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Most importantly - how does it work?
Most importantly - how does it work?
I have the US-8-150W, I have a UAP - AC - PRO runnning on POE+ and the port is showing 2.48w and my Cloudkey is also on POE+ consuming 4.14wIf I have 3 x UAP-AC-LR units running off a US-8-60W would it be able to run all 3
Thanks
A quick Google appears to show that they consume 6.5W (max) and that the switch can supply 12W per port. If that’s correct you could have four of them connected.
Thanks gentsI have the US-8-150W, I have a UAP - AC - PRO runnning on POE+ and the port is showing 2.48w and my Cloudkey is also on POE+ consuming 4.14w
You should have no problems at all.
Hi all - read quite a bit of this thread but realised, having not done anything networking related for about 10 years I'm a bit out of date and some of this discussion is going way over my head.
I'm looking to improve wireless coverage, mainly for a laptop, Fire TV devices and iPhone/iPad in my 2-storey 1960's house (with thick walls). I struggle to get reliable signal at even moderate distances from a centrally placed router on 2.4Ghz and 5GHz bands. I wired the house with Cat5e into almost every room (not bathrooms!) and it all comes back to a rack with a patch-panel and a Netgear JGS524E in a cupboard in my office above the stairs, fairly central to the house. This is where the Netgear RT-N56U router lives and broadcasts from. Internet connection is via one of those Openreach HG612's that I've connected to the router via the Cat5e cabling in the hallway next to my phone line. I only get about 35mbps down with my FTTC, but it's as good as I can get for now.
Most seem to recommend for best coverage to look at Ubiquiti APs, but I'm trying to understand how I would deploy one for most benefit, rather than upgrading/replacing the router for one with better coverage (does that even exist?). I obviously want to spend as little as possible to make the upgrade. Will the Ubiquiti APs work well across 2 floors or am I looking at 2 (which obviously increases cost!)? Which AP would be right for this kind of deployment? A lot of discussion here on the merits of each!
If your current Wifi Router is already placed pretty centrally putting a AP in the same spot won't magically make things massively better as all WiFi equipment are regulated the same.
The cheap way to improve your WiFi is to put one AP upstairs and keep the Router WiFi enabled downstairs, a Lite would be perfectly fine. The best way is to buy 2 and turn the WiFi off on your Router.
Most Ubiquiti AP's are way overkill for home use thus Lite's and LR's are the most commonly used.
How would one compare to a AP-AC-Pro?
The AP-AC-Pro can only do 3x3 AC if there are only 3x3 AC clients connected to it. The instant a 1x1 or 2x2 client joins the access point it drops to the same speed as the slowest client in the Access Point.
The AP-AC-Pro can only serve one client at a time (even though it seems to have lots of clients attached simultaneously, only one is ever passing data at a time). The 4x4 HD access points drop to 2x2 as a worst case scenario and process 1 4x4 client, 2 2x2 clients, a 3x3 and 1x1 client or 4 1x1 clients simultaneously, because of the MuMiMo antennae. So, on paper, with mainly 2x2 and 1x1 clients, the UAP-HD-Nano would be significantly faster than the AP-AC-Pro, but it depends on the client mix.
If your current Wifi Router is already placed pretty centrally putting a AP in the same spot won't magically make things massively better as all WiFi equipment are regulated the same.
The cheap way to improve your WiFi is to put one AP upstairs and keep the Router WiFi enabled downstairs, a Lite would be perfectly fine. The best way is to buy 2 and turn the WiFi off on your Router.
Most Ubiquiti AP's are way overkill for home use thus Lite's and LR's are the most commonly used.
I agree completely with this. If the site has a number of AC wireless devices the UAP-HD-Nano or AP-AC-HD will give significantly better 5GHz performance than the other Access Points in the range because of the 4x4 MuMiMo antennae setup. If the site is primarily 2.4GHz or there are very few AC devices then any AP will do.
How do you do that? I only see options for a speedtest and discovery on mine.It's very worthwhile doing a site survey with the WiFiMan app that UBNT now do. And if you have the HD type 4x4 access points they have automatic band selection so they actually choose the best band based on current conditions.
How do you do that? I only see options for a speedtest and discovery on mine.
I went with 2 x Lites as I figured it's best to have a few lower powered/range APs than have one more powerful that doesn't quite reach every part of the house (or garden). I can always add on another lite and tune them to try and prevent overlapping too much.