Ubiquiti old vs new
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@Dashrender Nice, that's not bad. I'll be upgrading mine 1 AP at home soon then.
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@Dashrender said:
@anonymous said:
What's the difference in cost?
The old one isn't available anymore (at least once the channel sells out of them, which it is already pretty much gone).
The Lite version is $80'ish... I'd have to dig out my invoice.
The UAP-AC-LITE is $89 from doubleradius.com + shipping and shipped in a week.
The UAP-AC-LITE is $84 from balticnetworks.com + shipping but backordered until Feb.The original UAP is $69 from doubleradius.com or $65 from balticnetworks.com
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So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
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@Dashrender said:
So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
Oh... that's not good. Maybe they sell adapter kits? Or I know a company this is going to need new ceiling tiles if they upgrade to these.
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@Dashrender said:
So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
The UAP-AC-PRO is a direct replacement.
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
The UAP-AC-PRO is a direct replacement.
I should be getting some Pro's in a month or so.. I guess we'll see when I order them.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
The UAP-AC-PRO is a direct replacement.
I should be getting some Pro's in a month or so.. I guess we'll see when I order them.
Good find.Listed on page 5 of the datasheet. https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFi_AC_APs_DS.pdf
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
So much for it being a direct replacement for the the previous one. I'm guessing the Pro is the same way..
Oh... that's not good. Maybe they sell adapter kits? Or I know a company this is going to need new ceiling tiles if they upgrade to these.
Seen a few more pictures, and depending on how much of a hole was put in the tile for the Ethernet, you could still get everything hidden after remounting. except maybe the top mounting hole from the original UAP.
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That's pretty ugly. Glad I didn't mount mine
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@anonymous said:
That's pretty ugly. Glad I didn't mount mine
What is ugly? The new one is basically the same, just smaller.
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I think they look fine!
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
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@Dashrender said:
I think they look fine!
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
I get to install one of these, and they just got rid of all the drop ceilings. It's just one AC-Lite AP, but me and drilling holes doesn't generally work so well.
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@travisdh1 said:
@Dashrender said:
I think they look fine!
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
I get to install one of these, and they just got rid of all the drop ceilings. It's just one AC-Lite AP, but me and drilling holes doesn't generally work so well.
The kit that came with the original Unifi APs came with drywall mollys/anchors. Make sure you use these, otherwise it could get messy. The AP isn't that heavy (the Lite probably less so) but the anchors are for the best.
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I like how they look.
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@Dashrender said:
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
Not just cisco almost every brand expect Unifi does.
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@Jason said:
@Dashrender said:
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
Not just cisco almost every brand expect Unifi does.
I'm guessing that bracket probably costs at least $5 if not $10 - they are probably really looking to keep the price down.
The Cisco APs (when I was last looking at them - in the Wireless G days) were $399+, it's easy to put $10-20 for a mount in that price.
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@coliver said:
@travisdh1 said:
@Dashrender said:
I think they look fine!
Though I really like the mounting bracket on the Cisco APs better - they clip onto the drop ceiling railing and install much faster.
I get to install one of these, and they just got rid of all the drop ceilings. It's just one AC-Lite AP, but me and drilling holes doesn't generally work so well.
The kit that came with the original Unifi APs came with drywall mollys/anchors. Make sure you use these, otherwise it could get messy. The AP isn't that heavy (the Lite probably less so) but the anchors are for the best.
I was going to mount it inside a centrally located closet, but am going to try to talk them into letting me mount it on the outside wall of the closet. No matter where I put the thing the signal will be going through at least one wall where it's being used, so I don't know how much use we'll be able to make use of the 5GHz range. The place isn't that large, just lots of walls.
Either way I know those drywall anchors are important if it's being put on the drywall somewhere. I have trouble imagining a secure mount on a ceiling tile, at least with me around.
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why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
