I still don't get why you would use mesh over standard APs. If you need to run a network cable up to it for power anyway, why not just continue that wire to the network closet and run APs? Serious question.
There are many use cases for this - just one example - imagine a college campus/square/common area. Huge area, outdoors...nice landscaping and concrete walkways. They have power all throughout - lights and what-not, but no network. Easier to throw up a wireless mesh network and use the PoE injector to supply power from the closest power outlet? Or trench CAT5e/CAT6 where you need it? Another example - campgrounds. In most cases - I agree with you...but mesh definitely has its use cases.
Mesh is great for increasing coverage areas. You shouldn't expect this to work right with many units and a single feed setup. There is often times where even the best planning still ends up with dead areas for one reason or another. You can add mesh feeds at such locations and then use the "repeaters" for increasing coverage without having to worry about piping data elsewhere. If someone has a large install plan and are only feeding it via 1 or 2 wired network connections, they'll end up creating a headache for themselves. Mesh is not a substitute for having multiple ethernet runs into the wireless network.
If i understand correctly, another advantage of Mesh is the handoff as a device moves from one connection "point" to the next. I think Mesh makes the transition seamless, no interruption. Is that right, Chris?
This is the first Ubiquiti product video I’ve seen that actually breaks down the technology and thoroughly explains the application and deployment. I’m considering a similar deployment and this video explained everything in great detail, particularly the uplink feature which explains how these devices connect to each other wirelessly. Well done!
I have both. They work great!!! I have the Pro running as the main, and the smaller one connected wirelessly. It covers a large area where there is a lot of interference. They're definitely worth every penny. My old router couldn't smash through the interference but having a pair of these gets the job done.
Did you know after you have a wired one adopted you can adopt the others without them being connected on the LAN? They adopt via wireless uplink. Pretty cool.
An upside to wiring in these mesh access points is that they are outdoor access points that are 802.11ac. They are less expensive than Ubiquiti's old outdoor and outdoor AC. So if you don't need "mesh" but want rainproof these are a great choice.
This was an excellent video. Thank you. I would love to see how you might do some signal strength / channel tuning within the mesh network to strengthen those weaker wireless uplinks. Subbed!
You have the best toys! Glad you're feeling better. Great Vid. I like the dog in the background in the first part of the video. He has that "He's doing his youtube thing again" disappointed look on his face.
Just wanted to thank you for all your Ubiquiti videos. These instructional videos encouraged me to get rid of my under performing consumer grade WiFi and upgrade to these superior solutions.
The variation in speed tests taken over wireless to your laptop may be due to orientation of the laptop antenna. Try testing with the laptop and then again oriented 90 degrees (ie: screenback to access point versus side to the AP) to see what changes.
My first impression of Mesh when I read about it the throughput would be consistent, so no less speed than what regular signal loss would impose - but I guess I was wrong given each hop severely cut the bandwidth.
Chris, this is another great video. I'm curious, though: If I just want good coverage for an outdoor area, is there a reason not to deploy just one of the AC-M-Pro units instead of a smaller unit like the AP-AC-PRO?
There is a reason for seeing the slower speeds with iperf when plugging in hardwired vs wired and its primarily latency. I've seen this firsthand with adapters that don't offer as low latency as traditional ethernet. A good gauge will be your ping time, even 1-2ms will be enough to introduce enough latency to slow things down vs hardwire. The solution fortunately is rather simple. You will notice that if you can increase your network adapters TCP send/receive buffer size your iperf performance should increase significantly. To do this with Windows can be a bit tricky, but an OS such as Linux make it rather simple. Thanks for the awesome video!
Nice video! Keep in mind the UAP-AC-M is a dual band device 2.4/5.8 so if you install a new antenna you need to use a dual band antenna. If you use a 5.8 antenna you will lose 2.4 coverage.
hi Chris, i have been following you and also watching some of your videos. my question is. which software did you for ubiquiti mesh wireless configuration and all other configurations. thank you
Chris, would be very interested in seeing a video on the wireless SSID/channel settings that are preferred here. Are the mesh products any better for channel separation/interference in a large room like a church for instance at AC-Pro units?
Hey! This video has been so helpful, and I truly thank you for that. I have set up a Unify Access Point system, using 1 uap-ac-pro, and 2 uap-ac-m-mesh devices. We successfully set them up using the guidance from this video, and they were working fine. Now, they continuously drop connection and cannot stay connected for more than a few hours. What do you do to reconnect the system while not starting from scratch all over again every time they become disconnected? Also, this product must be more dependable then we are experiencing it, so we are probably doing something wrong or not programming them correctly. Your help would be amazing!! (Also good material for a new video?) Thanks!
I think it was a good video. I'm am planning to purchase a UAP-AC-M just to use as an outside access point hard wired back to my ASUS router I currently own. I might one day experiment with the mesh capabilities if I get some more access points.
Hi I loved the video and you do a great job explaining. I have a few questions that you or someone else might help answer. At this moment, I have a modem Motorola SB6183 and a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit. I have experienced significant slower wifi during the last few months. I do have about 14 devices using Wifi. I will be moving in a house that is about 40 feet apart from the house i am living right now (that house is in the back part of the front house) The questions that I have are: 1. Is having a mesh a viable option? is it worth it? can you connect them via wifi to each other? or 2. is having Unifi AP a better solution? can you connect them via wifi to each other? 3. If I set up an AP as repeater, will i lose speed? Thanks for the video once again.
Thank you Crosstalk Solutions for your all wonderful video. Best Regards and God bless.. Hoping that many people like you that who was willing to help just like your unselfish tutorials. I'm also a techie guys just like you, a hobbyist Thanks a lot. New Subs here
Question. I have a project i'm working on at my office. I have a tower next to my main office not being used so I want to utilize the tower and have wifi around my shipyard. The main reason for doing this is I need to put security cameras on the dock that is on the other side of the levee. I cant get any cable on the other side at all. So the question is will this work with the longest range I need to place a camera 550 feet away? Like I said I have a huge tower next to the main building not being used at all. I would say its about 40 foot tall. So I would have clear view to all the wireless cameras. If you think something else would be better for my situation please any help would be appreciated.
You've better use an OMNI directional antenna with rocket m5/ac radio, it depends on quantity of cameras and on each camera it will connect to the AP using ubiquiti NANO BEAM M5/AC. (should be with line of sight) note: built-in wireless camera is for in door use only and in small area coverage with 50 meters range without obstruction or blocking object.
Just one question when the 3rd AP connected to the first one because no 2 has gone down. Does it reconnect to the 2nd one when no 2 comes back on line?
Hello, nice video will like to know if i can make use of the nanostation locoM2 and rocket M5 with (omni-directional antenna) for a mesh network? please urgent thanks
sir i would like to ask if can i use mikrotik 8port swosh switch by vlan on to the unifi ac mesh devices? my main router is edge ubnt.. thanks in advance
Hi..I know it's been over a year since you made this video, but I just saw it now..May I know if I can use any of the Ubiquiti wireless mesh to connect it to my asus router? thanks.
even for a big house and yard there are pretty good AP`s who have power enough to fully cover the area, simple 1 device on a clever place , lot cheaper and prob less access times than a repeaters path.
I am using the mesh feature of Unifi products for few years already in few beach resorts I look after. It is the cheapest way for me to cover large resort area without laying cables all over the property, which is not even very possible. I was excited when they released this new Unifi Mesh and was super excited that It will bring something new comparing with other previous Unifi products. Unfortunately it seems to me that it can do exact same things as I was able to do with all UAP (outdoor, PRO, LR, etc.) and Pico Station with flashed firmware. It is disappointing for me that there is not any new feature, or is it?
Hi! I'm setting up a public wifi network on a beach resort in argentina.. which configuration do you recommend? I plan to sell vouchers for 24 hrs service
Great question - I was unable to get the UAP-AC-M to automatically re-connect to the UAP-AC-M-PRO when it came back online. Each time I had to manually set it as the wireless uplink again.
I put one of these on the front of my house for the front yard. I am also looking at putting something in the backyard. However, that would put my standard AP pro, and two mesh APs very close together. They wouldnt use the mesh feature because they would be wired. I am purely using the mesh because it cost about the same as an AC lite and it is outdoor rated. My question is could I put one on say my toolshead in the backyard to extend range and use the network port not only for power but to provide connectivity to a switch? Thanks.
Hello Chris! I need internet access between two NVR Cameras systems separated by 1000 ft with an office whit 50mps speed internet 300ft far! any advice? thank you in advance!
Hi, one quick question. I have a Ubiquity nano station M2 which is covering one part of a building. In order to cover the other parts I bought 2 unifi AC Mesh. Can I connect them with them with the M2?
Hi Thanks for the video. I have two questions. 1- can these be used inside of a house what I mean not in open space? 2- do we need controller to setting them. Or can we use cloud controller for setting them? Thanks
Thanks for the video, can I deploy a mesh network with just 2 UAP-AC-M one wired and the 2nd one connected wirelessly without having the controller on my PC running 24/7, will they still work? Of course i'll have no need on using uplink monitor or failover feature.
How does this work when one has several vlans/networks? Which one would be accessible on the lan port and would all SSID's be present on all mesh devices?
I have 2 UAP AC Pro inside my house. The "Mesh" or roaming works great. But I want to install a UAP AC M outside the house. Will the roaming still work with this AP, or should I buy the same AP as the other two (AC Pro) ?
What would you do for a business which has buildings separated by about 100 yards each, with the main building being where the servers are located and everyone on the property needs access to it wirelessly, plus each of the remote buildings have switches in them which need access to the network as well?
Interesting video, Think i will get 2 of the small ones and create a small bridge network. Will that work without the cloud key? Unfortunately i cant use the Amazon links in Norway, it would be to expensive with extra tax and shipping it.
These will work off of whatever settings you have in UniFi for your wireless network. Just check out any of the other videos I have done where I set up SSID's and/or guest networks in UniFi.
Can I have an access point be on mesh to get and receive data from the network but also have something like a phone wired into it for data to the phone since the phone doesn't have wireless if so which access point can do that if not all of them ?
Can the secondary LAN port be plugged into a small Unifi PoE switch to extend to another UAP-AC-M-PRO AC Mesh and send POE power to it (No power, or Lan 180 feet away) Would this be possible? there is power and lan at the 1st UAP-AC-M-PRO AC Mesh location and I can not MESH as No power and 2nd location
Have you tested the G3 cameras with these mesh units? I have a client that needs to deploy a wireless security system in a downtown area where cable is impossible to run. I'm thinking mesh for backup reliability, but maybe standard APs are better? Each camera would have it's own uap-ac-m with a series of uap-ac-m-pro devices to bounce it around the building on different blocks
Chris, in your experience working with the Ubiquity Mesh units, how many unites were you able to integrate. Somewhere i had read ubiquity will top out at 4 unites. one wired and 3 connected wireless. I was wondering if that was the same for lower scale models.
Greetings! Please, I have two questions: 1- What is the actual distance that this AP reaches in an open field, like a stadium where a musical happens? 2- How many connected clients simultaneously are recommended to the maximum by AP? I ask why the manufacturer's specifications do not seem to be real (120 Clients / 183 Meters). Thanks for the video!
AHAH! I see the problem. I adopted a mesh stick into Unifi, but it was isolated after I disconnected its Ethernet link from the rest of the LAN. It wasn't until I looked at another TH-cam video that I understood that the *default* is not to have any Wireless Uplinks. A request: perhaps the video (at 13:01, for example) could have a comment that you already set the uplink to the top one. I might have twigged to this and avoided some frustration... But this is still a very clear video that shows how cool this Ubiquiti stuff really is. Thanks again.
Question. If I have 2 AC/HD/XG wired. Then 2 "clouds" of Mesh devices. If then 1 of the wired AC/HD/XG goes down, will the "lost" mesh-cloud reconnect to AC/HD/XG still up? (provided it can be seen ofc) The goal is to distribute the users over 2 wired connections with failover. This will ofc happen if pure Mesh devices is used, but what about with 2 AC/HD/XG devices?
Great video! Does Unifi's mesh solution support fast switching between access points? If possible for a future video I would love to see fast switching and how to configure it. I think that's the holy grail of home networking.
Well - these AP's will follow whatever rules you have set up in UniFi. Unfortunately though, the band steering and zero-handoff roaming isn't perfect yet.
Can i create a wireless uplink between a Unifi Ap-AC-MESH and a Unifi AP-AC-Outdoor. My radio is ok and i only see my Unifi AP-AC-LR but not the Outdoor. My outdoor is closer than the LR. Great video. Thanks
I still don't get why you would use mesh over standard APs. If you need to run a network cable up to it for power anyway, why not just continue that wire to the network closet and run APs? Serious question.
There are many use cases for this - just one example - imagine a college campus/square/common area. Huge area, outdoors...nice landscaping and concrete walkways. They have power all throughout - lights and what-not, but no network. Easier to throw up a wireless mesh network and use the PoE injector to supply power from the closest power outlet? Or trench CAT5e/CAT6 where you need it?
Another example - campgrounds.
In most cases - I agree with you...but mesh definitely has its use cases.
I agree every time you can go with cables but there are locations where wireless is the only way..
Good point. Thanks Chris!
Mesh is great for increasing coverage areas. You shouldn't expect this to work right with many units and a single feed setup. There is often times where even the best planning still ends up with dead areas for one reason or another. You can add mesh feeds at such locations and then use the "repeaters" for increasing coverage without having to worry about piping data elsewhere. If someone has a large install plan and are only feeding it via 1 or 2 wired network connections, they'll end up creating a headache for themselves. Mesh is not a substitute for having multiple ethernet runs into the wireless network.
If i understand correctly, another advantage of Mesh is the handoff as a device moves from one connection "point" to the next. I think Mesh makes the transition seamless, no interruption. Is that right, Chris?
This is the first Ubiquiti product video I’ve seen that actually breaks down the technology and thoroughly explains the application and deployment. I’m considering a similar deployment and this video explained everything in great detail, particularly the uplink feature which explains how these devices connect to each other wirelessly. Well done!
Thanks Chris! Your contributions (this one and others) are much appreciated!
I have both. They work great!!! I have the Pro running as the main, and the smaller one connected wirelessly. It covers a large area where there is a lot of interference. They're definitely worth every penny.
My old router couldn't smash through the interference but having a pair of these gets the job done.
Thank you Chris. I learned so much with this informative video. I really appreciate the amount of detail and additions you piled on as you made it.
Thank you so much. Finally, someone who actually explains MESH. Really appreciate it.
Great VDO and I learned a lot more about Mesh from you! Thank you.
Did you know after you have a wired one adopted you can adopt the others without them being connected on the LAN? They adopt via wireless uplink. Pretty cool.
Outstanding content!!! I'm about to switch from Open Mesh to Ubiquity. This is very helpful.
thanks for the vid and I hope you feel good and comfortable after sickness (we love you mr criss)
An upside to wiring in these mesh access points is that they are outdoor access points that are 802.11ac. They are less expensive than Ubiquiti's old outdoor and outdoor AC. So if you don't need "mesh" but want rainproof these are a great choice.
Ed Haber Very good point!
Why are the antennas angeled 90 deg (for best function) and the Outdoor-antennas not?
what about the transmit power compare to Unifi AP outdoor 5 ? which one can cover a wider range ?
great video as always, just about to install the UAP-AC-M-PRO and these instructions made it really clear how to install and configure. cheers
This was an excellent video. Thank you. I would love to see how you might do some signal strength / channel tuning within the mesh network to strengthen those weaker wireless uplinks. Subbed!
Great video as always. But, can you explain the differences between AP connected with WDS and Mesh networks?
Thanks!
You have the best toys! Glad you're feeling better. Great Vid. I like the dog in the background in the first part of the video. He has that "He's doing his youtube thing again" disappointed look on his face.
That dog always has disappointed face - he's pretty grumpy. His name is George.
One thing I'm missing from this video is the roaming test. What is the latency when the connection is switching from one mesh AP to another?
Just wanted to thank you for all your Ubiquiti videos. These instructional videos encouraged me to get rid of my under performing consumer grade WiFi and upgrade to these superior solutions.
Finally someone explaining this clearly. Thanks!
The variation in speed tests taken over wireless to your laptop may be due to orientation of the laptop antenna. Try testing with the laptop and then again oriented 90 degrees (ie: screenback to access point versus side to the AP) to see what changes.
Thanks Chris, Much appreciated, your videos help heaps.
Thanks for the in-depth explanation and iPerf results! Do you think you could do a latency graph when connected to the last mesh point?
My first impression of Mesh when I read about it the throughput would be consistent, so no less speed than what regular signal loss would impose - but I guess I was wrong given each hop severely cut the bandwidth.
Thanks for an awesome review, many doubts you just resolved. 1 question, your laptop card was 2.4 or 5ghz network connected during your tests?
The dog in the background at 6:50 is like, "Dude, is that really necessary? Can a brutha' get some sleep?"
lol yeah he might think 'oh not again flying boxes around the office hehe
Thank you buddy for a great explanation!
Chris, this is another great video. I'm curious, though: If I just want good coverage for an outdoor area, is there a reason not to deploy just one of the AC-M-Pro units instead of a smaller unit like the AP-AC-PRO?
Thanks for detailing the process! - Thanks from Australia
There is a reason for seeing the slower speeds with iperf when plugging in hardwired vs wired and its primarily latency. I've seen this firsthand with adapters that don't offer as low latency as traditional ethernet. A good gauge will be your ping time, even 1-2ms will be enough to introduce enough latency to slow things down vs hardwire. The solution fortunately is rather simple. You will notice that if you can increase your network adapters TCP send/receive buffer size your iperf performance should increase significantly. To do this with Windows can be a bit tricky, but an OS such as Linux make it rather simple.
Thanks for the awesome video!
Honestly your videos have saved me! Very thorough explanations
Can we get to get the gateway/cloud key next...thanks again
Search through my history - I've got a bunch of videos on the USG and the CloudKey.
I have been suing the eero Gen 2 Pro system and it is the best wi-fi system I have ever used.
Nice video! Keep in mind the UAP-AC-M is a dual band device 2.4/5.8 so if you install a new antenna you need to use a dual band antenna. If you use a 5.8 antenna you will lose 2.4 coverage.
Great video one question can you play with the output power of the wifi of your devices in order to improve the output of your devices via wifi
Hi,
What is the maximum distance between two UAP AC M?
hi Chris, i have been following you and also watching some of your videos. my question is. which software did you for ubiquiti mesh wireless configuration and all other configurations. thank you
Chris, would be very interested in seeing a video on the wireless SSID/channel settings that are preferred here. Are the mesh products any better for channel separation/interference in a large room like a church for instance at AC-Pro units?
Hi Chris, question: Can you use the AC Mesh with a omni antenna ( like the amo-2G13 ). Thanx for the videos.
Hey! This video has been so helpful, and I truly thank you for that. I have set up a Unify Access Point system, using 1 uap-ac-pro, and 2 uap-ac-m-mesh devices. We successfully set them up using the guidance from this video, and they were working fine. Now, they continuously drop connection and cannot stay connected for more than a few hours. What do you do to reconnect the system while not starting from scratch all over again every time they become disconnected? Also, this product must be more dependable then we are experiencing it, so we are probably doing something wrong or not programming them correctly. Your help would be amazing!! (Also good material for a new video?) Thanks!
Thank you Chris for your explanation. It is very helpfull for me now. I want to expand my office network through wireless
I think it was a good video. I'm am planning to purchase a UAP-AC-M just to use as an outside access point hard wired back to my ASUS router I currently own. I might one day experiment with the mesh capabilities if I get some more access points.
Interesting thats what i was looking for please update on seamless mobile connectivity when i move from one ap to other
Hi I loved the video and you do a great job explaining. I have a few questions that you or someone else might help answer.
At this moment, I have a modem Motorola SB6183 and a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit. I have experienced significant slower wifi during the last few months. I do have about 14 devices using Wifi. I will be moving in a house that is about 40 feet apart from the house i am living right now (that house is in the back part of the front house)
The questions that I have are:
1. Is having a mesh a viable option? is it worth it? can you connect them via wifi to each other?
or
2. is having Unifi AP a better solution? can you connect them via wifi to each other?
3. If I set up an AP as repeater, will i lose speed?
Thanks for the video once again.
Thank you Crosstalk Solutions for your all wonderful video. Best Regards and God bless..
Hoping that many people like you that who was willing to help just like your unselfish tutorials. I'm also a techie guys just like you, a hobbyist Thanks a lot. New Subs here
I thought mesh was supposed to be able to talk to each other so you have a smoother hand off so plugged in is a good thing right
Question. I have a project i'm working on at my office. I have a tower next to my main office not being used so I want to utilize the tower and have wifi around my shipyard. The main reason for doing this is I need to put security cameras on the dock that is on the other side of the levee. I cant get any cable on the other side at all. So the question is will this work with the longest range I need to place a camera 550 feet away? Like I said I have a huge tower next to the main building not being used at all. I would say its about 40 foot tall. So I would have clear view to all the wireless cameras. If you think something else would be better for my situation please any help would be appreciated.
You've better use an OMNI directional antenna with rocket m5/ac radio, it depends on quantity of cameras and on each camera it will connect to the AP using ubiquiti NANO BEAM M5/AC. (should be with line of sight)
note: built-in wireless camera is for in door use only and in small area coverage with 50 meters range without obstruction or blocking object.
Great video. Very informative and useful as I need to setup something like this myself right now :)
Good luck!
What about ping? How's the response time in actual browsing?
Thank you for the great video btw.
Thank you You have helped us out we have a small business & All your products are great Description New Zealand
Just one question when the 3rd AP connected to the first one because no 2 has gone down. Does it reconnect to the 2nd one when no 2 comes back on line?
Hi Chris, great video, thank you. Can I ask how you powered the mesh AP's in your garden? Thanks
Ali Safieddine I came here looking for the same answer.
Ali Safieddine thru cat6 rj45 cable connected to poe
hi Chris quick question Does roaming works in multiple wired UAP AC MESH antennas just like it does in the normal UAP AC ones?
Hi Chris,
would you be able to have this same mesh configuration but use the Picostation in place of the UAP - AC PRO as?
Hello, nice video
will like to know if i can make use of the nanostation locoM2 and rocket M5 with (omni-directional antenna) for a mesh network? please urgent
thanks
sir i would like to ask if can i use mikrotik 8port swosh switch by vlan on to the unifi ac mesh devices? my main router is edge ubnt.. thanks in advance
Great Video! But what about three hops? And also the main radio could be a unifi AP not just a Unifi mesh ap right?
Thanks, I would like to buy some UAP-AC-M to do some social internet for some slums here in Rio
nice video
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Hi..I know it's been over a year since you made this video, but I just saw it now..May I know if I can use any of the Ubiquiti wireless mesh to connect it to my asus router? thanks.
18:20 - you had me at "drone"
Muy bueno vuestro video didactico, simple y presiso / Very good your didactic video, simple and precise
Multiple WiFi repeaters that I've looked at only support WEP when repeating the signal. So the mesh models are definitely an improvement for security.
Can you power secondary port on the UAP-AC-M-PRO-US for camera?
even for a big house and yard there are pretty good AP`s who have power enough to fully cover the area, simple 1 device on a clever place , lot cheaper and prob less access times than a repeaters path.
I am using the mesh feature of Unifi products for few years already in few beach resorts I look after. It is the cheapest way for me to cover large resort area without laying cables all over the property, which is not even very possible. I was excited when they released this new Unifi Mesh and was super excited that It will bring something new comparing with other previous Unifi products. Unfortunately it seems to me that it can do exact same things as I was able to do with all UAP (outdoor, PRO, LR, etc.) and Pico Station with flashed firmware. It is disappointing for me that there is not any new feature, or is it?
Hi! I'm setting up a public wifi network on a beach resort in argentina.. which configuration do you recommend? I plan to sell vouchers for 24 hrs service
Would the UAP-AC-M reconnect to the UAP-AC-M-PRO (preferred uplink) as soon as it comes back online after being unplugged or is a restart required?
Great question - I was unable to get the UAP-AC-M to automatically re-connect to the UAP-AC-M-PRO when it came back online. Each time I had to manually set it as the wireless uplink again.
Good question Alan, I guess Ubiquiti needs to improve their software and connect to the AP with better signal or preferred AP
Yes if you enable wireless fail over. Go to settings>site >enable uplink>failover
HisLoveArmy correct. I also found this to work
Thank you for the video, do you have a video on configuring the controller for 5ghz?
I think it is the same.
Can the AC Pro (without the “M”) do mesh, as a downstream device?
When two of these access points communicate with each other wirelessly do they use both 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands to communicate with each other?
can i Using a android boxes as the controller for Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point
I put one of these on the front of my house for the front yard. I am also looking at putting something in the backyard. However, that would put my standard AP pro, and two mesh APs very close together. They wouldnt use the mesh feature because they would be wired. I am purely using the mesh because it cost about the same as an AC lite and it is outdoor rated. My question is could I put one on say my toolshead in the backyard to extend range and use the network port not only for power but to provide connectivity to a switch? Thanks.
Awesome video, you explained it perfectly. I am becoming even a bigger fan of UniFi gear. So glad I got rid of the orbi gear. Keep up the great work!
Hello Chris! I need internet access between two NVR Cameras systems separated by 1000 ft with an office whit 50mps speed internet 300ft far! any advice? thank you in advance!
Hi, one quick question. I have a Ubiquity nano station M2 which is covering one part of a building. In order to cover the other parts I bought 2 unifi AC Mesh. Can I connect them with them with the M2?
Hi
Thanks for the video. I have two questions.
1- can these be used inside of a house what I mean not in open space?
2- do we need controller to setting them. Or can we use cloud controller for setting them?
Thanks
Thanks for the video, can I deploy a mesh network with just 2 UAP-AC-M one wired and the 2nd one connected wirelessly without having the controller on my PC running 24/7, will they still work? Of course i'll have no need on using uplink monitor or failover feature.
How does this work when one has several vlans/networks? Which one would be accessible on the lan port and would all SSID's be present on all mesh devices?
you can assign a Vlan with ID, just set one up today. I don't have any Vlans setup on this network. But I saw the spot where you put in the Vlan ID.
I've got the ac mesh but I'm having trouble finding the corresponding program you're using
sir chris, if i want to have a simple hotspot in my area, can i use only 1 unifi ac m pro as hotspot? even without unifi switch???
I have 2 UAP AC Pro inside my house. The "Mesh" or roaming works great. But I want to install a UAP AC M outside the house. Will the roaming still work with this AP, or should I buy the same AP as the other two (AC Pro) ?
hi, can i use UAP AC pro as main internet source instead of UAP AC M- PRO to connect to the UAP AC-M? thanks!
How do you know that some end device let's say, your laptops are connected to which AP?
also another question, if you create a mesh with 2 AP Mesh and you plug both of them into its switch would it create a loop ?
What would you do for a business which has buildings separated by about 100 yards each, with the main building being where the servers are located and everyone on the property needs access to it wirelessly, plus each of the remote buildings have switches in them which need access to the network as well?
Interesting video, Think i will get 2 of the small ones and create a small bridge network. Will that work without the cloud key? Unfortunately i cant use the Amazon links in Norway, it would be to expensive with extra tax and shipping it.
I know you said a lot of your footage was lost, but can you quickly explain your SSID and channel setup? Do they all run the same SSID / channel?
These will work off of whatever settings you have in UniFi for your wireless network. Just check out any of the other videos I have done where I set up SSID's and/or guest networks in UniFi.
Thank you for asking this question. I wondered as well. Thanks to Crosstalk Solutions for the excellent video and answer to the above question too.
Can I have an access point be on mesh to get and receive data from the network but also have something like a phone wired into it for data to the phone since the phone doesn't have wireless if so which access point can do that if not all of them ?
So is it not possible to hardware a uap-ac-m directly to your network and then use a second uap-ac-m as an uplink?
Can the secondary LAN port be plugged into a small Unifi PoE switch to extend to another UAP-AC-M-PRO AC Mesh and send POE power to it (No power, or Lan 180 feet away) Would this be possible? there is power and lan at the 1st UAP-AC-M-PRO AC Mesh location and I can not MESH as No power and 2nd location
Do vlans and multiple ssids go across the mesh if I were to plug into a remote radio?
Alexander Braun Yes.
Have you tested the G3 cameras with these mesh units? I have a client that needs to deploy a wireless security system in a downtown area where cable is impossible to run. I'm thinking mesh for backup reliability, but maybe standard APs are better? Each camera would have it's own uap-ac-m with a series of uap-ac-m-pro devices to bounce it around the building on different blocks
So when or if the AP-AC-M-Pro comes back online, then does the other mesh AP reconnect back to its original wireless uplink?
helpful video and cool house!
Chris, in your experience working with the Ubiquity Mesh units, how many unites were you able to integrate. Somewhere i had read ubiquity will top out at 4 unites. one wired and 3 connected wireless. I was wondering if that was the same for lower scale models.
Greetings!
Please, I have two questions:
1- What is the actual distance that this AP reaches in an open field, like a stadium where a musical happens?
2- How many connected clients simultaneously are recommended to the maximum by AP?
I ask why the manufacturer's specifications do not seem to be real (120 Clients / 183 Meters).
Thanks for the video!
AHAH! I see the problem. I adopted a mesh stick into Unifi, but it was isolated after I disconnected its Ethernet link from the rest of the LAN. It wasn't until I looked at another TH-cam video that I understood that the *default* is not to have any Wireless Uplinks. A request: perhaps the video (at 13:01, for example) could have a comment that you already set the uplink to the top one. I might have twigged to this and avoided some frustration... But this is still a very clear video that shows how cool this Ubiquiti stuff really is. Thanks again.
Question. If I have 2 AC/HD/XG wired. Then 2 "clouds" of Mesh devices. If then 1 of the wired AC/HD/XG goes down, will the "lost" mesh-cloud reconnect to AC/HD/XG still up? (provided it can be seen ofc) The goal is to distribute the users over 2 wired connections with failover. This will ofc happen if pure Mesh devices is used, but what about with 2 AC/HD/XG devices?
Great video! Does Unifi's mesh solution support fast switching between access points?
If possible for a future video I would love to see fast switching and how to configure it. I think that's the holy grail of home networking.
Well - these AP's will follow whatever rules you have set up in UniFi. Unfortunately though, the band steering and zero-handoff roaming isn't perfect yet.
Can i create a wireless uplink between a Unifi Ap-AC-MESH and a Unifi AP-AC-Outdoor. My radio is ok and i only see my Unifi AP-AC-LR but not the Outdoor. My outdoor is closer than the LR.
Great video.
Thanks
Thank you. Very useful !
Would all the nodes have the same SSID here, specifically the AC-PRO, AC-M-PRO and the AC-M ?
Hi! Do you know anything about the UMA-D dual band sector antenna, especially made for the UAP-AC-M? It was in beta store. Is it going to be released?
Thanks Chris for the very detailed explanation 👏🏻. Just subscribed 😃