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thewanted said:
It’s not faulty, but clearly the R&D process has failed if the fan makes such a horrible buzzing sound.

It does feel a bit disingenuous that the consumer is expected to foot the bill for their lack of quality control.
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If the item is not as described or is faulty, you are not returning it under DSR, they are different statutory rights.

If the fan is buzzing, would you not consider that to be faulty?
 
Armageus said:
Which is why to properly set up any wifi network you need to walk around, do a site survey and then adjust transmission power and minimum signal strengths for each AP and band individually.
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Do you know a good guide to help doing this for UniFi gear? I suppose you can use WiFiMan? It sounds kind of simple but I'm sure a methodical approach makes it more efficient.
 
alex24 said:
Do you know a good guide to help doing this for UniFi gear? I suppose you can use WiFiMan? It sounds kind of simple but I'm sure a methodical approach makes it more efficient.
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In a home environment WifiMan is probably the best option - it shows everything you need (i.e. which AP you are connected to, which band, and signal levels of all access points that are within range.)
After that is is really just trial and error - tweaking one setting at a time, and then walking around to see where the changeover point occurs.
 
HoneyBadger said:
Have you tweaked/reviewed the nic propteries of the laptop?
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I assume this was for me? Unfortunately, I don't have much options with it. Due to being a work laptop, several settings are locked down. IT are useless. They didn't understand and just asked me to cable it.

alex24 said:
Do you know a good guide to help doing this for UniFi gear? I suppose you can use WiFiMan? It sounds kind of simple but I'm sure a methodical approach makes it more efficient.
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I'm interested in this also.
 
michty_me said:
I assume this was for me? Unfortunately, I don't have much options with it. Due to being a work laptop, several settings are locked down. IT are useless. They didn't understand and just asked me to cable it.
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Yes it was, sorry I didn’t quote!

Ah ok, and you did say that further up. Still waking up!
 
ChrisD. said:
Nice one! Bloody ISP games, do they think someone is going to break into your home, steal your creds and use your internet line?
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haha, well I hope they don't break it tomorrow!

Their process for getting bridge mode enabled include you contacting their support, asking for it, they emailing you back asking you to confirm you are happy they can't support the 3rd party device and then they send it off to their network team to enable.

So when I emailed them earlier asking for the settings, guess what they asked me, yes that's correct, they asked me to agree that I am happy they can't support the 3rd party device and they would send it off to their network team to enable. In fairness I didn't say in my email I already had it enabled. I had to email again to clarify...

It's an absolutely tiny ISP though, as of about a year ago they only had 250k customers. I am pretty sure I was their first in my area, if not one of them. It looks like on their website they don't use the Nokia units anymore and install ONT's instead and use EERO routers.

I should upgrade to 2gb to get a proper ONT, it would be the most pointless upgrade as there is only 2 of us and all my end point devices are only currently. :p
 
thewanted said:
I think I’m going to have to return my DR7 and get a Unifi Express 7 instead. The fan noise is really annoying.

I just don’t know if my setup will work with the Express 7. Tomorrow I’ll have two devices plugged into a Powerline adapter in the garage via 2 separate Ethernet ports on the adapter. Do I need two Ethernet LAN ports on the Express 7, or will the Powerline adapter on the other end work with a single cable? The Express 7 only has a single LAN port which is why I’m asking.

EDIT: Sounds like only one cable is required on the router side (link)
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After speaking with Ubiquiti tech support, they told me to opt into the Early Access release cycle because one of the latest releases includes a fan control setting.

After setting the fan to “Quiet” it’s now silent, but not sure what cost it comes at in terms of increased heat and longevity.
 
Armageus said:
Which is fine - individual installations will always be different. What works in one house with modern devices, might not work somewhere else with a mix of older and newer devices. There is no one size fits all - however one of the big changes with Wifi 7 is the use of Multi-Link Operation (MLO), aggregating multiple bands to increase bandwidth - If the bands aren't all on the same SSID, this isn't possible.


Which is why to properly set up any wifi network you need to walk around, do a site survey and then adjust transmission power and minimum signal strengths for each AP and band individually.


Which again is fine - turn off 2.4Ghz on your whole SSID, or on the individual APs that don't need it (e.g. maybe turn it off indoors, but leave it on an Outdoor AP for better coverage)


Wifi 8 builds on Wifi 7, so yes as you mention it should be able to connect to multiple APs at the same time, but it will still benefit from MLO.
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I honestly feel like WiFi 7 is pointless in domestic settings. 5GHz is more than enough speed as it is. Need more? Start LANing things up. The biggest 'gain' to Wifi7 and 6GHz is the pitifully poor wall penetration and far greater amount of channels. Useful if you live in a very crowded area with interference everywhere.

For me in the countryside where not even 2.4GHz competes with anything, it's pretty much useless.
 
thewanted said:
After speaking with Ubiquiti tech support, they told me to opt into the Early Access release cycle because one of the latest releases includes a fan control setting.

After setting the fan to “Quiet” it’s now silent, but not sure what cost it comes at in terms of increased heat and longevity.
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I tried that and to say it got a little toasty is an understatement...have a look in the console settings and under control plane and then about it shows the current reported temps of the device
 
J1nxy said:
I tried that and to say it got a little toasty is an understatement...have a look in the console settings and under control plane and then about it shows the current reported temps of the device
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What temps you getting when on Quiet mode.? My defaults are in the high 50C to early 60C which I think is a bit high already. Quiet mode im guessing will be pushing north of 70C+ on the UDR7
 
Lustral said:
What temps you getting when on Quiet mode.? My defaults are in the high 50C to early 60C which I think is a bit high already. Quiet mode im guessing will be pushing north of 70C+ on the UDR7
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80-90 sometimes higher, go back and look at the early access firmware thread when they turn it to quiet by default...they turned it back on very quickly as there was a lot of concern about the SOC temps
 
J1nxy said:
I tried that and to say it got a little toasty is an understatement...have a look in the console settings and under control plane and then about it shows the current reported temps of the device
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What sort of temps is it sitting at after the fan adjustment? I've just had a look and it appears the CGF sits at 50C.

Edit, Just seen the new posts. Ouch, That's toasty!
 
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thewanted said:
Do you leave it on Default then and just put up with the fan noise?
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I got rid of it as was going with Unifi Cameras and went with a UDM Pro which is in the roof space. The firmware was a bit all over the show...which just annoyed me a lot, I spent a month on a firmware that didn't even make it into the public links and had to be manually applied
 
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J1nxy said:
I got rid of it as was going with Unifi Cameras and went with a UDM Pro which is in the roof space. The firmware was a bit all over the show...which just annoyed me a lot, I spent a month on a firmware that didn't even make it into the public links and had to be manually applied
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Ah okay. I’m undecided whether to return it. Ubiquiti’s support desk is terrible. I think I’d rather deal with AI.

I like the device and I’m tempted to leave it in Quiet mode. As long as the SOC doesn’t throttle, I don’t really care if it’s gets hot.
 
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