Let me know what you guys think about the video topic! I know this was a bit of a deviation but I did get some interest when I put out a poll on the video idea. Thanks for watching!
I've been using consumer grade routers/APs and I'm done. I'm actually in the process of doing the same. Building my own router and I'm going to be grabbing some Ubiquity APs as well. Right now I'm trying to decide which AP would work best in each area. I have a couple of areas that I can't install them in the ceiling, and I was looking at the U6 In Wall, but looking at the radiation patterns, I think the U6 Mesh would be a better solution. I've never been all that deep into networking up until I decided to wire up the whole house with Cat6, an with all the limitations of consumer routers, worse security... and the planned obsolescence, this is the way to go. It might cost a little more than the top end stuff, but the modularity just can't be beat and it will cost you less in the long run. Cheap versus inexpensive.
I think you will love it if you go with it! I enjoy my PfSense firewall for doing all the “like enterprise” things, very comparable to vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Fortnite, etc. As for Unifi, they really make an impressive product! You can even go full immersed with their full product suite and it be MILES better than consumer grade products!
@@PCTechHustle I'm just happy that I can install the controller on my server without needing to get any other Ubiquity hardware since I already have to managed switches. Just ordered four APs tonight, now I just need to finish the router and order a PoE switch.
I'm with you on everything except for the core switch. Is that needed? It seems redundant in this case. Also, check out your 5ghz channel width, by default it's 40mhz but you should go to minimum 80mhz if you want more speed. I get over 900 with my phone connected to the U6 Pro. The other thing to check is that meshing is off on all AP's now that you are wired in
It’s not 100% necessary but I like having it to control routes, etc. it’s also running as my DHCP server. Lots more control with Cisco stuff. As for the wifi band yes you are correct. I may not have show it but yes the widest channels for best throughput.
I have not tried them before but expect about what you saw here in the video, a cut down on the initial bandwidth, but if you need to just increase coverage they aren't bad for what they are.
Link Aggregation on Unifi doesn't provide double the bandwidth, as mentioned. It's not the same as a true aggregate. Unifi is more of a load balancing/failover aggregation. Example: Aggregating 2 1gbps ports. If you had 1 client on the network, aggregation in Unifi would make no difference as it would only be 1gbps still. If you had 2 or more clients, then you get an advantage as they load balance for want of a better term across the aggregated links. I upgraded to Unifi AP 6 Pro's about a year ago and it was a great upgrade. These are great access points, and hardwiring them gets some great speed, but even if they are "meshed" they work really well. In the network in this video, hardwiring would have more of a benefit than the AP Upgrde though. The primary slowdown would have been caused by meshing. If the AP's had been mounted where the hardwired ones previously were, it may not have really needed a the upgrade as WiFi AC AP's can get very similar speeds to the ones shown in this video. Where WiFi 6 comes into it's own is when you are running local devices, not internet speeds as the internet provider speed becomes the bottleneck
@@PCTechHustle what kind of horse power does the firewall require. Or is more so about having the RJ45 ports and other I/o. Would a pi or similar work?
Let me know what you guys think about the video topic! I know this was a bit of a deviation but I did get some interest when I put out a poll on the video idea. Thanks for watching!
I've been using consumer grade routers/APs and I'm done. I'm actually in the process of doing the same. Building my own router and I'm going to be grabbing some Ubiquity APs as well. Right now I'm trying to decide which AP would work best in each area. I have a couple of areas that I can't install them in the ceiling, and I was looking at the U6 In Wall, but looking at the radiation patterns, I think the U6 Mesh would be a better solution.
I've never been all that deep into networking up until I decided to wire up the whole house with Cat6, an with all the limitations of consumer routers, worse security... and the planned obsolescence, this is the way to go. It might cost a little more than the top end stuff, but the modularity just can't be beat and it will cost you less in the long run. Cheap versus inexpensive.
I think you will love it if you go with it! I enjoy my PfSense firewall for doing all the “like enterprise” things, very comparable to vendors like Cisco, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Fortnite, etc. As for Unifi, they really make an impressive product! You can even go full immersed with their full product suite and it be MILES better than consumer grade products!
@@PCTechHustle I'm just happy that I can install the controller on my server without needing to get any other Ubiquity hardware since I already have to managed switches. Just ordered four APs tonight, now I just need to finish the router and order a PoE switch.
Yeah that feature is super cool! I have the controller running on a docker on my Unraid server.
I'm with you on everything except for the core switch. Is that needed? It seems redundant in this case. Also, check out your 5ghz channel width, by default it's 40mhz but you should go to minimum 80mhz if you want more speed. I get over 900 with my phone connected to the U6 Pro. The other thing to check is that meshing is off on all AP's now that you are wired in
It’s not 100% necessary but I like having it to control routes, etc. it’s also running as my DHCP server. Lots more control with Cisco stuff. As for the wifi band yes you are correct. I may not have show it but yes the widest channels for best throughput.
Amazing speed difference! Love the little LED panel too!
are those plugin wifi extenders with ethernet port any good?
I have not tried them before but expect about what you saw here in the video, a cut down on the initial bandwidth, but if you need to just increase coverage they aren't bad for what they are.
Link Aggregation on Unifi doesn't provide double the bandwidth, as mentioned. It's not the same as a true aggregate. Unifi is more of a load balancing/failover aggregation. Example: Aggregating 2 1gbps ports. If you had 1 client on the network, aggregation in Unifi would make no difference as it would only be 1gbps still. If you had 2 or more clients, then you get an advantage as they load balance for want of a better term across the aggregated links.
I upgraded to Unifi AP 6 Pro's about a year ago and it was a great upgrade. These are great access points, and hardwiring them gets some great speed, but even if they are "meshed" they work really well. In the network in this video, hardwiring would have more of a benefit than the AP Upgrde though. The primary slowdown would have been caused by meshing. If the AP's had been mounted where the hardwired ones previously were, it may not have really needed a the upgrade as WiFi AC AP's can get very similar speeds to the ones shown in this video. Where WiFi 6 comes into it's own is when you are running local devices, not internet speeds as the internet provider speed becomes the bottleneck
This was interesting. I really enjoyed it
Thanks bud!
@@PCTechHustle you're welcome
Hi. So wondering Why did you not buy a netgear switch for half the price with Poe ?
I mentioned in the video it was more a preference buy. For sure there are similar products out there that can accomplish the same.
It's a managed switch. I doubt you'll find a managed netgear with poe for half the price. I haven't looked for a long time though so I could be wrong.
Question. Why a seperate pc for the firewall?
Not sure how to answer that. I needed something with a CPU, RAM, storage, etc, to build the firewall.
@@PCTechHustle fair enough. I did not know if there was a benefit from seperation from a server so to speak
You can run PfSense on anything really. I just put it in a PC because I wanted it to run quiet
@@PCTechHustle what kind of horse power does the firewall require. Or is more so about having the RJ45 ports and other I/o. Would a pi or similar work?
Thank you.
Welcome!