Access Point Choices

[AMD Lover]

Anybody with more knowledge than me know how the WRT32X would compare to a Ubiquti AP-AC-PRO or AP-HD?

 

I've got an AP-AC-PRO right now and love the advanced features. I do networking as a career and I like tinkering with the UniFi controller on my downtime but I have a couple random problems with Ubiquiti products that make it a pain. All my 2.4Ghz devices have internet access for one but can't see anything on the 5Ghz or Ethernet networks.

 

[scottyseng]

That router would be comparable to the AC-HD due to MU-MIMO.

 

Hmm, I'm a bit confused. Your devices can't pick up 5GHz? Do you have both 2.4GHz and 5GHz on the same SSID?

 

Also what do you mean the devices can't see anything on the Ethernet network?

 

Yeah, I love breaking things in UniFi controller. Waiting for the Edgerouter 4 to come into stock so I can break more things. haha.

[AMD Lover]

7 hours ago, scottyseng said:

That router would be comparable to the AC-HD due to MU-MIMO.

 

Hmm, I'm a bit confused. Your devices can't pick up 5GHz? Do you have both 2.4GHz and 5GHz on the same SSID?

 

Also what do you mean the devices can't see anything on the Ethernet network?

 

Yeah, I love breaking things in UniFi controller. Waiting for the Edgerouter 4 to come into stock so I can break more things. haha.

Back when I had the old 2.4Ghz Chromecasts I could only cast to the sticks if I was using a device on the 2.4Ghz network. My 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SSIDS are seperate. Any devices on either the Ethernet or 5Ghz couldn't see the Chromecasts.

[scottyseng]

1 hour ago, AMD Lover said:

Back when I had the old 2.4Ghz Chromecasts I could only cast to the sticks if I was using a device on the 2.4Ghz network. My 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SSIDS are seperate. Any devices on either the Ethernet or 5Ghz couldn't see the Chromecasts.

Huh, that's pretty interesting. Curious, what router do you have? USG?

[beavo451]

12 hours ago, AMD Lover said:

Back when I had the old 2.4Ghz Chromecasts I could only cast to the sticks if I was using a device on the 2.4Ghz network. My 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SSIDS are seperate. Any devices on either the Ethernet or 5Ghz couldn't see the Chromecasts.

You sure you didn’t accidentally set up separate networks for each frequency?

 

There are plenty of people running flawless networks with Ubiquiti gear. 

[AMD Lover]

On 2/27/2018 at 12:15 AM, scottyseng said:

Huh, that's pretty interesting. Curious, what router do you have? USG?

No just the ISP provided one. Disabled everything within it except the routing functions.

[AMD Lover]

22 hours ago, beavo451 said:

You sure you didn’t accidentally set up separate networks for each frequency?

 

There are plenty of people running flawless networks with Ubiquiti gear. 

I put a override on the SSID for the different bands simply to have a defined 5Ghz network. I guess that very well could've isolated it on its own network but I didn't figure it would.

[scottyseng]

5 hours ago, AMD Lover said:

I put a override on the SSID for the different bands simply to have a defined 5Ghz network. I guess that very well could've isolated it on its own network but I didn't figure it would.

It shouldn't do that by default, but if you were to isolate each network to a VLAN, it would.

 

That's pretty weird to me. I've never had this issue. APs are pretty pass through (unless isolated VLAN SSIDs), usually the router / managed switch isolates devices like that.

 

No luck pinging the devices either?