Pro tip... Strip 12" from a 20" piece of rg6 coax cable. Stick the bare copper through the drywall and locate it in the attic. Quick, simple, and if your location fails you have a hole so small you don't even need to fill it.
I thought about doing something similar to that but I figured it would be less work for me just to look lol. Then by the time the action occurred I was already to committed lol. What a dummy I was....
Great vid!… I can’t find your Amazon links for the short cables at 11:19… What are those? Also, you completely skipped over screwing the plate into the ceiling… I have no idea what all these screws, plastic and metal pieces are for - was hoping this video would help with that.
Unfortunately the short cables can only be purchased on Ubiquitis website. People seem to prefer monoprice as an alternative though, amzn.to/3ji15mB. I used the short ones with the plastic wall anchors. The long ones are for ceiling tiles but you can use them in drywall if you want.
Did you use the included bracket inside the ceiling, or just use the wall mount anchors instead? I’m trying to work out how I’m meant to use that extra bracket without help in screwing them together.
Well I used wall anchors but in retrospective I should have used the bracket. Put the bracket in the attic and used the bolts and nuts to tighten and sandwich the drywall/Sheetrock.
CAT6 however I stopped using these as they are falling apart but that's probably only because I am always moving things around. amzn.to/3rlAvzR amzn.to/3t2NneM I've started using these however -> amzn.to/3Zykgw3
Talk about making this install more then what it is. Go in the house poke tour hole from in the room up push your fish stick thru locate it in Attic and done
@@SPXLabs I pulled cable for years and used to cry when I had to do a run with my wire-fish in conduit because it always snagged on everything or I had to make it aerodynamic with tons of black tape to make it around the bends. :)
That thing looks amazing. Just so clean. Right now I have two ASUS WIFI6 routers but eventually, when I do get the right equipment, this is just the way to go.
Hmm. Both my AC-Pro and NanoHD did well over 500mbit/s. I would say if your speeds went up from 200 to 330 with just stronger device, then maybe your config in not optimal. A properly configured AP should do way more than 300.
The best way to find where you are in the attic is to find all the air vent from walk from where you want to put it to the attic door that's how I find things as an Electrician
That depends on your application. Ubiquity recommends installing it vertically if your are trying to cover a large area and you don’t have access to the roof, or if there’s no roof.
Good install of the new Unifi 6 LR, I saw your crimping tool and was very interested in seeing it. Do you have other videos on actually creating the cat6 connectors using that Klein tool?
@@SPXLabs Yes very much I would be interested in seeing that video with that Klein tool and making connectors and what you need to think about on in preparation in connecting the cable and AP to you switch or patch panel and maybe more on why we need or don't need a patch panel.
Yah it’s home use with me my partner and two girls I also have devices plugged into the edgerouter x but everything seams to survive the abuse we give it 320gb of downloading a week
Aside from price I'm assuming this is almost apple's-to-apples with a Zyxel NWA110AX in terms of usage, my question is what all is needed to use them (in my case the Zyxel), I'm currently updating due to a semi-local lightning strike near my home taking my "old" Netgear out. Do I have to get another router (Netgear, ASUS, etc) or is just the XGS1930-28HP and the NWA110AX) sufficient somehow?
I just used a stud finder for mine. I'm surprised you got one to cover 2100 sqft. Didn't work for me. I have two for main areas and one in my office. I think my roof and other things cause issues.
@@SPXLabs that’s about what I get or no signal at all. 2ghz comes through, but I just use 3 and balance them. My houses windows and the roofs radiant barrier, and insulated interior walls kills my signal. Going wider the 80 on 5ghz is a no go. 160 is actually slower. Have you experienced that?
I’d have to look into it more to give you an answer. Most of my devices are wired in and only the iPads and phones are on wifi. So I’ll have to get back to you
Use a compass to orient yourself. Take a reading while in the room where you want to add the AP and use a marker point, like the light housing you were basing your installation point off. Then do the same thing when you're in the attic looking down at the same light housing. You can even use measurements based off the light housing vs. where you want the AP to really narrow things down while in the attic.
New at this? When all else fails, "READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!" The smaller metal plate is for mounting on suspended ceilings as a "Back Plate" on the other side of the drop in panel as a support sandwich. The scary plastic cover is for use during installation to keep your grubby little finger print and dirt off the AP. SO! that when all done, it's bright white and beautiful!
I would say Cat7 is way overkill for another couple of years. Cat 7 gives you much harder wires, sensitive to bending. So unless you’re going to futureproof your house 20 years (probably more), don’t go CAT7. :)
Here is more protip you went thru all that trouble running that cab and you didnt leave a pull string dor the future just wow Have some pride j hooks in the attic
Smaller ring is for drop ceiling tiles. Has been for years. Seriously doing a review for an item you don't even know about? You should also strap the data cable high along the attic cross beams and not laying across the ceiling beams hidden under the insulation, so they don't interfere with anything else in the attic. How many power cables did you cross running them along the celling floor?
@@SPXLabs You don't want to cross over electrical wiring, run parallel or run in the same conduit or run over fluorescent lighting. Both cause interference with the signal.
Yes a LOT of unfair things. You did not compare. How can you tell it is superb. How can you tell the pro is showing it's age. It's in a completely different and worse location 🤷♂️
Ohhhh the shoutout thank you. great video!
No you
Pro tip... Strip 12" from a 20" piece of rg6 coax cable. Stick the bare copper through the drywall and locate it in the attic. Quick, simple, and if your location fails you have a hole so small you don't even need to fill it.
That’s not a bad idea. Next time!
Pro tip drill holes first and ask questions later, cable god here.
And here is a better pro tip use a magpull locater and not even have to make a hole or strip anything
I wonder how it compares to my SHD AP. Also centrally installed and same sq ft.
Send it over and I’ll show you
Easiest way is to use a stud finder on the ceiling and drill a small hole and put a glow necklace through the hole and you can always find it.
I thought about doing something similar to that but I figured it would be less work for me just to look lol. Then by the time the action occurred I was already to committed lol. What a dummy I was....
Great vid!… I can’t find your Amazon links for the short cables at 11:19… What are those?
Also, you completely skipped over screwing the plate into the ceiling… I have no idea what all these screws, plastic and metal pieces are for - was hoping this video would help with that.
Unfortunately the short cables can only be purchased on Ubiquitis website. People seem to prefer monoprice as an alternative though, amzn.to/3ji15mB. I used the short ones with the plastic wall anchors. The long ones are for ceiling tiles but you can use them in drywall if you want.
@@SPXLabs Excellent, thanks, man!
Where are you buy to the patch cord? Color blue (minute 11:12 )
store.ui.com/collections/unifi-accessories/products/unifi-ethernet-patch-cable-with-bendable-booted-rj45
Did I miss the part entirely where he mounts the bracket???
Nope. Just wasn’t included. Didn’t think it was worthwhile
Did you use the included bracket inside the ceiling, or just use the wall mount anchors instead? I’m trying to work out how I’m meant to use that extra bracket without help in screwing them together.
Well I used wall anchors but in retrospective I should have used the bracket. Put the bracket in the attic and used the bolts and nuts to tighten and sandwich the drywall/Sheetrock.
may I ask where you got your unique patch cables from also what Cat are they?
CAT6 however I stopped using these as they are falling apart but that's probably only because I am always moving things around.
amzn.to/3rlAvzR
amzn.to/3t2NneM
I've started using these however -> amzn.to/3Zykgw3
So what was that extra piece for? Also, could you have mounted it in the attic?
Talk about making this install more then what it is. Go in the house poke tour hole from in the room up push your fish stick thru locate it in Attic and done
I tested ~700 Mbps speeds for the U6-LR over LAN using the iPerf3 network bandwidth measurement tool.
Pro Tip: Run some jet line for future pulls. Makes life so much better. :) bucket of it is pretty cheap on amazon.
Never seen or heard of that before. Thanks for the tip!
@@SPXLabs I pulled cable for years and used to cry when I had to do a run with my wire-fish in conduit because it always snagged on everything or I had to make it aerodynamic with tons of black tape to make it around the bends. :)
Lol yes. It does seem to snag a bunch and the tap definitely helps.
Your attic area is so bright. My house is only 20 years old but is super dark up there even with a headlamp.
Well, with a 5000 lumen light up there it better be bright
Hi sorry for dumb question i wanna ask you what you choose asus or cisco for wifi 6 router ?
Probably Cisco, between the two.
@@SPXLabs thnx :)
Thanks
pretty cool
Would you recommend 2 lr access points close to each other
They don’t need to be. The further away the better coverage you will have
That thing looks amazing. Just so clean. Right now I have two ASUS WIFI6 routers but eventually, when I do get the right equipment, this is just the way to go.
Keep those for a long while for when wifi 8 comes out!
Can you connect the access point to an ethernet wall jack?
Yup
Just watched this before I did mine. Thanks
Nice! I hope you learned what not to do lol
Hmm. Both my AC-Pro and NanoHD did well over 500mbit/s.
I would say if your speeds went up from 200 to 330 with just stronger device, then maybe your config in not optimal.
A properly configured AP should do way more than 300.
It's due to range
The best way to find where you are in the attic is to find all the air vent from walk from where you want to put it to the attic door that's how I find things as an Electrician
Making video of u6 or looking how to put Ap
is it mandatory to install it horizontally and facing downward? is there any signal degradation if its installed vertically?
Mandatory no. Potentially yes because the AP is designed to be horizontally mounted.
That depends on your application. Ubiquity recommends installing it vertically if your are trying to cover a large area and you don’t have access to the roof, or if there’s no roof.
Good install of the new Unifi 6 LR, I saw your crimping tool and was very interested in seeing it. Do you have other videos on actually creating the cat6 connectors using that Klein tool?
Nope! Would you like me to make a video?
@@SPXLabs Yes very much I would be interested in seeing that video with that Klein tool and making connectors and what you need to think about on in preparation in connecting the cable and AP to you switch or patch panel and maybe more on why we need or don't need a patch panel.
I’ll give it a whirl. Unfortunately I’m headed out of town and won’t be able to do it anytime soon :/
@@SPXLabs Not a problem, will be happy when you get time to do this video.
They look so nice but I am still using my ac lite as can not upgrade yet
Use it till it doesn’t work anymore! Not going to lie, this was a bit unnecessary, I could have moved the AC Pro.
@@SPXLabs my ac lite gets ran into the ground at any time of the day it has 24+ devices on
Wow that’s pretty sick. That’s a lot of devices, this is at your home yeah?
Yah it’s home use with me my partner and two girls I also have devices plugged into the edgerouter x but everything seams to survive the abuse we give it 320gb of downloading a week
Hahaha dang. Thats really good then.
Aside from price I'm assuming this is almost apple's-to-apples with a Zyxel NWA110AX in terms of usage, my question is what all is needed to use them (in my case the Zyxel), I'm currently updating due to a semi-local lightning strike near my home taking my "old" Netgear out. Do I have to get another router (Netgear, ASUS, etc) or is just the XGS1930-28HP and the NWA110AX) sufficient somehow?
You would need a switch or router than supplies POE+. Or you can buy a POE+ adapter from ubiquiti to use it.
can you use this AP with a normal router and PoE injector? thanks
I’m guessing yes after a quick Google search.
help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047417733-UniFi-Setting-up-a-UniFi-Access-Point-in-Standalone-Mode
@@SPXLabs Lol thanks man
I just used a stud finder for mine. I'm surprised you got one to cover 2100 sqft. Didn't work for me. I have two for main areas and one in my office. I think my roof and other things cause issues.
The furthest corner with the most walls between the AP and my laptop showed 20Mbps down and 15Mbps up. Not great but good.
@@SPXLabs that’s about what I get or no signal at all. 2ghz comes through, but I just use 3 and balance them. My houses windows and the roofs radiant barrier, and insulated interior walls kills my signal. Going wider the 80 on 5ghz is a no go. 160 is actually slower. Have you experienced that?
I’d have to look into it more to give you an answer. Most of my devices are wired in and only the iPads and phones are on wifi. So I’ll have to get back to you
Use a compass to orient yourself. Take a reading while in the room where you want to add the AP and use a marker point, like the light housing you were basing your installation point off. Then do the same thing when you're in the attic looking down at the same light housing. You can even use measurements based off the light housing vs. where you want the AP to really narrow things down while in the attic.
New at this? When all else fails, "READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!"
The smaller metal plate is for mounting on suspended ceilings as a "Back Plate" on the other side of the drop in panel as a support sandwich.
The scary plastic cover is for use during installation to keep your grubby little finger print and dirt off the AP. SO! that when all done, it's bright white and beautiful!
Yes but where’s the fun in that???
xD the BACKing plate, in the FRONTface of the wall... FAIL xD
WhT wifi plan do u have sir
You mean LTE? Like from a wireless phone carrier?
Command strips are a better option for mounting - less drilling of holes in your attic IMO
Haha amen to that. So far the mount has been 100% permanent. Don’t plan on removing it anytime soon
Why not do both?
Raisins I guess
Hi why not CAT 7 over CAT6? I’ve seen better speeds.
cat7 isn’t a standard yet and cat6 still does 10Gbps.
I would say Cat7 is way overkill for another couple of years. Cat 7 gives you much harder wires, sensitive to bending.
So unless you’re going to futureproof your house 20 years (probably more), don’t go CAT7. :)
Here is more protip you went thru all that trouble running that cab and you didnt leave a pull string dor the future just wow
Have some pride j hooks in the attic
Wish I would have went with Ubiquity when I got my TP Link access point it's ok but the software and range is Meh
Hey man where you been?
@@SPXLabs Life gets busy! Had kiddo #2
Awwww. Congratulations! Time to update AD with a new user account.
Love live the channel!!!!!!! And beard!
Wallet is getting more and more empty. Becoming too expensive to maintain! Also I need my gaming time!
@@SPXLabs ill send you tree fifty
Ehhh, I’d rather have your emotional support. And prayers
Really supposed to use a low voltage box at minimum
That’s one thing I for sure wish I had come across or seen recommended before I installed jt
Use J hooks for the love of god XD
next time! Good idea for sure.
Smaller ring is for drop ceiling tiles. Has been for years. Seriously doing a review for an item you don't even know about? You should also strap the data cable high along the attic cross beams and not laying across the ceiling beams hidden under the insulation, so they don't interfere with anything else in the attic. How many power cables did you cross running them along the celling floor?
I don’t do reviews. Okay that’s a lie. I’ve done 1 review and this isn’t it
@@SPXLabs Point taken. Thanks!
Hey about the power thing, that’s solid advice and I don’t know. Thanks for looking out
@@SPXLabs You don't want to cross over electrical wiring, run parallel or run in the same conduit or run over fluorescent lighting. Both cause interference with the signal.
Does it make any difference if the lights are LEDs instead?
q bruto XD
Yes a LOT of unfair things. You did not compare. How can you tell it is superb. How can you tell the pro is showing it's age. It's in a completely different and worse location 🤷♂️
And that’s why this isn’t a review