I've using a Netgear router with ddwrt firmware at home, but I've really liked the AC Pros I have at the office--easy to configure, powerful, fast.
At home I split the network in a 2.4ghz and 5ghz network with different SSIDs years ago (I think I had one device that was struggling otherwise, I don't even remember). I guess that's not recommended anymore? I was thinking about switching to an all Ubiquiti setup and running with 3 wireless vlans -- "home" / "home-guest" / "home-devices" (smart devices, etc). Anybody done this before? Scott On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:48 AM Christopher Fisk < [email protected]> wrote: > Wireless uplink on the Unifi Devices is an interesting beast. It's very > nice for being able to get wifi where you wouldn't be able to normally > (think outside way across the lawn), but the cost is that each pocket you > send is re-sent however many jumps, using available wireless bandwidth. > > If you have 50mb internet bandwidth and you're using the UniFi AP AC PRO > with 1300mb max speed on 5GHz, you'll not really see any bandwidth > degradation unless you end up with a string of Unifi Devices so long it's > just silly. > > If you have a 1gb internet bandwidth, you'll see some degradation in speed > after way fewer hops. > > The above assumes your 5GHz spectrum is not already congested. If you've > in an apartment building you'll want to do as much as possible to stop the > congestion, if you're in a house and can't see anything except your own > wifi, then feel free to use wireless uplink. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:38 PM Brian Weeden <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > POE is the key - if you have a POE switch, all you need to run is CAT 5 > or > > 6 to the locations where you want to have an AP. It doesn’t need to have > an > > electrical outlet. > > > > I have two AC-Pros in my house (one in the roof and one in the basement) > > that both go back to the same switch and it works beautifully. They’re on > > the same WiFi network and each client connects to whichever AP it suits > it > > better. > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:18 PM Naushad Zulfiqar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > That would be correct. I have a similar setup to you with a 8 Port > > > Ubiquiti POE switch and 2x AC-LR's and they both work solid as a rock > and > > > seamless switching between the 2AP's on my devices. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:14 PM Winterlight < > [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > so best to connect each of them CAT6 to the router or switch/router > > > > > > > > At 12:45 PM 3/24/2020, you wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > > >You can configure the AP to use wireless backhaul but the > performance > > is > > > > >degraded quite a bit. Better to have wired backhaul. > > > > > > > > > >You can try the wireless and switch to wired if need be. > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:39 PM Winterlight < > > > [email protected]> > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have a single Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC PRO 802.11ac and I am > thinking > > > > > > of adding another. If you use multiple devices do they both > > connect > > > > > > wired to the router...or each other.... or wireless? Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >Best Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Zulfiqar Naushad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > > Zulfiqar Naushad > > > > > -- > > > > > > --------- > > Brian > > >
