Hello,
I’ve just moved house and the previous owner has left a Ubiquiti AP Lite behind. It also appears that they’ve wired the house with 4 separate LAN input sockets that originate in the “office” of the house and have four separate corresponding output sockets scatted around the house.
I know very little about setting this thing up, hence my post here. What I do know is that our BT Smart Hub WiFi range doesn’t cut it, and I know I can do something about that with the AP Lite. I’ve done some reading and the AP Lite doesn’t appear to have any power when I run a cat 5 cable from my router to the LAN socket in the office, then another cat 5 cable from the corresponding output LAN socket to the AP. I understand that this is because I need PoE?
Firstly, is the BT Smart Hub ok for using this AP?
What’s the cheapest thing I can purchase to power this single AP Lite? Is it an injector or do I need a switch? If it’s an injector what voltage do I need for the AP Lite? Is it 24v only? Please could someone recommend me something?
If I do decide to add 3x more AP’s in the future, presumably I’d need a switch?
Many thanks
I’ve just moved house and the previous owner has left a Ubiquiti AP Lite behind. It also appears that they’ve wired the house with 4 separate LAN input sockets that originate in the “office” of the house and have four separate corresponding output sockets scatted around the house.
I know very little about setting this thing up, hence my post here. What I do know is that our BT Smart Hub WiFi range doesn’t cut it, and I know I can do something about that with the AP Lite. I’ve done some reading and the AP Lite doesn’t appear to have any power when I run a cat 5 cable from my router to the LAN socket in the office, then another cat 5 cable from the corresponding output LAN socket to the AP. I understand that this is because I need PoE?
Firstly, is the BT Smart Hub ok for using this AP?
What’s the cheapest thing I can purchase to power this single AP Lite? Is it an injector or do I need a switch? If it’s an injector what voltage do I need for the AP Lite? Is it 24v only? Please could someone recommend me something?
If I do decide to add 3x more AP’s in the future, presumably I’d need a switch?
Many thanks