Ubiquiti old vs new
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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.
But adding $10-15 into a $90 device, much more difficult. -
@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?
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@Dashrender said:
why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
I would assume multiple rooms from the description.
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@coliver said:
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.
You never mount anything without appropriate anchors unless you like shit falling down eventually.
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@Dashrender said:
why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
1 AP and 8 rooms, and adding more APs would most likely create to much overlap. I actually have 2 on the way, but only anticipate needing one in that building. The 2nd one will be in a different building, and much simpler to deal with.
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@travisdh1 said:
@Dashrender said:
why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
1 AP and 8 rooms, and adding more APs would most likely create to much overlap. I actually have 2 on the way, but only anticipate needing one in that building. The 2nd one will be in a different building, and much simpler to deal with.
If you have lots of walls, then put two on opposite ends of the building and set the power to low.
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@JaredBusch said:
@travisdh1 said:
@Dashrender said:
why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
1 AP and 8 rooms, and adding more APs would most likely create to much overlap. I actually have 2 on the way, but only anticipate needing one in that building. The 2nd one will be in a different building, and much simpler to deal with.
If you have lots of walls, then put two on opposite ends of the building and set the power to low.
this is what I did. So far working pretty darned well.
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@JaredBusch said:
@travisdh1 said:
@Dashrender said:
why can't you put it in the room where you are using it?
1 AP and 8 rooms, and adding more APs would most likely create to much overlap. I actually have 2 on the way, but only anticipate needing one in that building. The 2nd one will be in a different building, and much simpler to deal with.
If you have lots of walls, then put two on opposite ends of the building and set the power to low.
This is why we test! While I think one will be enough, I ordered 2. The location for the 2nd one can easily be covered by the current cheapo running DD-WRT. I have a Friday of a long network cord on the floor while I walk around starring at WiFiAnalyzer on the company tablet.
