WAN & LAN support
- Multiple VLANs on different subnets with configurable routing between them and separate DHCP servers
- Inbound connection port mapping to obfuscate servers
- GeoIP blocking for inbound connections
- OpenVPN server support, ideally with RADIUS support using TOTP passwords for security
Question is would the Unifi Gateway allow me to do all of the above or would I be looking at reduced functionality in some areas?
Interested in any opinions and especially those of anyone who's made a similar switch to Unifi from pfSense/OPNsense.
It can do most of it. There are features within the UI for geo IP restrictions on in/out/both traffic, and for an OpenVPN server using a RADIUS profile. Presumably the TOTP is provided by the RADIUS server and not anything that the Ubiquiti gateway would need to know about.
They're a lot better than they were only three years ago, I run a Cloud Gateway Max and came from a pfSense box and don't find it limiting.
They're a lot better than they were only three years ago, I run a Cloud Gateway Max and came from a pfSense box and don't find it limiting.
I needed more than one AP in my 3 bed semi.
U6 Pro Upstairs and a U6 Mesh in the Livingroom next to the TV.
Thanks for that, very useful.
I'm still considering getting the G4 doorbell. Then thinking about how I can get cable a cable to the front door, and to the chime, PoE isn't a problem and connecting the chime is easy, it's getting a cable to the front door and keeping it hidden.
I'm planning on going through between the door frame and brick with to inside then down the corner with some PVC trim over it.
Straight through the floor board into the crawl space and along to my data cabinet.
I just wonder if the camera is okay mounted right into the corner of the door frame/brickwork or is that too close.
@ElliorR Best place to start is to see how busy the wi-fi channels are in your house. Starting with 2.4GHz, ideally you will be able to have a channel (say 1) on the downstairs AP and then have a different channel (11 or 6) at your proposed upstairs location. If you get a lot of channel noise across all 3 channels from your surrounding neighbours, you might be better off sticking with one AP if you can.
Then you need to check the 5GHz channels.
If you are lucky and have very little neighbouring interference, you should see some performance gains upstairs with 5GHz.
Getting through the door frame isn't an issue, the existing doorbell runs through there, and I can probably hide a cable easily enough. It's difficult getting the cable there though, even though the house is fully wired with sockets in all the rooms except for the front door. The possibly neatest route I can think of is to go from the attic down to the front door. The roof over the master bedroom runs straight down from the attic along side the en-suite, there is a wardrobe that this runs over, but this is plastered and enclosed. The waste pipe for here runs (inside and enclosed) by the front door. If I can get inside there then it should be possible. I would rather not be lifting floorboards or re-plastering the wardrobe though.
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Wonder when the black cameras will be in stock
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I personally wouldn’t do that, it will probably look naff. It’s how the previous owners installed our old ‘ding dong’ doorbell, it looked naff.
I would go through the wall and embed the cable into the wall. Yes it’s a messy job but once its done, it’s done.
If it’s plasterboard, you probably only need to make a few small holes where there are dabs. If it’s POE, use 5e, otherwise door bell wire is a doddle to pull through behind plasterboard. If you have solid walls, then it’s SDS time.
Personally if I was sinking the cable, I would now get the POE version to future proof cabling (you could always pull in door bell wire at the same time if you wanted). It wasn’t available when I did mine so I’ve got the doorbell wire version.
Through what wall, if the doorbell is in the frame there is no option to go through the wall.
If I mounted the doorbell on the wall you wouldn't see my door and the bell would be awkward to reach.
I'm not sure what would look naff, you wouldn't see any cable at all.
Is running a network cable outside your house in a fairly accessible location possibly a security risk? I mean, they would have to be determined and clued up, but I’m sort of unclear why a wired Ethernet doorbell was thought of as a great idea from a company who does security solutions. Cameras are similar but I guess usually out of reach.