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So I am planning on using it to connect to an ac (just a normal non Ubiquiti standard isp ac/router) and connecting an ac go the ethernet end of the lbe to bridge a network. Can station ptp mode be used connect to any ac? or just some specific Ubiquiti devices? So basically I want to point this to a house and bridge the network elsewhere (I have permission to use the house owner wifi he gave me the password and I just pay a small fee)

Hi all, quick question. Are Ubiquiti Unifi Lite access points compatible with normal EdgeMax switches (ie the 250w 16 port i have), or do you need a unifi switch/router as well? Existing network is made up of EdgeMax router and switches, would like to theoretically just hook the access points to the existing switch, not have to buy another separate one. Afaict the Lites run off 802.3af poe, which teh switch supports too, and there is definetly available wattage, i just dont know if they made those access points exclusive to the unifi ecosystem? any insight greatly appreciated!

Hi all, I need to be able to run a switch outside because I have a couple of ethernet devices that will plug into it. I have a switch flex mini laying around so I would like to be able to use that if possible. My idea was to place the switch in a weatherproof enclosure since its not weatherproof. My only concern is it states the operating temperature can only be -5 to 45° C (23 to 113° F). In my area the temperature can get to 0° F and sometimes a bit below. Would it be possible to still use this switch? Any ideas would be great!

Hello. I'm thinking on sending WIfi signal using point to point antennas for about 3km / 1.90miles (sort of), so, after reading a bit and a few videos, I think Ubiquiti powerbeam AC or Airfiber is the way to go because i want to transfer at least 200 Mbs. So, i have Three questions. First Can i use any switch/Router brand to connect the antennas or do i need to use Ubiquiti only? Second If i get a ubiquiti switch like the 16 port Lite, do i need to buy the cloud key to manage the network of the slave antenna? Third Is that Ubiquiti 16 ports /POE /45 W enough to power a Powerbeam AC or the Airfiber? Thanks in advance

Hello, Due to recent events, I have decided it's time to upgrade my home security, and I've been looking at POE cameras from Ubiquiti and Lorex. The problem is that both of these systems, the majority of the cost is for a Network Video Recorder (NVR), and I already have a TrueNAS server, that seems like it should be capable of doing exactly the same thing the proprietary NVRs are. Does anyone know if there is a way to just use a POE switch and TrueNAS to replace the NVR?

Hi all I have a couple of Ubiquiti WiFi 6 Long range and Lite Access Points around my house and after setting them up I found I was only able to get between 200Mbps to 300Mbps maximum. I set them up with most of the settings on default or auto. These access points should easily be able to do 500Mbps+ (which is also my internet speed). I did an environment scan (see picture), so maybe theres too much congestion on a channel? But my access points are around channel 48 and theres no 5G interference around those channels?? I ran the speed test on a 5Ghz Network. I am not sure what the problem could be? Also I'm new to Ubiquiti gear so its likely I missed something.

Hello ! I have heard about Ubiquit's products for a while and was trying to get better network hardware for my house. My ISP gave me a HUGE box which is an all-in-one box (router, switch, AP) that I would like to replace with something more compact, more powerful and with many more administrative capabilities. This box has a SFP+ Simplex Fiber SC connector where my internet comes in. Since this would be my first hands-on experiment and I am not a network expert, however I do understand well the concepts, I would like to ask for some advice. From what I understand I would need a router, a switch and some APs. The following are my current selection so far: Router - For the router I am considering the UISP Router. Would I be able to connect my ISP's fiber cable to this piece of hardware given than I use a correct SPF+ adapter? Switch - For the switch I am thinkin of the UISP Switch I can see that the router and the switch both have RJ45 connectors. Is a switch really necessary? Can I just connect my wired devices to the router's RJ45s? AP - For the access points that I want to deploy at my bedroom and living room I am considering the In-Wall HD I would appreciate if somebody could shed some light to the configuration drafted here. I am most worried about being able to connect my fiber cable to any new hardware I buy and get internet connection. I would appreciate if we could keep the conversation only related to Ubiquiti's hardware.

Hi, asking on the LTT forums because I couldn't find the answer on the Ubiquiti forums. This is in regards to their U-LTE technology, which is an LTE-failover modem, because Charter is extremely unreliable in my area. I am running an all-ubiquiti deployment, and have a U-LTE set up as a failover-solution. I have been experiencing brief but frequent ISP disconnects (or significant performance drops) over the past few months, which actually prompted me to purchase the U-LTE. This immediately resolved my problem, so well that the only way I know the problem is still going on is by seeing the data use going up in the U-LTE, or by calling my ISP and asking them if they see the issue on their side. What I don't see is the failover events in the unifi dashboard The weird thing is that I used to, or when it's a longer failover event, all the logs show up. I've double-checked the alerting settings and they should all be on. Does anyone know if there any way to get more verbose logging on the U-LTE? I want to know how often these events are happening and for what duration, so I can better contest with my ISP. Please let me know if there is other data I need to provide or other settings I should check. Thanks in advance

Hi all I have a couple of questions about my ubiquiti setup and about some SFP+ to RJ45 adapters. I wired my house for 10GbE (Cat6A) and for some of the devices I want to be able to utilize the full 10GbE connection. I recently bought a Ubiquiti USW-Aggregation which has 8x 10Gb SFP+ ports on it. I also have 2 other switches, a USW-Enterprise-8-PoE and a USW-Pro-24. My router is a UDM Pro. I plan to use the Switch Aggregation to connect the switches together as well as use 4 of the ports for computers I want to have 10G on and also one port for a NAS. My original plan was to aggregate 2x 10G SFP+ ports together to connect the other two switches together which would use up 4 of the ports, 2 10G links for each. The other 3 would be used for desktops around the house and the last one as I said would be used for the NAS. Is there any reason the Dream Machine Pro would need to be connected through 10G rather than just 1G? My internet connection is only 1G so the only reason I could see the need for 10G would be for the NVR access to the drive in the Dream Machine Pro but I doubt you'd need 10G for a mechanical HDD. Let me know if I'm wrong My other question was about these 10Gb SFP+ to RJ45 adapters. I need these to connect a few desktops to my Ubiquiti Switch Aggregation. Is there any difference between these? Are any brands better than others? FS.com option 1 Amazon option 2 Amazon option 3 Amazon option 4 There's also this "Industrial" one from FS.com. Thanks for anyones input!

I am moving into a new house in a few weeks and we wired for 10GbE. My current network switch is a Ubiquiti Switch Pro 24 with no PoE or 10G other than the two SFP+ ports. I predict as of now that I'll only have maybe 5 10G devices but in the future that number could change to 10 or so. I was looking at selling my switch and buying the Switch Enterprise XG 24 for future proofing, but this switch doesn't have any PoE ports on it either and in my new house I have 7 PoE devices (also Unifi). Two of them need PoE+ and the other 5 only need standard PoE. I could just use PoE injectors which was my original idea or I could settle for a PoE switch and the Enterprise XG. I am not sure what to do. I have a NAS that is also 10G capable so I would like to be able to use the 10G capabilities of the networking in my home since I already have the wiring for it. What do you guys recommend? Feedback is greatly appreciated. Also why is some of the used Ubiquiti gear selling for more than new on eBay? That doesn't make any sense??

Has anyone set up a ubiquiti udm se in an apartment? Looking at upgrading my network but i could use some suggestions on installation. It needs to go in my closet and i have to minimize the space i use up to appease my wife. I was debating a wall mount rack but i am open to suggestions.

Hello all. Longtime viewer, first time poster. I’ve recently taken over IT for a private medical practice with a fairly high (75) amount of staff. In the past few months I’ve replaced an older generation Dell Sonicwall with a gen 7 model (TZ 270) and replaced their ancient Rukus APs with 3 UniFi AP-AC-Pros which I manage through the UniFi controller software on the PC that hosts our server VMs. I’ve set it all up through the 2 existing ZyXEL GS1910-48 switches running firmware 2.0 (the most recent version I can find in their website, though they’ve reached EoL) I’ve built the main and guest networks on both the Sonicwall and the UniFi panel and everything works fine. My problem lies in VLANs. I’d like to add a 3rd network for a specific group of staff primarily using wireless devices that is completely isolated from our production network. I’ve created the VLAN under X0 in the Sonicwall and created the DHCP lease scope, then allowed the VLAN tag through the port of the AP I’m using for testing on the switch, then finally created the Network in UniFi using the VLAN only checkbox and assigning its tag. Once completed, I have a broadcasting network that can’t connect to internet or even give an IP address. Is there a step I’m missing somewhere? Feels like I’m close but a step or two off. I’d appreciate any ideas you have, as I’m at a loss.

Hi everyone! I need to get around my CG-NAT to access 2 IP Cameras from outside my house, (before any of you ask this, no, my carrier does not offer a Public IP address, as i get my service via 4G, and i can choose between a total of 2 carriers, none of which offer public IPs). The Solution i came up with, is to rent a VPS in the cloud that i use as a PPTP VPN server (with port forwarding), and to connect an EdgeRouter (under which i connected my cameras) to it. The VPN works perfectly, even port forwarding does, i even tried connecting directly to it with my pc, and opening ports via Windows Firewall. Now to the main problem, the EdgeRouter, i managed to have it connect to the VPN server, i got an IP address, and i can even surf the web through the VPN, but i just can't get the port forwarding to work, i'm currently to the point where if i expose regular HTTP with port 8080 i can detect SYN packets through WireShark, but it's almost like the response packets can't get to destination, i'm pretty sure it's a NAT issue on the EdgeRouter side. A few details about my setup: Home (Natted) Network: 192.168.1.0/24 EdgeRouter's Network (Where the IP Cameras are): 192.168.10.0/24 VPN's Network (Server and pptpc0 interface): 192.168.50.0/24 VPN Server OS: Windows Server I attached a map of my network topology. Thank you in advance for any advice.

My Linksys WRT 3200acm which I've had since early 2017 has given up. I am not sure how to go about replacing it, I need WiFi coverage of 10000sqft (the previous router did not actually do this but an upgrade is due). I am intrigued by the ubiquiti access point solution but this will require wiring and I cannot get an electrician till lock down is over. The other option I am looking at is a Mesh wifi system, either the Linksys Velop or the Netgear Orbi. I require more than the max of 3 access points that each of these come with. Is it possible to have 6 of one of these systems in a mesh? I have thick walls (some exceeding 1m) which I am worried will stop an effective mesh if anyone has any experience could you let me know how it works?

Hey I have 2 Ubiquiti APs set up. One is a AP AC Lite, the other one a AP AC Pro. They both send the same Network SSID, one is our WiFi, the other one a Guest WiFi. It works perfect when it does, switches automatically from one AP to the other when walking from one side of our House to the other. However, i have noticed a problem where on both my Galaxy S10+ and Note 10+, it just disconnects from the WiFi and then does not let me reconnect for a while. And when it does, it only lets me reconnect after i click "forget network", then reconnect with the password. Then it works for sometimes a few seconds, sometimes up to 1h. The feature where it automatically connects to 4G when WiFi gets unstable is set to off, so that should not be it. Did anyone experience this? Channels are set to Auto, maybe there is the problem? Hopefully you can help me out, i would really love to get this up and running reliably. Thanks!

Hello, I am looking to install wifi in to my garden, but I am not sure what to use. I would like something that can work in conjunction with an AP inside my house as well. I was looking at Ubiquiti airMAX stuff before I saw they only work between themselves and won't connect to my phone. I am now looking at maybe a Ubiquiti UniFi AC Outdoor Mesh and a Ubiquiti Networks UAP-AC-LITE. Alternatively, I was looking at a TP-Link EAP225-Outdoor Omada and a TP-Link EAP225 Omada. They both add up to £150 ish. Some added info; I have a long thin garden so a directional AP would be good, but I'm not sure what would be good. I want this to be as cheap as possible, but be reliable. TL;DL Help with good value house and garden WiFi Thanks

this is 3 different guides that are outdated that i made into one that will work on the latest build of centos 7 and UNIFI installing Unifi controller is not as simple as windows install/Ubuntu, since there is no pre-made package . step 0 (only do this step if you dont want to configure SELINUX) sed -i /etc/selinux/config -r -e 's/^SELINUX=.*/SELINUX=disabled/g' yum -y update systemctl reboot Step 1 Install pre-requisites: yum install lsb yum install wget yum install unzip yum install nano yum install java Step 2 (for download Unifi Software ) change the version on this link to the current one http://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.3.11/UniFi.unix.zip Download UniFi software: cd /usr/src wget <download URL> Step 3 Create UniFi directories: mkdir -p /opt/UniFi/data mkdir -p /var/opt/UniFi/data ln -s /var/opt/UniFi/data /opt/UniFi/data Step 4 Extract UniFi software: unzip UniFi.unix.zip -d /opt/ Step 5 Install MongoDB: rpm --import https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.2.asc nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.2.repo [mongodb-org-3.2] name=MongoDB Repository baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/3.2/x86_64/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 yum install -y mongodb-org Step 6 Create User and set permissions: useradd -M unifi usermod -L unifi usermod -s /bin/false unifi chown -R unifi:unifi /opt/UniFi chown -R unifi:unifi /var/opt/UniFi Step 7 Create unifi service: nano /var/opt/UniFi/unifi.service [Unit] Description=UniFi After=syslog.target After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=unifi Group=unifi ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar /opt/UniFi/lib/ace.jar start ExecStop=/usr/bin/java -jar /opt/UniFi/lib/ace.jar stop # Give a reasonable amount of time for the server to start up/shut down TimeoutSec=300 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ln -s /var/opt/UniFi/unifi.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/unifi.service Step 8* see note at bottom of post Configure firewall rules: firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8080/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8443/tcp --permanent systemctl restart firewalld Step 9 Enable and start service: systemctl enable /var/opt/UniFi/unifi.service systemctl start unifi.service systemctl status unifi.service Step 10 Optional rm -rf ~/UniFi.unix.zip step 10 systemctl reboot To access the webUI, browse to https://IP_OF_SERVER:8443 from another pc , or from the same pc https://localhost:8443 Update UniFi: Stop Service: systemctl stop unifi.service Download latest software: cd /usr/src wget <download URL> Extract UniFi Video software: unzip UniFi.unix.zip -d /opt/ Start Service: systemctl start unifi.service troubleshooting Firewall Note if your unable to get the controller to see any devices on the network or complete its setup wizard , add the ports listed in the Spoiler to the firewall and reboot again . if still no good follow below . if you know the UNIFI software is running on your nas or server running centos and it cannot see your AP's or other ubiquiti equipment i had to install a clean version of java on my machine. that is on the same network switch that has both the nas and the AP also attached ,along with the unifi software deleting it and installing it again . set up the AP to see my Windows 10 machine so it can control it . then after about a hour my NAS saw that the AP was controlled by another controller and i was able to adopt it to my centos controller . still need to edit for spelling and other errors

I am following this guide https://dl.ubnt.com/guides/UniFi/UniFi_AP_QSG.pdf provided by Ubiquiti to mount my new AP, but I don't have a "ceiling tile". I am in a home and I just have a ceiling with an attic above it. Looking at the section where I am supposed to put the ceiling backing plate on one side of the "ceiling tile" and the mounting bracket on the other side, how am I to do this with a normal house ceiling?

my parents have two houses about 750m apart and we want to share a internet connection between them, I was thinking using a point to point wifi link. problem is there are suburban properties between the two houses and the two links will not be line of sight, there are no hills in the way (one house is about 20m higher than the other) I am thinking about using two to these (Ubiquiti LiteBeam ac LBE-5AC-23) on each end, since they are 30+ km range I hope that will overcome any problems not being line of sight. will this work? and are there better ways? also could it be possible to mount them inside the roof space?

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Hi all, I am about to revamp my home network, and I'd like to double check myself before making the purchases. To explain my plan better, I attached a network diagram to this post. The products I plan to purchase are as follows: Switch: Ubiquiti UniFi 24 port 250W PoE Switch (x2): Netgear 8 port GS308 (each used for rooms with an ethernet drop) APs (x2): Ubiquiti UniFi AC PRO Patch Panel: Cable Matters 24 port Cat6 Extra: Ubiquiti Cloud Key Based on this and my plan, do you see anything that I may have overlooked, or do you think this setup should work just fine? Thank you for your advice!

Good morning. I received an email from my ISP (AT&T U-Verse) stating that I may have an open/exposed IPMI in my network. Two things happened shortly (a few days) before I received this email: Set up "new" computer/workstation and installed a new Ubiquiti Unifi AP. Does anyone know if either of these events would expose or create an exposed IPMI in my network? Some context: Using very old software 32 bit Windows XP and DOS software (point of sale) connected to an old Lenovo ThinkServer using SQL Using free "antivirus and antimalware" software on most workstations Server is not connected to internet Appreciate the help!

Hello, i have finally finalized the plan of extending wifi network, i will run a PoE cable downstairs and put the AP on the ceiling near the stairs, which are on one side of the house. Approx. 1.5 meters from the AP's proposed position is a thicc brick wall (~10 inches/25cm) that offers a structural support to the house. It is the main reason why the RT-N18U cannot reach to the living room behind that wall. Which AP should i choose? All APs except HD fall in my budget. My router can do 2.4GHz 600mbit/s and in my country there is no optic internet over that speed and optic is not wired here. I need to bring all of my already poor download (22-24mbit/s) to new TV so i can watch 4K on YouTube. Also, what settings i should focus on (except setting the same SSID and Password) ? I am adding screen from Wifi Analyzer, vinice network is mine the other one is from our neighbours. Also, which cable should i get to connect the injector to router and injector to the AP, crossover or straight?

I just wanted to post some of my initial thoughts and struggles setting up this network built on all Unifi gear (I will update at a later date once I get the access points and fiber drops connected). I'd also like to hear about anyone else's experience with setting something like this up in a small business environment. Hardware: 1 - USG-PRO-4 (Gateway) 1 - US-16-XG (12 SFP+ Switch) 3 - US-48 (48 port Switch) So the first day I have all the hardware in the office, I set up everything on my desk, configure the site and the network, add firewall permissions, set all 5 devices up with static IPs, and created VPN users (Radius?). At this point nothing had been connected to Comcast's modem, as I didn't want to disrupt anyone else on the network with DHCP issues. Didn't have a single error setting anything up. Everything seemed to be working so i took everything and installed it in our new empty 48U rack. Almost immediately the 48 port switch that was sandwiched between the other two 48 port switches froze and I couldn't do anything on it. It was obviously overheating (we don't have dedicated AC in the room yet). So I spread everything out by two cage nuts each except at the top between the gateway and the SFP+ switch and put a fan blowing on everything from the top of a rack in the corner of the room. This seemed to fix it. This also gave space to route the Cat 5e cables through to the patch panels on the back side of the rack. I waited two weeks before deciding to switch over to this new setup. Thursday night a coworker and I moved the patch patch panels over to the rack and started to run connections to the Unifi switches (You can tell from the pictures below we kinda rushed it). Once everything was connected we turned everything on. What a disaster... internet didn't work, workstations couldn't connect to our ERP software on the server, and thin clients couldn't connect to the vm server. I went into the Unifi controller and set all the switches to get DHCP IPs, then restarted the whole stack. Once they all came back up we had internet but still couldn't get the other two major things. We then decided to disconnect the SFP+ switch just because it isn't being used yet, still nothing. At this point it was 8 PM and we had both been at work for 12 hours. I made sure none of the switches had any settings still set to interfere with the old RV042 router and we just hooked it back up and disconnected the new gateway. Everything was working after we did this. Saturday I came into work to troubleshoot. First attempt I got everything working by setting everything back up the way it was before i moved the switches into the rack except setting static IPs on the 48 port switches. I could have just went home and felt good for figuring it out right away, but no, I had to test it. I set the static IPs back on the 48 port switches, everything went down again. I restarted the stack and workstations I was testing on. They had internet but couldn't connect to the application server and the thin clients couldn't connect to the vm server. At this time there was a backup running to a USB drive on the application server so I thought maybe it was interfering with the workstations connecting. I set the old router back up and left. Yesterday (Sunday) I came back in. I set everything back to factory defaults and had one hell of a time trying to get a new Unifi controller to start the wizard. It kept trying to use an old configuration (Previously I had to change what port the controller used because it was running on the vm server that used port 8080 so I had to configure the system.properties file from a PC that I had initially setup with the controller on my desk). For a third time I had to install a Unifi Controller to another PC (which is where it is running currently). Just to get the back to the setup wizard took me 2 hours to figure out. This time around I just set the bare minimum in the controller. Restarted all the devices and everything worked. The next step of the project is getting the 3 fiber drops in the warehouse connected. Then use 1 of the 16 port POE Unifi switches at each drop with 15 to 20 UAP-AC-PRO spread throughout the warehouse(120,000 Sq/ft with 40ft rack). I made a few mistakes setting everything up, but for being my first network setup I feel like it wasn't to bad. Images below of the rack. Today I was able to setup a VPN from our storefront back to our application server. Didn't have to restart anything!

Disclaimer: I'm in SE Asia so my house use solid wood for doors and solid concrete and brick walls. I'm finally getting around to fixing the internet connection in my home. My house is currently running an Linksys E1200 with Asus RT-N14UHP as wireless repeater, and my internet speed is 100mbps down. The house size is 230m sq or 2470 sq ft. I bought a 25 meter long cat 5E cable and connected the modem to my Asus in the middle of the house in an open area. At first the speed was okay, getting 75-82 mbps down which is normal since the Asus router only has 100mbps ethernet speed, not gigabit. However, when I move to another room around 15-20ft (5-8 m) , with a concrete wall in between the speed drops to 50ish and at times when I'm in front of the router itself I'm not getting the 75-82mbps speed anymore. On the other hand I actually can get 100mbps down on speedtest when I'm on the modem's 5Ghz wireless. So right now I'm strongly considering getting the Ubiquiti AP-AC LR since my house is a two storey building and I just want to get at least a very low speed drop even when the signal weakens. Will this be the case if I switch or am I just expecting too much? Also I'm looking at the TP-Link EAP225 because it's cheaper than ubiquiti while being an actual AP. Is it any good for those who own the AP and have experience with them? TL;DR = Pulling 25m cable from modem to router, speed inconsistent and dropping fast when moving room, thinking of getting ubiquiti, not sure if it'll actually fix the problem Thanks!