Nice piece on the nanoHD. After years of suffering poor Wi-Fi around the house, battling with extenders and power-lines, I made the decision to install a UniFi system last year (Cloud Key Gen2+, 8 Port PoE switch, 2 x AC-Lite AP's and 2 x UVC G3 cameras). From day 1 I have not had any issues in any area inside and out of the house. Can 100% recommend these products.
The comparison between the Unifi device and a traditional home WiFi router (Netgear Nighthawk) was brilliant. Having been an IT tech 25 years ago and no longer on the IT "front lines," the comparison helped put the features of the Unifi device into perspective. I also appreciate the quick, no-bs, fact-based detail provided throughout the entire video. Kudos & thank you!
Your Proxmox tutorial link is so far up there that I can't even see it! Great review. Current UAP-AC-Lite user and I'll definitely give the NanoHD a try.
I have my UniFi Controller on a Windows 10 PC which is also running a Plex Media Server (AMD (AM1) Athlon 5150 - 4GB DDR3 - 120GB SSD - 4TB HDD) works just fine :^)
My friend is a UniFi/Ubiquity fan as well! I recently (a few months ago) got a 3 pack of Google WiFi devices and they're working just fine for my size of apartment, but if I ever move to a larger place I'd not be opposed to get a set of UniFis. Great video!
Great video. I have the Nighthawk R8000 and found to really struggle when my sons have multiple people playing fortnite or other online games. Now I know why! Since I already have the Ubiquiti Edge Router for my Fiber connection, with POE, my next purchase will be the Ubiquiti AP. Thank You.
Good presentation. I moved over to Ubiquiti 2 years ago and run a AP Lite & nanoHD now with a airMAX AC gen2 bridge between the main house and a remote studio/shop that was impractical to run a wire to. The shop AP Lite never has drops and delivers about 200 Mbps to my ISP across the AC bridge which is plenty good for web browsing, playing Spotify & TH-cam music/videos. Very solid system. I did diverge from Unify to add a pfSense firewall for its superb QOS and firewall protections. We have negligible or no LTE signals so depend on WIFI calling and the Unify system delivers this professionally and we even are about to hold calls between buildings that are 100' apart even with metal walls! One thing not mentioned in the review is that the nanoHD performance at a distance, in my case, about 45' and two interior walls is about triple what a ASUS 68U gave when it stayed connected and double a Unifi AP Pro's speed. We get a very strong connection now across the street through exterior foil insulation, too!
I just installed one of these. I love it, I went from 130Mbs at most with a cheap tp-link wireless router to around 400Mbs. My cable internet is 400Mbs but I get around 480Mbs on ehternet. Now I get close with wifi. The only thing that sucks is the range is not great if you are just using one Nano HD. My house is not that big and I have a few spots where the signal is pretty weak. I will be adding at least 1 more if not 2 just to make sure there are no spots in the house that have a weak signal.
I literally have this thing sitting in a dead spot right now and i'm still getting a good signal lol. This thing is awesome. I bought two today and plan on mounting them in the ceiling on the first and second floors of my house. I shouldn't have ANY wireless issues after that. Thanks for the thorough review.
I got a nanohd last year and it has been bulletproof. Been using it with steam in home streaming as it works great. I'm running the unfi controller software and pihole on a single raspberry pi 3.
@@BCarnes fairly simple. The ubiquiti forums have a nice tutorial of the process. community.ui.com/questions/Step-By-Step-Tutorial-Guide-Raspberry-Pi-with-UniFi-Controller-and-Pi-hole-from-scratch-headless/e8a24143-bfb8-4a61-973d-0b55320101dc
Absolutely love Ubiquiti devices. I'm using all Edge devices, an AP Pro and an RPi for the controller. Considering switching over to all UniFi soon though, because wow is that new interface slick.
@@williscooper7750 Oh that is definitely the plan... but with the RPi4 releasing in a month... my budget may become tight hahaha $400 on a switch and gateway, or $400 on some new Pis... it's a hard decision.
Switching to a Ubiquiti system for my house was the best thing I have ever done (Internet wise.) Cost more than a typical wi-fi router but so worth it! I installed 2 AC Pro's and haven't had a single issue. It just works! I am going to be moving to a new home in the not so distant future and have already started planning my network system as well as the Unifi Protect camera system all bundled up in a nice server case! I can't wait!
exactly 3 months and 2 weeks ago I bought one UniFi AP AC-Lite and ever since there were no more random Client disconnects and WiFi Access Point crashes ever since :^)
My guess is that the mounting plate for the older larger model is different from the new one so he had to swap things around instead of just being able to upgrade without drilling.
You're right he didn't explain it. From what I remember you have to have a "key" of some sort that you stick into the side of the AP which lifts a tab and then you twist the AP 30-45 degrees to remove it. On the other ones you would just lift a visible tab and do the same thing. I'm sure the love hate is that you need a "key" to do this but it's much better hidden than others?
Having just mounted 2, it is a pain to unlock the AP form the plate once mounted. Also since it is a plastic plate if the mounting surface is not perfectly flat getting the AP to lock in the plate is a pain. Even on a reasonable flat surface mounting the AP to the plate is a lot of frustration. Once set up the AP are amazing with speed and coverage.
Hey man! Loved the video as always. Just a heads up on the rPi comment around 3:20 , Ubiquiti does not support all Unifi controller features on ARM based systems like the rPi or similar systems. For features like guest login portals, certain Cloud access tools, and some items in the services tab, You MUST use an x64 based system. You will see a message saying "Unifi Cloud Key Required" next to certain features if the system is not fully supported.
The "mickey cable" is an IEC-320-C5 for the c15 is the notched version of the C14 which is the standard neutral, hot, and ground 3 prong that plugs into say a desktop power supply
I did have a question about this, because I was looking to replace older engenius ap's that look like a normal size mounting bracket (I'm assuming those would need to be taken down?)
Also, if the mounting bracket is not the same does anybody make an adapter that allows the smaller nano to fit on a regular size bracket that's already mounted?
Just installed 4x NanoHD, 1x Mesh and 1x MeshPro in a bar/restaurant in my town to provide free WIFI for the guests, the staff and most important for the handheld cashier wifi devices of the waiters. The staff and people can walk around the whole area including the outdoor space and seamlessly roaming between the accesspoints. Had AP-HDs and PROs before in other installs and tried out the Nanos together with the Woodcase, they are working perfectly. Ok, the 2.4GHz throughput performance is theoretically not as good as on the Pros or HDs, but that doesn‘t matter in this installation. Also most of the time around 50-75 percent of the clients are connected via 5GHz. Conclusion, i love the Nanos. 😀 And UBNT wifi isn‘t always the fastest you can get, but it‘s the quality of the wifi that stands out to me!
AC? AX or Wi-Fi6 is where it's at, and I wish I had one in my place considering there is so much interference in my neighborhood that I get 600mbps down via Ethernet and like, sparingly 100mbpos down after changing channels, but usually waaaay less. With like 200ms ping and crap. AX is a bit faster but gets rid of the interference issue almost entirely, if not entirely. Looking forward to it being more ubiquitous.
I have 2 AC Lite APs in my home. They are working great. The only problems I've had is when I try to factory reset it bc i had to reinstall the controller and the backup i had for the controller config got erased. Had to reset it a few times to get it to be recognized by the controller. Other than that I have been really happy with them. I get good speeds and they are so easy to set up.
I am currently using my Nighthawk R8500 in AP mode connected to a switch that is all run off of my pfsense box. My Nighthawk is dying a slow death and I was looking for a replacement. After watching your review I decided on two NanoHD's. Thank you.
Picked up some Ruckus R600 APs on eBay for nearly fifty bucks each. They work amazingly well with Unleashed firmware and find they blow Ubiquiti out of the water.
I'm currently running a AP-AC Pro with a controller running on a proxmox based vm, although I'm running CentOS as the vm's guest os. I really like Proxmox and Ubiquiti...
I bought a UAP-PRO 2 years ago, used for 30€ or slightly less... never going back. All random connection drops and issues are gone compared to ISP's AIO router.
I just love the unifi stuff, I've got 2 x ac lite APs, two switches, cameras and a cloudkey plus now. It just all works, and works well. I spend my days working on stupidly over complicated networks and it's great to not have to worry about wifi at home anymore. Definitely worth the price. Just need another AP in my shed.
I think you may be selling the Nighthawk AC1900 short. According to all the documentation I can find it's an MU-MIMO compatible device, which means it isn't doing single stream. No doubt the NanoHD is a better device as far as customization, but both are MIMO compatible (AC1900 is 3x3 I think).
Compatible is the key word. Like just because most public roads are Ferrari compatible does not mean you can drive full speed. Although would think its at least one radio per band for most upper end wireless routers from the diagrams I remember.
I realized I never got back to that... Was hoping you wouldn't notice ;-) It mounts securely, but the security tab makes it nearly impossible to remove without scratching your walls or ceiling, if you can even get it to release. I recommend breaking the security tab off the bracket. It still latches tightly, but let's you take the WAP back down if you need to.
Craft Computing there is a little slot on the side that pushes the security tab out. You also didn’t mention tgat the Nano range has coloured shells t You can put it in
I'm looking to replace a molder engenius access RAX120 (It's advertises as "12 stream", I'm assuming that means it's 12 concurrent radio connections?)mainly trying to find out with this model if I'm better off leaving the Wi-Fi turned on for the nighthawk and just using access points in the other parts of the house. My other questions, where whether or not the mounting bracket is compatible with regular round access point so brackets (or if they make an adapter); Trying to avoid replacing mounting brackets.
I was looking and ended up choosing the Netgear Orbi mini because of the three access points, the backhaul network, and the easy setup. Ubiquity systems are nice but way too expensive.
UniFi is the key! I'm deploying them at friends and families places. You know friends and family, when you know computers you are always getting phone calls on can you help me with this, and can you help me with that.
Hi, @10:17 you changed the IP address, subnet mask, and DNS to specific numbers. How did you decide to use those specific numbers? Did you arbitrarily select random numbers? Sorry for dumb question. I’m about to build my network at home and this part of the networking is confusing to me.
Nope, I'm watching through just fine. If you're watching it other than Chrome (just Chrome, not Chromium) browser in your computer, then it may be the case.
What about the AmplifiHD with the Mesh point? do they compare with this Unifi AP? Would the UnifiAP cover the entire house as well as the AmplifiHD + Mesh Point? Thank you for the content!
Good day and great video! I currently have a Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000) in my home and it works great except in the back portion of the house. If I were to add the Unifi NanoHD to the nighthawk I would need a PoE Switch and I would have to turn off the WiFi on the Nighthawk to avoid roaming issues? Would it be best to run 2 NanoHd's (1 in front of home and 1 in back)? Thank you for your time.
I have a Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC Pro (access point) and I use a phone app to manage it. Here is a weird quirk, when the access point loses connectivity with it's gateway, the wireless radio shuts off. I am trying to understand this behavior and their support keeps asking for statistics they don't need to answer a simple question about why the access point is configured to do this. I am doing testing and losing connectivity just because the gateway goes down is very frustrating. I need to support these APs remotely and this is a huge fail for being able to do this. So the default gateway is connected to the access point on it's wired ethernet port, if the AP can't reach the gateway it immediately turns off the wifi radio and the blue light blinks instead of being on steady. I like the access point but this is a show stopper for me.
Would you make the same comparison with the ASUS 88u/3100 series? I have gotten very comparable speeds to ethernet for over a year with it at times having faster connection to my analogy Nas through it. However recently things seem to have slowed down a bit. I added 4 IP cameras two of which are connected via Wi-Fi. Going back to the 802 11 B days I’ve always used SMC access points however as things progressed other solutions seemed better. Thank you great channel and great video
cool vid. Do you think this nanohd will handle my smart home with around 45 device 2,4ghz device? There is a lot of small package going to the main server like outdoor temp , LUX ,and other smart relays, devices
I know this video is old, but. I have a Asus gaming router (that I call the crown) connected to two other Asus router set in a mesh networks config. The primary is route is connected to my cable modem in bridge mode, one is in my office and the other is in my garage/btc mine. Can the Ubiquiti products be meshed in? can I connect Ubiquiti antennas to the Asus router to increase range and connection strength?
late to the party but I have a question. will the AP NAT connected wifi device addresses (ipads, smartphones, ...etc) to its own? this is the issue I'm having with my Nest mesh network which is why I'm thinking of replacing it.
I wish Ubiquiti would get their USG in better shape. Not enough control from the controller and performance with a certain configuration and nearly half the routing throughput. Their WAPs and switches are great though.
@@toysareforboys1 I'm not all that worried about the throughput. I'd like better integration from the controller. If I have to keep going to a CLI, what is the point of having the dashboard to configure it.
I’m using Asus ac3200 and with all my devices and smart home devices, things keep losing connectivity. I put another Asus in, double nat, and it didn’t seem to help! I put all my smart home devices on to the second router/WiFi. Troubles seem to start around 40 connected devices, even if nothing is really being used.
@@blackax Absolutely not and you sort of answered your own question. Do we put Windows boxes directly on WAN interfaces? No. Should we deploy Microtik hardware? No. Also, the danger with the bad default setting is that if it is given to a less knowledgable user/admin or if an admin is in a hurry and misses something, it can be dangerous to the network. I know on their routers, they by default, enable remote WAN side administration. There is no reason for that option deployed by default.
@@BenTyger winbox != windows box (its the gui software to config microtik gear) I do not agree with you at all, Microtik gear is just as safe as anything else out their 99.99% of the time. I do think their logical layout of vlan's and interfaces are a bit odd but I have more cisco in my networking play book so it makes me a bit biased. Getting back on topic, I think the value of the microtik gear would make for a good comparison video.
So this might sound like a stupid question but can additional Ubiquiti WAPs function without an ethernet connection? I don't have ethernet in the walls of my house so I'm unable to wire each of them.
Hi, This device doesn't have 6 different radios as suggested, it does however support MU-MIMO so if as MU-MIMO enabled device connected to the network it means this device can occupy the exact amount of spatial stream instead of the whole radio. for example: if you have 4 MU-MIMO enabled devices with 2 spatial stream (almost every smart phones today) in the network, and the radio that you trying to connect to have 4 spatial stream then each device will use two spatial stream and therefore the AP will serve 2 device at any time slot (2 spatial stream for each one of the client device connect to 2 spatial streams on the AP) so the end result will be that each device will use 1/2 of the AP time (in each time slot the AP serve 2 clients out of 4 device in total) BTW, wifi 6 support OFDMA so each spatial stream can serve multiple clients in the same time slot bringing the AP to act more like switch then HUB
Or up to 6 continuous 1x1 connections by the standard. The continuous part decreases connection setup overhead and cuts latency. 1x1 connection is fast enough for most video streaming and gaming clients in clean WiFi environment. 1x1 is all that a lot of cheaper tablets and laptops support even today. Smart Phones with MSRP under $100 probably are not MIMO either (e.g. Alcatel 1X). Can't find source info but its possible 6 linear radio circuits (4x5Ghz and 2x2.4Ghz) are cheapest implementation to drive the MIMO beam forming antennas. I believe that was the case for Nighthawk: 1 linear radio per band and then some delay circuits in paths to each antenna for beam forming. But hey its been long time could be wrong.
Yup natural to expect 802.11ax equipment to be more capable than 802.11ac. Except of course the OFDMA is described as being multiple low-rate connections. So the switch analogy breaks down a bit there. It would be interesting to know how low rate those connections would be in practice. OFDMA documents do note that good web surfing tends to be bursty high speed connections. Also if the no routing function (Ubiquiti Unifi or ad hoc client to client) then a 802.11ac Mesh (especially ad hoc) can also act like switch under some circumstances if correctly managed since its ideally point to point.
Why do people in 2019 still use static IP addresses? On the AP, this is for management only anyway. Apart from controller based funcions like RRM and client roaming, it will still provide wireless connection even if suddenly the DHCP Server does not provide a new IP once the end of the lease time has been reached.
Mario Jost I had a similar reaction. All my infrastructure devices have names and dhcp assigned static adddresses (so they always have the same IP but the network config is only defined in places I can backup like my routers config)
The answer is yes, but not very effectively. UniFi works with APs and the server to allow for seamless hand-off. Meaning when your device moves between WAPs, the server allows it to move from one to another with no disruption. Using another AP, with the same SSID and Password, would break that system, and likely cause a number of weird issues. I'd recommend getting UniFi points wherever you need them. The Lite APs are well under $100 and great for home use.
Have you tested the NanoHD to see if it goes above 800mbps? My Ruckus r720 was supposed to do that but it's a lie, as it can only do that if the password is removed and they re-write the firmware from the ground up which they've failed to do.
I am thinking of using those same access points in my house too. What do you think of the ubiquity cloud key devices? You can also set them up from that and not have the management tied to some computer or something right?
he was talking about them, basically the cloudkeys are mini computers, you can run the software also on a rasberry pie 3b (or other linux mini stuff) , the pie is mir powerfull and half the price of the cloudkey
Jan-Christopher Estelmann apparently you loose some features if you use the Rpi, things like guest portals etc But that is more enterprise level features anyway
@@sparkybearbomb533 dont know, i have setup a rpi 3b with the software and it worked but i haven't looked for every feature, but could be, isn't Unifi transparent with that? because they support the setup, and people with this kind of hardware usually have servers with virtual machines, so they would not have the features but anyway i love Ubiquity for bringing prosumer and enterprise Hardware to consumers
A lot of wrong information in this video. A stream does not equal a radio. Both the Nighthawk and nanoHD have 2 radios, one for each frequency band. The nanoHD has a 4x4 5GHz radio, and a 2x2 2.4GHz radio. This does give it the capability of 6 concurrent streams because of being a wave 2 device. R7000 has 3x3 on each of it’s frequencies, and while it is limited to 2 concurrent streams being wave 1, is still ha a total of 6 streams as well that can be used for other things (like improved throughput) just not at the same time. While the nanoHD is an enterprise solution suitable for mass deployment in very dense areas , I’m pretty confident it cannot beat the r7000 in throughput to a single client (unless a 4x4 device is used, which is rare) and that is usually preferred in a household
I, personally, wouldn't use a D-Link, but the generic answer to your question is, yes, for most home environments, a standard consumer router is "good enough" for home use.
New sub. Based on beer selection I would guess you are relatively local to me (IL). If you ever would like to cheers with an internet fan let me know. Otherwise, thanks for the content.
Ickam Ashenvale Not as much as dealing directly with the problem. Change channels to avoid interference. I’m currently in an area with stupid overcrowding in 2.4ghz so I disabled that and have two 5ghz channels active. That’s one thing I like about tri-band router/aps, having 2x 5ghz in the one unit (the downside is they can’t route to save their lives and I need a proper router for gigabit)
Wait a week for the temporary tattoo. 😂
You didn't say it's going to be a temporary tattoo *tsk tsk*
HAHA
Nice piece on the nanoHD.
After years of suffering poor Wi-Fi around the house, battling with extenders and power-lines, I made the decision to install a UniFi system last year (Cloud Key Gen2+, 8 Port PoE switch, 2 x AC-Lite AP's and 2 x UVC G3 cameras). From day 1 I have not had any issues in any area inside and out of the house. Can 100% recommend these products.
The comparison between the Unifi device and a traditional home WiFi router (Netgear Nighthawk) was brilliant. Having been an IT tech 25 years ago and no longer on the IT "front lines," the comparison helped put the features of the Unifi device into perspective. I also appreciate the quick, no-bs, fact-based detail provided throughout the entire video. Kudos & thank you!
I use a UniFi AP-AC-LR and have a LOT of good luck with it it has excellent range.
Love the UAP-AC-LR, it's my go to AP for 90% of installs.
What range are you seeing, particularly outside of the building?
Your Proxmox tutorial link is so far up there that I can't even see it! Great review. Current UAP-AC-Lite user and I'll definitely give the NanoHD a try.
what's wrong with the lite?
I have my UniFi Controller on a Windows 10 PC which is also running a Plex Media Server (AMD (AM1) Athlon 5150 - 4GB DDR3 - 120GB SSD - 4TB HDD) works just fine :^)
My friend is a UniFi/Ubiquity fan as well! I recently (a few months ago) got a 3 pack of Google WiFi devices and they're working just fine for my size of apartment, but if I ever move to a larger place I'd not be opposed to get a set of UniFis. Great video!
Great video. I have the Nighthawk R8000 and found to really struggle when my sons have multiple people playing fortnite or other online games. Now I know why! Since I already have the Ubiquiti Edge Router for my Fiber connection, with POE, my next purchase will be the Ubiquiti AP. Thank You.
I have 2 UniFi AC-Lite’s connected to a first Generation cloud key, works a brilliantly and I’ve had no issues, been running it for a number of years.
Good presentation. I moved over to Ubiquiti 2 years ago and run a AP Lite & nanoHD now with a airMAX AC gen2 bridge between the main house and a remote studio/shop that was impractical to run a wire to. The shop AP Lite never has drops and delivers about 200 Mbps to my ISP across the AC bridge which is plenty good for web browsing, playing Spotify & TH-cam music/videos. Very solid system. I did diverge from Unify to add a pfSense firewall for its superb QOS and firewall protections. We have negligible or no LTE signals so depend on WIFI calling and the Unify system delivers this professionally and we even are about to hold calls between buildings that are 100' apart even with metal walls! One thing not mentioned in the review is that the nanoHD performance at a distance, in my case, about 45' and two interior walls is about triple what a ASUS 68U gave when it stayed connected and double a Unifi AP Pro's speed. We get a very strong connection now across the street through exterior foil insulation, too!
I just installed one of these. I love it, I went from 130Mbs at most with a cheap tp-link wireless router to around 400Mbs. My cable internet is 400Mbs but I get around 480Mbs on ehternet. Now I get close with wifi.
The only thing that sucks is the range is not great if you are just using one Nano HD. My house is not that big and I have a few spots where the signal is pretty weak. I will be adding at least 1 more if not 2 just to make sure there are no spots in the house that have a weak signal.
I literally have this thing sitting in a dead spot right now and i'm still getting a good signal lol. This thing is awesome. I bought two today and plan on mounting them in the ceiling on the first and second floors of my house. I shouldn't have ANY wireless issues after that. Thanks for the thorough review.
I got a nanohd last year and it has been bulletproof. Been using it with steam in home streaming as it works great. I'm running the unfi controller software and pihole on a single raspberry pi 3.
@@BCarnes fairly simple. The ubiquiti forums have a nice tutorial of the process.
community.ui.com/questions/Step-By-Step-Tutorial-Guide-Raspberry-Pi-with-UniFi-Controller-and-Pi-hole-from-scratch-headless/e8a24143-bfb8-4a61-973d-0b55320101dc
Absolutely love Ubiquiti devices.
I'm using all Edge devices, an AP Pro and an RPi for the controller. Considering switching over to all UniFi soon though, because wow is that new interface slick.
Going 10gig for anything?? I'm planning out my 10gig UniFi upgrade soon :)
If you really enjoy the UI that much, I recommend replacing all of the Edge devices as their UI capabilities are limited vs the non edge devices
@@williscooper7750 Oh that is definitely the plan... but with the RPi4 releasing in a month... my budget may become tight hahaha
$400 on a switch and gateway, or $400 on some new Pis... it's a hard decision.
@@BuddyStephenson Never really cared for Raspberry Pies personaly. But GL with your build
@@williscooper7750 BLASPHEMOUS!!! :)
Switching to a Ubiquiti system for my house was the best thing I have ever done (Internet wise.) Cost more than a typical wi-fi router but so worth it! I installed 2 AC Pro's and haven't had a single issue. It just works! I am going to be moving to a new home in the not so distant future and have already started planning my network system as well as the Unifi Protect camera system all bundled up in a nice server case! I can't wait!
exactly 3 months and 2 weeks ago I bought one UniFi AP AC-Lite and ever since there were no more random Client disconnects and WiFi Access Point crashes ever since :^)
I used to get random disconnects on my ASUS RTAC68U, turns out it was the firmware. ASUSWrt-Merlin firmware fixed it entirely.
@@seppomuppit :D nice
But that just shows what a mess most of the firmware on consumer "WiFi Routers" are
I have mine for over 2 years.. rock solid piece of enterprise networking equipment for the masses
Can you do a comparison between the performance of a nanoHD and the AC HD
did i miss it or you did not explain why do you "love and hate" the mounting plate?
I was waiting to hear that very same thing he didn't comment on it.
My guess is that the mounting plate for the older larger model is different from the new one so he had to swap things around instead of just being able to upgrade without drilling.
You're right he didn't explain it. From what I remember you have to have a "key" of some sort that you stick into the side of the AP which lifts a tab and then you twist the AP 30-45 degrees to remove it. On the other ones you would just lift a visible tab and do the same thing. I'm sure the love hate is that you need a "key" to do this but it's much better hidden than others?
Having just mounted 2, it is a pain to unlock the AP form the plate once mounted. Also since it is a plastic plate if the mounting surface is not perfectly flat getting the AP to lock in the plate is a pain. Even on a reasonable flat surface mounting the AP to the plate is a lot of frustration. Once set up the AP are amazing with speed and coverage.
I just updated one of my AC-LR devices for an AC-PRO. They have been running like champs for years. Love them. Good video.
Wondering why you updated. I am trying to figure out if I should get the AC LR or the AC Pro
Hey man! Loved the video as always.
Just a heads up on the rPi comment around 3:20 , Ubiquiti does not support all Unifi controller features on ARM based systems like the rPi or similar systems. For features like guest login portals, certain Cloud access tools, and some items in the services tab, You MUST use an x64 based system.
You will see a message saying "Unifi Cloud Key Required" next to certain features if the system is not fully supported.
Was the Audio out of sync in the Intro, or was that an after-shooting Voice-over .... or delay at my end :D :D ?
Noticed the same thing instantly. Assumed it was my system at first.
Yea, Def. a delay
You are not the only one, mine was off to.
My audio was delayed throughout as well.
I think its because hes talking so damn fast. Todays primitive technologies can't keep up with him.
Mines been going for 4+ years now. And is still a very decent performer.
The "mickey cable" is an IEC-320-C5 for the c15 is the notched version of the C14 which is the standard neutral, hot, and ground 3 prong that plugs into say a desktop power supply
No-one likes a know-it-all 😉
Mickey Mouse is a C5. So I was close :-D
Really nice video, I work with ubiquiti equipment and it's great. Simple, clean and very effective. Keep up the good work
But where's the benchmark to see performance vs other devices?
Never talked about the mounting plate for the NanoHD though
I did have a question about this, because I was looking to replace older engenius ap's that look like a normal size mounting bracket (I'm assuming those would need to be taken down?)
Also, if the mounting bracket is not the same does anybody make an adapter that allows the smaller nano to fit on a regular size bracket that's already mounted?
Good video. I love my AP AC lites and love the simple adoption of new APs. Ubiquiti did it very well.
Just installed 4x NanoHD, 1x Mesh and 1x MeshPro in a bar/restaurant in my town to provide free WIFI for the guests, the staff and most important for the handheld cashier wifi devices of the waiters. The staff and people can walk around the whole area including the outdoor space and seamlessly roaming between the accesspoints. Had AP-HDs and PROs before in other installs and tried out the Nanos together with the Woodcase, they are working perfectly. Ok, the 2.4GHz throughput performance is theoretically not as good as on the Pros or HDs, but that doesn‘t matter in this installation. Also most of the time around 50-75 percent of the clients are connected via 5GHz. Conclusion, i love the Nanos. 😀 And UBNT wifi isn‘t always the fastest you can get, but it‘s the quality of the wifi that stands out to me!
Unifi is great, I have a company where I almost exclusively install Ubiquiti hardware for residential and commercial clients.
I just got 2 APAC lite's, and they are awesome. The NanoHD is the same size as the lites, and has the same hardware as the PROs.
AC? AX or Wi-Fi6 is where it's at, and I wish I had one in my place considering there is so much interference in my neighborhood that I get 600mbps down via Ethernet and like, sparingly 100mbpos down after changing channels, but usually waaaay less. With like 200ms ping and crap. AX is a bit faster but gets rid of the interference issue almost entirely, if not entirely. Looking forward to it being more ubiquitous.
Crud. Now I need one. I have two AP-AC-Lites. They work wonderfully, but having more radios is so tempting.
I have 2 AC Lite APs in my home. They are working great. The only problems I've had is when I try to factory reset it bc i had to reinstall the controller and the backup i had for the controller config got erased. Had to reset it a few times to get it to be recognized by the controller. Other than that I have been really happy with them. I get good speeds and they are so easy to set up.
For 140 USD, it depends on the deployment of home/land. For a small area of coverage, is go NanoHD. If a larger home, 2 AC-Lites.
If you have Docker already running or available (e.g. Synology NAS) the UniFi controller can live there as well.
I am currently using my Nighthawk R8500 in AP mode connected to a switch that is all run off of my pfsense box. My Nighthawk is dying a slow death and I was looking for a replacement. After watching your review I decided on two NanoHD's. Thank you.
Picked up some Ruckus R600 APs on eBay for nearly fifty bucks each. They work amazingly well with Unleashed firmware and find they blow Ubiquiti out of the water.
I'm currently running a AP-AC Pro with a controller running on a proxmox based vm, although I'm running CentOS as the vm's guest os.
I really like Proxmox and Ubiquiti...
Love your work! Keep it up!
I bought a UAP-PRO 2 years ago, used for 30€ or slightly less... never going back. All random connection drops and issues are gone compared to ISP's AIO router.
I think Im gonna pick one of these up once i switch to my pf sense box. Ill be glad to be rid of the cheap crap from spectrum
I just love the unifi stuff, I've got 2 x ac lite APs, two switches, cameras and a cloudkey plus now. It just all works, and works well. I spend my days working on stupidly over complicated networks and it's great to not have to worry about wifi at home anymore. Definitely worth the price. Just need another AP in my shed.
I think you may be selling the Nighthawk AC1900 short. According to all the documentation I can find it's an MU-MIMO compatible device, which means it isn't doing single stream. No doubt the NanoHD is a better device as far as customization, but both are MIMO compatible (AC1900 is 3x3 I think).
Compatible is the key word. Like just because most public roads are Ferrari compatible does not mean you can drive full speed. Although would think its at least one radio per band for most upper end wireless routers from the diagrams I remember.
You didn't explain why you loved/hate about the mounting bracket.
I realized I never got back to that... Was hoping you wouldn't notice ;-)
It mounts securely, but the security tab makes it nearly impossible to remove without scratching your walls or ceiling, if you can even get it to release. I recommend breaking the security tab off the bracket. It still latches tightly, but let's you take the WAP back down if you need to.
Craft Computing there is a little slot on the side that pushes the security tab out.
You also didn’t mention tgat the Nano range has coloured shells t
You can put it in
Ubiquiti all the way for sure ! thank you for the video
Thanks for the vid, I have been looking to upgrade my home network and with all the new options I did not know where to start.
I'm looking to replace a molder engenius access RAX120 (It's advertises as "12 stream", I'm assuming that means it's 12 concurrent radio connections?)mainly trying to find out with this model if I'm better off leaving the Wi-Fi turned on for the nighthawk and just using access points in the other parts of the house. My other questions, where whether or not the mounting bracket is compatible with regular round access point so brackets (or if they make an adapter); Trying to avoid replacing mounting brackets.
Me: sees voyager on desktop wallpaper- instantly subscribed (Janeway killed Tuvix. But it’s ok).
Turning MIMO on in that Nighthawk solved the problem you were describing iirc.
I'm a big fan of the wireless uplink
I was looking and ended up choosing the Netgear Orbi mini because of the three access points, the backhaul network, and the easy setup. Ubiquity systems are nice but way too expensive.
UniFi is the key! I'm deploying them at friends and families places. You know friends and family, when you know computers you are always getting phone calls on can you help me with this, and can you help me with that.
Hi, @10:17 you changed the IP address, subnet mask, and DNS to specific numbers. How did you decide to use those specific numbers? Did you arbitrarily select random numbers? Sorry for dumb question. I’m about to build my network at home and this part of the networking is confusing to me.
How does UAP Nano HD does VS UAP Pro? I see you had both on your controller. Have you done any testing for range, 2.4 Ghz, and 5Ghz?
is the audio and video out of sync? I see desync issues past 6:20.
Nope, I'm watching through just fine.
If you're watching it other than Chrome (just Chrome, not Chromium) browser in your computer, then it may be the case.
Running a UAP Lite and an ER-X, solid low cost setup.
What about the AmplifiHD with the Mesh point? do they compare with this Unifi AP? Would the UnifiAP cover the entire house as well as the AmplifiHD + Mesh Point? Thank you for the content!
Let me know if you found any answers on this?
Good day and great video! I currently have a Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000) in my home and it works great except in the back portion of the house. If I were to add the Unifi NanoHD to the nighthawk I would need a PoE Switch and I would have to turn off the WiFi on the Nighthawk to avoid roaming issues? Would it be best to run 2 NanoHd's (1 in front of home and 1 in back)? Thank you for your time.
I have a Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC Pro (access point) and I use a phone app to manage it. Here is a weird quirk, when the access point loses connectivity with it's gateway, the wireless radio shuts off. I am trying to understand this behavior and their support keeps asking for statistics they don't need to answer a simple question about why the access point is configured to do this. I am doing testing and losing connectivity just because the gateway goes down is very frustrating. I need to support these APs remotely and this is a huge fail for being able to do this. So the default gateway is connected to the access point on it's wired ethernet port, if the AP can't reach the gateway it immediately turns off the wifi radio and the blue light blinks instead of being on steady. I like the access point but this is a show stopper for me.
Thanks for all the information, any health concern if this is used for home? in terms of signal and power that provides?
for the unifi-HD (4x4) you can buy two unifi-pro (3x3).
How does it compares to that in a crowded place?
Would you make the same comparison with the ASUS 88u/3100 series? I have gotten very comparable speeds to ethernet for over a year with it at times having faster connection to my analogy Nas through it. However recently things seem to have slowed down a bit. I added 4 IP cameras two of which are connected via Wi-Fi. Going back to the 802 11 B days I’ve always used SMC access points however as things progressed other solutions seemed better. Thank you great channel and great video
cool vid. Do you think this nanohd will handle my smart home with around 45 device 2,4ghz device? There is a lot of small package going to the main server like outdoor temp , LUX ,and other smart relays, devices
I know this video is old, but. I have a Asus gaming router (that I call the crown) connected to two other Asus router set in a mesh networks config. The primary is route is connected to my cable modem in bridge mode, one is in my office and the other is in my garage/btc mine. Can the Ubiquiti products be meshed in? can I connect Ubiquiti antennas to the Asus router to increase range and connection strength?
White UI hurting my eye 😵, switch to dark mode.
late to the party but I have a question. will the AP NAT connected wifi device addresses (ipads, smartphones, ...etc) to its own? this is the issue I'm having with my Nest mesh network which is why I'm thinking of replacing it.
I'm planning to turn off the wi-fi radio on my Asus AC68U and buy one of this. What u guys think?
I love UniFi. I UniFI everything :)
I wish Ubiquiti would get their USG in better shape. Not enough control from the controller and performance with a certain configuration and nearly half the routing throughput.
Their WAPs and switches are great though.
@@BenTyger Yeah, if you want to check on all the config boxes, you need the USG-XG. Hopefully Ubiquiti come out with a good replacement for it soon!
@@toysareforboys1 I'm not all that worried about the throughput. I'd like better integration from the controller. If I have to keep going to a CLI, what is the point of having the dashboard to configure it.
I am planning for a Unifi setup for my home. Would a single NanoHD cover a 1600 sqft area?
I’m using Asus ac3200 and with all my devices and smart home devices, things keep losing connectivity. I put another Asus in, double nat, and it didn’t seem to help! I put all my smart home devices on to the second router/WiFi. Troubles seem to start around 40 connected devices, even if nothing is really being used.
What about mikrotik? The wAP AC seems like it might be a good alternative.
Microtik is had repeated security issues and really insecure default configuration settings. Not a good choice.
@@BenTyger Because we should be leaving default configs? Most issues I have seen stem from winbox and allowing it from the WAN interface.
@@blackax Absolutely not and you sort of answered your own question. Do we put Windows boxes directly on WAN interfaces? No. Should we deploy Microtik hardware? No.
Also, the danger with the bad default setting is that if it is given to a less knowledgable user/admin or if an admin is in a hurry and misses something, it can be dangerous to the network. I know on their routers, they by default, enable remote WAN side administration. There is no reason for that option deployed by default.
@@BenTyger winbox != windows box (its the gui software to config microtik gear)
I do not agree with you at all, Microtik gear is just as safe as anything else out their 99.99% of the time. I do think their logical layout of vlan's and interfaces are a bit odd but I have more cisco in my networking play book so it makes me a bit biased.
Getting back on topic, I think the value of the microtik gear would make for a good comparison video.
So this might sound like a stupid question but can additional Ubiquiti WAPs function without an ethernet connection? I don't have ethernet in the walls of my house so I'm unable to wire each of them.
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how many devices can the UAP-AC-PRO talk with at once?
Hi, This device doesn't have 6 different radios as suggested, it does however support MU-MIMO so if as MU-MIMO enabled device connected to the network it means this device can occupy the exact amount of spatial stream instead of the whole radio.
for example: if you have 4 MU-MIMO enabled devices with 2 spatial stream (almost every smart phones today) in the network, and the radio that you trying to connect to have 4 spatial stream then each device will use two spatial stream and therefore the AP will serve 2 device at any time slot (2 spatial stream for each one of the client device connect to 2 spatial streams on the AP) so the end result will be that each device will use 1/2 of the AP time (in each time slot the AP serve 2 clients out of 4 device in total)
BTW,
wifi 6 support OFDMA so each spatial stream can serve multiple clients in the same time slot bringing the AP to act more like switch then HUB
Or up to 6 continuous 1x1 connections by the standard. The continuous part decreases connection setup overhead and cuts latency. 1x1 connection is fast enough for most video streaming and gaming clients in clean WiFi environment. 1x1 is all that a lot of cheaper tablets and laptops support even today. Smart Phones with MSRP under $100 probably are not MIMO either (e.g. Alcatel 1X). Can't find source info but its possible 6 linear radio circuits (4x5Ghz and 2x2.4Ghz) are cheapest implementation to drive the MIMO beam forming antennas. I believe that was the case for Nighthawk: 1 linear radio per band and then some delay circuits in paths to each antenna for beam forming. But hey its been long time could be wrong.
Yup natural to expect 802.11ax equipment to be more capable than 802.11ac. Except of course the OFDMA is described as being multiple low-rate connections. So the switch analogy breaks down a bit there. It would be interesting to know how low rate those connections would be in practice. OFDMA documents do note that good web surfing tends to be bursty high speed connections. Also if the no routing function (Ubiquiti Unifi or ad hoc client to client) then a 802.11ac Mesh (especially ad hoc) can also act like switch under some circumstances if correctly managed since its ideally point to point.
X4s can do similar to Nano HD so this will be additional if WiFi need multi storey building. Wrong comparison with r7000.
Hi guys - great video. Anyone know if I can power a Nano HD via a Ubiquiti US-8-60W 8 Port (4 Port PoE) Managed Gigabit Switch (60W)?
Unifi is the right solution for any house. Good price, great quality, easy to set up, and the mesh capabilities are fantastic for large houses.
What do you recommend for an outdoor WiFi Access Point?
Why do people in 2019 still use static IP addresses? On the AP, this is for management only anyway. Apart from controller based funcions like RRM and client roaming, it will still provide wireless connection even if suddenly the DHCP Server does not provide a new IP once the end of the lease time has been reached.
Mario Jost I had a similar reaction. All my infrastructure devices have names and dhcp assigned static adddresses (so they always have the same IP but the network config is only defined in places I can backup like my routers config)
If I grab a Unifi Dream Machine Pro and this Access Point, can I use my Nighthawk router as another access point in that system?
The answer is yes, but not very effectively. UniFi works with APs and the server to allow for seamless hand-off. Meaning when your device moves between WAPs, the server allows it to move from one to another with no disruption. Using another AP, with the same SSID and Password, would break that system, and likely cause a number of weird issues. I'd recommend getting UniFi points wherever you need them. The Lite APs are well under $100 and great for home use.
Have you tested the NanoHD to see if it goes above 800mbps? My Ruckus r720 was supposed to do that but it's a lie, as it can only do that if the password is removed and they re-write the firmware from the ground up which they've failed to do.
I am thinking of using those same access points in my house too. What do you think of the ubiquity cloud key devices? You can also set them up from that and not have the management tied to some computer or something right?
he was talking about them, basically the cloudkeys are mini computers, you can run the software also on a rasberry pie 3b (or other linux mini stuff) , the pie is mir powerfull and half the price of the cloudkey
Jan-Christopher Estelmann apparently you loose some features if you use the Rpi, things like guest portals etc
But that is more enterprise level features anyway
@@sparkybearbomb533 dont know, i have setup a rpi 3b with the software and it worked but i haven't looked for every feature, but could be, isn't Unifi transparent with that? because they support the setup, and people with this kind of hardware usually have servers with virtual machines, so they would not have the features but anyway i love Ubiquity for bringing prosumer and enterprise Hardware to consumers
Does the nanoHD come with a six pack of Noon Whistle?
Help someone tell me what that little TV device is he has on top of the computer behind his head!
Do you still recommend the Nano HD?
No speed test??
A lot of wrong information in this video. A stream does not equal a radio. Both the Nighthawk and nanoHD have 2 radios, one for each frequency band. The nanoHD has a 4x4 5GHz radio, and a 2x2 2.4GHz radio. This does give it the capability of 6 concurrent streams because of being a wave 2 device. R7000 has 3x3 on each of it’s frequencies, and while it is limited to 2 concurrent streams being wave 1, is still ha a total of 6 streams as well that can be used for other things (like improved throughput) just not at the same time. While the nanoHD is an enterprise solution suitable for mass deployment in very dense areas , I’m pretty confident it cannot beat the r7000 in throughput to a single client (unless a 4x4 device is used, which is rare) and that is usually preferred in a household
Any idea when they will support .ax?? I left them 2 messages in sales at Unifi, no answers back.
First time watching one of your videos my only comment is based upon your craft beer selection you must be in Chicagoland.
Nope! A viewer just sent in that haul for me. I'm in Oregon.
Choose one:
1. Pro-level
2. WiFi
You can choose both... Just not routing and wifi in the same device.
So glad they added the dark mode
How would you compare an enterprise solution with something like a WRT3200ACM with OpenWRT firmware?
Still consumer grade hardware. Single radio, just with better config options in OpenWRT.
why you didn't go with wifi6 solution?
You don't need any computer hardware to run the software, Simply buy a Ubiqiti Unify Cloud Key Gen 2 and you are gone. Runs on POE or USB Type C
Any issues with MT switch paired with Unifi router?.
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Is NU-MIMO Wave 2 router enough for home use? one like DIR-882, that servs some phones, tv, consoles, things like that
I, personally, wouldn't use a D-Link, but the generic answer to your question is, yes, for most home environments, a standard consumer router is "good enough" for home use.
New sub. Based on beer selection I would guess you are relatively local to me (IL). If you ever would like to cheers with an internet fan let me know. Otherwise, thanks for the content.
Haha, actually I had someone from IL send me a care pack of beers. I'm in Oregon :-)
But thanks for the offer.
@@CraftComputing Well, let me know when you run low.
Could a solution like this be deployed alongside a google wifi mesh to help out a room in which there's a bit of interference?
Ickam Ashenvale Not as much as dealing directly with the problem. Change channels to avoid interference. I’m currently in an area with stupid overcrowding in 2.4ghz so I disabled that and have two 5ghz channels active. That’s one thing I like about tri-band router/aps, having 2x 5ghz in the one unit (the downside is they can’t route to save their lives and I need a proper router for gigabit)