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Starlink Update and Home WiFi DIY Fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2024
- An update on my recent Starlink Install and How I Fixed my Home Wifi Problems.
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0:55 Starlink Update
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8:01 Home Wifi Options
9:58 My Unifi Setup
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14:04 Fixing my Wifi
15:33 Badly terminated cables
17:23 Reconfiguring Unifi
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Delighted you're doing Starlink today, you're always so thorough and informative. I actually learn lots from your mistakes, but more from your achievements. ☺ 👍
Nice one Charlie, this is the awkward grey area where tech and home DIY bump into each other, and can understand how daunting it all must look like when dumped on your lap! Great to seem plenty lend a hand and get you something solid, and you did a pretty good surface guide. Coming from the tech side I'd you've pretty much hit the nail on the head for each of the software/hardware/network gubbins. All I would recommend is bumping up your garden WAP power, but if you're finding you're gettting OK range with it on low then you should be golden.
Glad you got this all sorted out Charlie, so good of Ben to come and help you out too !
Lots to take in on this video, glad you avoided the hack !
I've had a BT whole home mesh WiFi for 5 years I think. Simple set up and management, pretty much looks after itself. Self administered upgrades have improved the performance without my input. My house is a bit strung out but no thick walls, so can't comment on that side. All said, I would and do recommend the system.
It's possible your UniFi Network software can't determine what your access points are connected into due to the "dumb"/non-unifi switch that you have. It might solve the issue if you had a UniFi switch perhaps not worth upgrading to right now but maybe in the future it would be a worthwhile upgrade. You could even get a Dream Router (UDR) or Dream Machine Pro/SE (UDM) (big expensive upgrades) but that would then give you UniFi Network running locally within your network. You could then enable features like Nightly Channel Optimisation (if needed usually better when you are in a congested wifi environment). With the UDR/UDM you'd also get access to the other UniFi software like UniFi Protect for cameras if you wanted. But this is where it starts getting very expensive
Great video Charlie, some of it went above my head but when I watch the video a second and third time might help. Thanks for this.
A UniFi switch will sort out most of those topology issues. Next stage will be setting up VLANs to stop your Chinese IoT products being potential future security problems.
So was browsing the internet and found your video. Absolutely love it! I work with Unifi for my Job at an ISP here in American and there are plenty of quirks but once you sort them out the systems tend to run smoothly without the need for reboots or human interaction. The issue you are seeing where the AP's think they are linking up to each other and the "network map" not looking right is just a combination of Unifi trying to understand how you have the equipment plugged in and you not using a unifi switch or router. But as you are using non unifi managed equipment for the Switch and Router/Gateway, unifi is guessing on how the network is built. So meshing turned off is great and you are not actually seeing any issues as long as the uplink line is solid blue on the network map it's a hardwired uplink.
Thanks so much James, really appreciate that. 👊 I think you must be right about the non uniform managed switch. As long as it's not affecting the performance I can live with a bit of mad topology 😉
I use TP-Link Omada, which is their Unifi equivalent. Very happy with the system especially the in-wall access points.
RJ45 connector plugs can be had in many variations, there are connectors for solid, stranded and shielded cable.
Doing this is part of my job, I have to say this is a good overview for a DIY user.
Pro installations these days tend to turn off 2.4GHz on all but a few APs. If you have good 5GHz coverage it's largely redundant. As you have 4 APs I would not bother putting 2.4GHz on all of them, look at which devices can only do that frequency and make sure there is coverage for them. Putting 2.4GHz on the 20MHz setting is a very good tip, however trying to persuade all your neighbours may not be that easy :)
Just ordered Starlink based on this and your previous video. Can't wait to get it up and running as my Sky Internet is maxing our at 29 mbps download I already have a Deco M9 Mesh system with 4 extenders as we live in a 500 yr old farmhouse with super thick walls, so i'm looking forward to supercharging everything with better speeds :)
Your access points showing as meshing is likely due to the non-unifi switch and router you're using. As the unfi controller can't talk to them, it doesn't know how your devices are connected to each other, so the topology will always look a mess and seems to by default assume they're meshing unless a unifi switch tells it otherwise.
Thanks buddy. Yes I think you must be right. Just wanted I didn't think of that 😉
I’ve had enormous success with Starlink installation in far away Australia after we last swapped thoughts, with a similar chimney installation on my somewhat more accessible rooftop. I’ve upped the quality of Ethernet cables (to Cat 8) that run to two points in my house, running off a quality Netgear RAXE300 router , and have Orbi WiFi 6 for downstairs and further flung points outside. I’m still to form an opinion on ‘Netgear Armor’ which runs on the router and Orbi system, but it seems like it’s a positive protection. Wi-Fi and Ethernet speeds are spectacular.Thanks for another helpful video.
What a great setup Greg and thanks so much sharing that. Yes Starlink's been game changing, hasn't it. I've heard good things about the Orbi system. I might update my Unifi access points when wifi7 when it comes in.
Yes, keep your eyes on Netgear, their Orbi systems are getting better all the time. Finding devices that use wifi 6e is hard, but more and more modern devices will come to use that wifi spectrum. The higher capacity Ethernet cable is worth considering as well, as equipment upgrades happen that can benefit from it.
I love your show and it’s really important to me as we are setting in a renovation old property yikes. Keep going Charlie and we need starlink. And I already have UniFi so I’m hoping tk expand it with camera protect and the doorbell lights and put cat 6 through out the house . And have my own video cctv rather than a subscription. You could always just get a poe switch to work the Unifi router and have all wires go to that
Thanks so much - really chuffed you find my vids useful. I'm so impressed with Starlink - it's worked pretty securely since we installed it. I would have thought you can do that - given it'll be working on your unifi network and mine operates with Starlink exactly as it did before - although you sound a lot more tecky than me so are more likely to know how it will work. 😉
Now that is one valuable info packed video ! I had no idea that stuff existed. I'm sure 99% of viewers didn't either ! Well done that man for coming around to fix your issues
Sorry i had a pop at you last time, got to remember not everyone is Tech savvy. Glad its all working well for you!
I had similar issues when a few months I created UniFi network where the access points where connecting to each other via WiFi. Here are some things to try out.
1. Make sure the issue is not with Ethernet termination at either end, you can be getting power and even data but any small issue in the connector and the device will notice and default to WiFi connection - remember power only goes on some of the wires and the data goes on other wires. Personally, I adopted them near the switch using a small cable lead that I know to be good.
2. Make sure they are running the latest software but do check online the change logs for know issues and sometimes you might need to use the Beta version or an older version as the current sable might have know issues.
3. Reset the access point to factory settings and adopt it again. Make sure to turn off the NEW DEVICE AUTO LINK.
I can’t check it now, but I am almost certain you should keep the Wifi meshing on, is just the new Device Auto Link you want to disabled so they don’t adopt using the WiFi link between them.
A VPN is not “internet security”… It’s great for Geolocked content but that’s really it.
Not strictly true insomuch as the VPN encrypts traffic, specifically including DNS requests, and acts as a proxy. ProtonVPN, the one I use (but an otherwise not affiliated with) also has a feature called Netshield which blocks Ads via DNS filtering to speed up browsing while protecting your device. It also blocks privacy-invading ads and stops trackers from monitoring your browsing, and prevents malware from infecting your device. This feature may have prevented Charlie from falling fowl of his attacker.
@@1935Charm Apart from if you look at how session stealing works, it wouldn't. Again, VPNs offer some great benefits like accessing geolocked content but as an "Internet Security" product they're not much good.
Also encrypting encrypted traffic is not so useful. As most connections are over TLS/SSL they are already encrypted between your client and the server.
DNS over HTTPS is also supported by the major browsers and would also mean that your DNS traffic was encrypted.
VPNs were never designed as an internet security tool, but as a method for business people to remotely connect back to their offices. They’re a great tool, I have a simple one setup to connect back to my house (which does provide security as it saves me opening lots of ports to internal services).
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Not sure if someone has corrected you but unifi can mesh as well and can use WiFi uplink rather than needing a network cable to network
The mesh networks can plug into the existing router, also you can have guest networks and again you can change the LEDs and then you can see them on the mess app on your phone so you can again run it all though that plus you can do it from anywhere you don't need to be at home@
hi Charlie..good vid. ive had starlink since it launched in beta in the about 18 months ago. its been great for me so far as my other internet options are limited at this stage. I have my Starlink hooked up to a Tp Link Omada environment. TP Link router , TP link 1 Gb poe switch powering 6 Aps around the house Omada and a TP link cloud connector. Omada is TP links interpretation of the Unify hardware and is bit more budget friendly but offers most of the same features which might be of interest to your viewers.
How much would all the tp link gear set ya back? Because what's going on in Charlie's video is way over my head, 😅
@@gercoffey9873 depends what you end up going for. basic setup is a couple of hundred quid I suppose. which would include router and a few access points. it all depends how much area you nee to cover.
@stuartmacdonald6754 ok thanks, I'm sure that would do the trick, first step anyway is to get starlink, what Charlie had in the window cellular reception is not doing the trick at 5mps
Fantastic as always 👍
I'm lost 😢 at 56. I feel I should understand, but I don't. I'm a hands-on bloke, but technically, im a dinosaur.... Good on you for understanding.... back to building 😊
Hi Frank, I'm 70 and that video may as well have been in Mandarin. I didn't understand a word, not Charlie's fault just down to this old fossil. Regards Jim.
Charlie,in your Unifi controller head to settings/system/advanced.Under Wireless Connectivity untick Wireless Meshing.
Before you can turn it off you will have to forget an AP that is already Meshed.
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Thanks. I haven't ever had meshing ticked.
To disable meshing try disabling the meshing in the menu at 21:21 (untick "Wireless Meshing"), then forget all your affected AP`s and readopt them.
Also re the Global AP management, you could use that to control the channel width and transmit power of your APs and, I believe, if you use that and the nightly channel optimisation, it will scan for the best channels to use and assign them to each AP to prevent overlap and interference.
Thanks. I've tried factory reset and readopting. I think I probably need a UNIFI switch for it to see all the access points correctly.
It's worth noting that unifi AP also has a wireless mesh option (wireless uplink). You still need to POE injector to power the unit. But it can mesh off another access point if you can't get a cable to that location
Thanks Adam. Yes I was aware of the meshing option but should have probably made more of that in the vid. 👊
The mark at the top left of the image is a spec of dust on your cameras sensor. Take the lens off and give the sensor a little clean with a gentle puff of air or a sensor swab
Thanks Nick. Unfortunately it's a camcorder - Panasonic X1500E. Lens is integrated so I can't get to the sensor but I'll see if CVP can repair it. It has a hard life - plunged 15ft off my ladder when I was building the log store 🤦
Hi Charlie, just subscribed to your channel and loving the content. I have a channel and podcast called Dad Mind Matters and wondered if you might be up for being a guest this year to talk about your channel and what Dads can do you save money this year? Let me know and happy new year James
Those APs are specially designed to be on the ceiling. mounted on the wall it means the wifi beams will only be directed to the front of it.
Use black ties outdoors. Fix the cable to the wall.
One thing also worth checking is the electricity running costs, a lot of those WiFi gadgets can use 10 watts 24/7 so if you have five and Starlink it could be expensive to run. Also you can get green Ethernet hub/switches which use less power.
Good point 👌
For a point of reference. I’m running Unifi for network (4 PoE APs), a PoE powered flex switch and 6 PoE cameras. It’s drawing max 50w overnight whilst the IR illuminators are running. Quick estimate is it’s using about a kW a day at a cost of around 25p a day. All hosted on prem. it’s a reasonable cost to me.
Thanks for the shoutout :)
Unifi will only show topology information correctly if you have unifi switches and a gateway. Don't worry, your APs are fine and they are not connecting to each other. The controller just can't comprehend that a non unifi switch is there and is freaking out so it thinks everything most therefore be connected to each other.
Got a BT mesh 5 years ago. The apple devices work fine with the mesh. Except my LG v30 spare phone. The POS doesn’t seamlessly connect so you get disconnects on it room to room.
Just something to note.
Thanks, that's good to know. Might be time for an upgrade 🤔
how fix the difference between starlink speed and wifi router
I'd recommend having 2.4 ghz at 40 mhz and 5 ghz at 80 mhz. The lower mhz is for compatibility, but most items now have no issue with 40 mhz. Your higher speeds rely on the higher mhz. I had to reconfigure my network to gain use of my high speed internet at home. I couldn't get anything close to my 1GB speed I paid for, until I switched the 5ghz over to 80mhz.
Thanks for sharing that 👌👊
Possibly recommended in another comment (I'm late here), but an even better YT channel for UniFi information is Crosstalk Solutions. Chris Sherwood (the host) is possibly the best TH-camr covering the vendor; he's certainly where I've learned the most about my own UniFi installations (I'm on my third, upgrading over 10-ish years).
Regarding your topology issues, it's possible that those are just display bugs, not real issues, if your devices are on the most current firmware, and your network controller software is the latest. (There are some known issues.) But it's also possible that you've got genuine connectivity issues. It probably requires some on-site investigation to be certain.
What I _don't_ think would help is a dedicated cloud key unit. Those are nice (I've used two), but the controller software running on them is the same you'd be running on a cloud key. There's minor differences, and sometimes you get access to different versions for different kinds of installs, but the software itself is all _intended_ to be the same across the various ways you can use it (self-hosted install, dedicated hardware "cloud" key, cloud service).
Michael I really appreciate your input, thanks. It's a funny one the topology. I had an installer kindly email me and he suggested it was because I didn't have the APs running on Global AP settings. So I tried that (he also suggested I set power to Auto - which I was told isn't great because they just run on high power then). Anyway I tried that and topology is no different 🤣 So we blunder on. Perhaps a managed Unifi switch would solve the issue but I'm also told there would be no wi-fi benefits over the Netgear one I'm running so I'll just live with that minor glitch for now.
@@CharlieDIYte I didn't think of the unmanaged, non-UniFi switch earlier. I would bet that that's the issue. And, other than maybe simplifying the wiring (if you're using a PoE injector for your APs, on a non-PoE switch), you're right that there's no functional benefit to converting. The topology thing is really just a cosmetic glitch, in that case, and certainly something you can live with. (I lived with a funky topology for years, when I was running my first UniFi system, with just the APs, and self-hosted software on a Mac!)
You should have used a Chimney lashed cradle for that install those screws on that chimney won't last 5 minutes in high winds My company would have installed that dish on the Chimney for 150 plus vat using all the correct fittings and a 1-year guarantee on the Dish install.
I went for the TP Link Omada range. Similar to the Ubiquity but easier on the wallet.
I am about to install my set up on the chimney. I was wondering whether smoke coming out the chimney is not having impact on the dish itself. Thx
Not from the point of view of interrupting the signal as after all it works regardless of cloud. However I'd be concerned about the damage caused by creosote soot if you're putting it on an active chimney...
@@CharlieDIYte thx. That was my concern. It’s up, just mounted it on. Let’s see, it is an active chimney. Will keep an eye on it.
Linus Tech Tips were taken down by a download from an email disguising itself as a file from what was a potential channel sponsor. They used "sessions tokens" not cookies to bypass passwords and two facto authentication. Different types of attacks & methods of gaining control.
Thanks.
Curiously, I am with EE I went for their 4g wireless hub last September and achieved 60 to 80 mbps download and 20 mbps upload. Fine for about three months, then went flakey. In the last fortnight it has dropped to 0.87 mbps download with 30mbps upload! EE can't explain why this is and have no idea why it also affects our two 5g handsets. In summary the signal at our property is abysmal and is up and down like a bride's nightie! At 3:00 am in the morning I can achieve 40 mbps download. We live in a row of 10 cottages and there are only two of us using EE. They have proved to be useless I can see the mast, no trees in the way. Nothing has changed since last September except I now feel I've been conned. Starlink may be getting a new customer thanks to you.
My experience exactly and unfortunately when I bought Starlink I had assumed it was a 12 month contract. Turns out it was 24 and I still had 8 months left to run. 🤦
@CharlieDIYte Yes, sadly I can't shake them off until next March. Ah well. Great videos by the way.
I must have missed a few, bit of a step up from best decking oil 😃
Ha! For me it's about videoing stuff as it needs sorting, so some jobs are easier than others.
Interesting. I installed Google wireless mesh years ago, working well without any settings to fix. The app told me when placement was good. Must suffer Google snooping around though.
Yes, not much we can do about that though when they're harvesting everything from our phones anyway. Great work 👌
What is the model of your Poe switch you used in the video please mate.
UK uses channels 1 - 6 - 11 on the 2.4GHz band in the UK "by convention" ~ it isn't a regulation.
I had a problem with my Unifi where near neighbours had their router set on Ch8 by the installer (Virgin). This was causing interference, but when neighbours don't understand - they just use it - you can have to exclude one of your channels to avoid this interference. I had tried contacting Virgin, who wouldn't respond as I wasn't a customer. I didn't manage to find which neighbour it was....
Unless you need to work with original 802.11b WiFi, people in the UK (and most other countries) are better off using 1-5-9-13 spacing. Channels 12 and 13 are power-limited in the US.
@@exercept-mn7sw don’t really agree with that because 1-6-11 is well entrenched, and properties are too close, so you’d end up interfering such as I saw here.
Commercial installations with proper controllers are fine (we had Cisco) because you auto channel select and control power, although you did have to be mindful of neighbouring properties - we had a lot of boundary housing so had to ensure we didn’t swamp them
Great to see Starlink being used successfully. But shouldn’t you be on a business account with Starlink? Considering you’ve monetized the service being used. Only asking if this in their terms of service this could be an issue
What d'you mean I've monetised the service? It's a domestic account for domestic use. The fact I've done a video on it is irrelevant as it wasn't a gifted product and I paid for it. The monetisation was for a Surfshark integration.
If you experience WhatsApp calls or downloads etc cutting out as you roam about the house you may want to ensure that you have the 802.11r standard enabled - often called fast transition or fast roaming.
It means that instead of your device e.g phone having to re-authenticate every time it decides to change access point, the access points share the authentication information between them.
In theory that means you get a seamless roaming experience
Thank you. I recently got a mesh system and this was my only fault. When I was video calling and walking round the house it would cut out as I walked up the stairs. Is there a reason this isn't enabled by default?
@@robhamer8765 no idea. The only thing I can think of is that there are other elements to the standard (802.11k and 802.11v) which require device manufacturer support and not that many manufacturers support it well. But that's not really a good reason not to enable it on the access points
Hi Charlie, where did you get it at that price? I only see £460?
I would separate the 2.4GHz and 5GHz SSIDs. One on 2.4 and one 5 (home and home5g). This can stop devices from flipping between 2.4 and 5. 5GHz being the faster. Just remember that 5GHz does not penetrate as far as 2.4GHz, around half the distance. You can use the 5GHz DFS channels as long as the APs back off when they detect radar, which most modern APs. Most internal APs will no affect radar. As 5GHz is an unlicensed band, meaning there is nothing you can do if someone else turns up and decides to use the same channels or neighbouring channels of interference. Also as you have only 4 APs you could bump up your 5GHz to 80MHz channel BW.
The smudge might not be a lens issue, could be dust on the ccd!
Thanks. Unfortunately it's a camcorder - Panasonic X1500E. Lens is integrated so I can't get to the sensor but I'll see if CVP can repair it. It has a hard life - plunged 15ft off my ladder when I was building the log store 🤦
I wouldn't put your home wifi on a external 3rd partys server, nor do you need the cloud key. Thats normally only used to access the system remotely
Cheers mate. I appreciate that and agree, I just don't like the idea of doing that 👊
The patch on your screen is due to a dirty sensor. You can get cleaning kits to clean your camera sensor. These are normally a swab with some Cleaning solution.
Maybe you could create a video to show people how to clean your sensors.
Thanks mate. Trouble is it's a camcorder and the lens is integrated. I've booked a service with CVP where I got it from and ordered a new one. I'll keep the old one for all the dirty work. They told me to give it a good wack which seems to have dislodged the dust from the sensor. There's so much inside the camera though
I would never recommend meshing unless you can’t not run cat cables, you can loss performance as the AP’s have to also communicated with each other and the devices. 100% I would recommend to get a udm pro and get a unifi poe switch but just think about power for any addition poe (cctv especially).
Thanks, I appreciate that 👊
Cheers Charlie. Great vid but to be fair it kind of went over my head. If I put those round things on the top of the wall with wire running from them the wife would slit me gizzards. I use powerline range extenders which appear to meet my needs at the moment 👍
Thanks Francis. Sorry it was a bit over the head but I'm grateful you watched it. 👊
@CharlieDIYte Hi Charlie. It's all the wiring and the switchgear that goes into producing a "wireless" installation; that's what goes over my head. I've been looking at a mesh wifi setup but it just seems to be over kill to be honest. Enjoyed the vid though, always interesting 👍
21:48 The WiFi meshing glitch you are facing. Is it because you aren't using an Unfi POE smart managed switch.
I had the same initially when I installed my WiFi 6 Unifi AP with TP Link POE unmanaged switch.
I think the unifi controller software gets in a muddle as the access points are connected to a non Unifi managed switch. So, it thinks the APs are connected to each other. As it can not talk back to the switch but can talk to the other APs.
However, I don't think they are actually in mesh mode. It is just the way unifi talks to each other that makes it report that way.
Once I upgraded to Unfi managed POE switch, the topology was correct.
I work in IT. However, I am not a network guy, but that is my theory.
Thanks mate. Yes I'm sure you're right, thinking about it. I think I'll leave it as is for now unless it's having an impact on the integrity of the network which I don't think it is. 👊
Jesus, my head is totally bent now !! 🤯
Ahh man, I would just add more dedicated access points, get the proper speed and future proof, in the future when you got fttp, and want 1gb plus up and down + in places your regret going orbi. Also the area to small for rack?? check out the 6" deep 2U/4U racks, there perfect! got a unit under my stairs works well, I use keystones though. I do have a patch panel, 2 of them doing nothing haha >.< (where to sell haha)
Cheers Martyn. Great advice 👊
Unifi ac actually mesh mate and much better than what you were advertising just use them as they're supposed to be with unifi cloud key gen two
Thanks 👊
Charlie love your channel. Unfortunately this all blew my mind and although I have poor Internet speed and dead zones, I am no clearer to resolving this. Could you do an idiots version of your video.
Oh, d@mn it. I was hoping that would work for all. I think you need a new WiFi 6 mesh system if it's not feasible to get a wired connection to all the areas where you think you need an extender. They're expensive but everyone was raving about them in the comments. Thanks so much for watching my vids. 👊
WIFI 5 and WIFI 6 are notoriously bad at switching dynamically between access points with dropouts and reconnects as you move around the house. The good news is WiFi 7 has solved these issues and will be a huge upgrade for multi access points. So don't go upgrading to any current generation mesh product until the WiFi 7 ones are available. Also even though mesh products can work together over WiFi they all perform better with a wired LAN backbone. WiFi 7 mesh products will have the option to use a 10Gb LAN backbone which will raise the game again. You might want to plan a cat 6 cable upgrade whilst you're renovating the house
it will need to be cat6a though?
But... your devices (mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers will not be able to take advantage of WiFi 7 unless they themselves have WiFi 7 hardware inside.
You can run the unifi controller software on your own hardware, on something like a raspberry pi, rather than in the cloud, cheaper too 😁
I agree you but in a home setting and even a small business I doubt it is needed 24/7 to the settings and the telemetry. Personally I would have it running locally if I was already using something like a NAS/Server at home. Running a Pi just for this purpose alone, I find it to be a waste of power. UniFi Cloud Key or hosted service I would say is not worth it until you get to Medium to Large size business or you have a lot more UniFi products that you would need access to the “control centre” more often. These APs once fully set up and up and running correctly shouldn’t need access to controller.
Unifi will not run on ARM architecture (other than Ubiquity's own), that includes a Raspberry Pi. For a home setup you want to keep it simple if you aren't a techie.
@@elminster8149 I'm not sure you're correct, you can spin up a arm64 docker container. I know it's more to do, but there are loads of tutorials on how to do it.
@@1991Canyon I agree, I run my controller within docker on my NAS, along with a couple of unifi switches. I suppose I was really saying, I don't think it's worth it to go cloud based. I only run Linux, but you could install virtualbox and spin a controller that way.
As you say, once setup APs tend to be left alone.
@@try-that Pretty sure I am. 🙂. If you're a bit techie and you want to do that, fine. Most people aren't and want a simple easily managed solution that doesn't eat up time they'd rather spend doing other things.
Normally they switch to WiFi meshing when the cable connected to the access point is faulty, spite, with that option unselected this should not happen. Anyway with all AP wired correctly they should NOT use the WiFi meshing.
When’s that flash-banding getting sorted !? 😉
Which bit Steffan? 😉
@@CharlieDIYte my mistake on second look , some slipped pegs there though 😁, keep up the good work 👌🏼
poe has different standards, too, which you havent mentioned.
No numbers required rookie! Lol. You've got the standards written there, A and B. Two pairs were wired to A standard and the other two paid to B standard. 😅. Rookie mistake. I did it too in the past. Easily done. Don't know if I should go Skylink way as I'm really annoyed with my 30mpbs broadband. No fibre to the house yet.
Unifi will look after channel overlap for you, including with respect to oyher APs that coild be around you.
Most of information that you send over the internet is already encrypted. There is no reason to use it for this purpose. The only applicable reason is for geo-locked content.
y do u need 3 over priced wifi access points lol is your house made of lead ?? one router and maybe a access point at other end wired up not in repeater mode , and just buy cat7 flat lan cables
No but v thick brick. 😉
I agree that Wi-Fi Extenders are poor, they half your speed. Powerline Home Plugs are excellent, they work through the thickest of walls where wireless Mesh won't, and are cheaper. It's a good option if you aren't able to run Ethernet cables all over the house.
It depends on your house wiring, what RCD's/RCBO's your're using and if you have multiple consumer units as well. Anything built in the last 50 years or so will likely be fine, anything older maybe not.
We use powerline WiFi repeaters to extend our internet throughout the house and to my workshop. They work great but you need to have a “clean” electricity supply. One time I found we were getting awful internet throughput which I eventually diagnosed as being caused by cheap plug-in rodent deterrent plugs - the electronics was causing so much noise on the electrical supply that it killed the powerline. Unplug the rodent plugs and fast powerline WiFi was restored. Had the same issue with a mains socket with in-built USB, the cheap power adapter in the socket creates electronic noise that impacts powerline throughput. I’m still looking for a low-noise mains socket with built-in USB, no luck so far
VPN won't offer protection from phishing attacks I'm afraid.
True, but the clean web function should detect them and there's the anti virus function too. With all these things it's having the most comprehensive protection you can and being wary of what you click on. 👊
"Longer range but less powerful 5GHz" that's backwards, 2.4GHz is longer range but less powerful.
I was with sharksurk for years then they hiked the price so I left
Cat 5e is ok but I would go with cat 6 instead.
He's only runnig 1Gb so no need. Even with 10Gb CAT5e will be fine for short runs.
@@elminster8149Even though this is true, I would still run cat 6 through my house. It can handle faster speeds a lot better and I would be sure there wouldn't be any problems in the future.
@@Orion6479 Except he's already had 5e for some time, and would have to cut into walls and run new cable, which is added expense and upset. It's not necessary.
@@elminster8149 oh ok, I though he was running a new instalation. My bad
With respect, why didn’t you just use WiFi Powerline adapters that utilise your existing electrical circuit? You would’ve saved a fortune and a huge amount of time. Massively over-engineered.
He said that had already cabled the house years ago. Power line is only as good as your electrical circuits, this is way superior to powerline and future proof
I’ve gone with Powerline adapters to get wifi into the garden office I built. About a 50m SWA run. However I do lose a lot of speed. I get 150mbps in the house but only 10-12mbps in the garden office. Given the most I need bandwidth for when working is Teams calls (which only need around 2mbps) then I can easily tolerate the reduced performance. I suspect the speed loss is due to my SWA from house to garden office coming from a separate consumer unit I had installed in the house to the main consumer unit. Apparently powerline adapters work best when both ends are on the same ring main.
And the powerline adapters are quite hungry. Mine used 20W!
@@ChristofferLundgrenSweden That's really interesting mate. I've noticed a bit of an increase in my electricity base-line usage from the smartmeter the last couple of months even when i've been consciously trying to keep use to a minimum and couldn't work out what was causing it. The start of this trend coincides with when i started using the Powerline adapters. I leave them permanently plugged in and on despite only using my garden office 7hrs or so a day. I'm going to try turning them off once i'm done for the day and see what happens!
@@Reprint001 I have 8 unifi access points and two switches running, they in total use less than the powerline adapter. Well worth the time to run a proper Ethernet cable if possible!
wifi 7 is out soon, you'd be better waiting for that at this stage.....
But... your devices (mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers will not be able to take advantage of WiFi 7 unless they themselves have WiFi 7 hardware inside.