Ubiquiti Mesh Wireless
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 2017
- What is mesh wireless? In this video, I unbox Ubiquiti's two mesh access points, do an overview of what mesh wireless actually is, set up the AP's and test them.
Equipment used in this video (Amazon affiliate INTERNATIONAL links):
Ubiquiti small mesh AP (UAP-AC-M): geni.us/LfBAoiv
Ubiquiti large mesh AP (UAP-AC-M-PRO): geni.us/7QTB
Ubiquiti USG: geni.us/2m2Alrk
Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO: geni.us/pArc
Ubiquiti CloudKey: geni.us/ra1Iiz2
Ubiquiti US-8-150W: geni.us/1fQ6o
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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!
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 so much. Finally, someone who actually explains MESH. Really appreciate it.
Thanks Chris! Your contributions (this one and others) are much appreciated!
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.
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.
Outstanding content!!! I'm about to switch from Open Mesh to Ubiquity. This is very helpful.
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
thanks for the vid and I hope you feel good and comfortable after sickness (we love you mr criss)
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.
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.
Great video as always. But, can you explain the differences between AP connected with WDS and Mesh networks?
Thanks!
Great VDO and I learned a lot more about Mesh from you! Thank you.
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?
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 ?
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.
That dog always has disappointed face - he's pretty grumpy. His name is George.
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
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.
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!
Hi Chris, question: Can you use the AC Mesh with a omni antenna ( like the amo-2G13 ). Thanx for the videos.
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?
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,
What is the maximum distance between two UAP AC M?
hi Chris quick question Does roaming works in multiple wired UAP AC MESH antennas just like it does in the normal UAP AC ones?
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?
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?
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 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
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.
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.
Thank you Chris for your explanation. It is very helpfull for me now. I want to expand my office network through wireless
I have been suing the eero Gen 2 Pro system and it is the best wi-fi system I have ever used.
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.
Hi Chris,
would you be able to have this same mesh configuration but use the Picostation in place of the UAP - AC PRO as?
Can you power secondary port on the UAP-AC-M-PRO-US for camera?
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've got the ac mesh but I'm having trouble finding the corresponding program you're using
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?
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?
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
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!
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.
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.
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 ?
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
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?
Can the AC Pro (without the “M”) do mesh, as a downstream device?
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.
Hello, I connected my mesh to the switch which already has a UAP-AC-PRO connected to it. I was able to adopt the mesh ap however once I disconnect it from the switch and power it via its own cat5, it does not wirelessly connect to the AC-PRO and they are in the same room. What am I doing wrong?
can i Using a android boxes as the controller for Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point
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
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?
Finally someone explaining this clearly. Thanks!
Question: for the mesh failover scenario does the controller have to be available? Often I’ll set up a unifi network on my computer so the controller lives on my Mac. Do the devices ‘remember’ how to fail-over to a secondary uplink if no controller is present?
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 I have 6 cabins and my Internet is in the main cabin. The furthest cabin is approx 300 feet away. What would you suggest I install on the roof of my main cabin to send the signal 300 feet away. Thanks
Interesting thats what i was looking for please update on seamless mobile connectivity when i move from one ap to other
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 ?
What about ping? How's the response time in actual browsing?
Thank you for the great video btw.
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!
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
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) ?
How do you know that some end device let's say, your laptops are connected to which AP?
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?
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?
Would all the nodes have the same SSID here, specifically the AC-PRO, AC-M-PRO and the AC-M ?
Hi Chris, do this mesh system have handoff to each repeater so that you can walk around not losing your wifi connection
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.
Hi,
Can you please help. I do not have a wird Connection to my POE Unifi Switch.
Not sure if this workaround works:
Uac-AP-M with POE adapter Connection to an POE adapter wired to the Camera G4 bullet.
Thanks Thomas
Great Video! But what about three hops? And also the main radio could be a unifi AP not just a Unifi mesh ap right?
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.
I want to use the wireless uplink function for 2 AP-AC Pro's, 1 lan, 1 without. But after disconnected the lan, i don't get the isolated status, i get the disconnected status. so i can't us the wireless uplink functions at all. what i do wrong? thanks for the help.
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?
So could i connect a managed switch to one of these mesh antennas, and that would still connect to the unifi controller? Like i wanna cover an area, but at one point i need to bridge a short gap of about 8m.. but on the other side of that gap i have the need for poe cameras - wonder if that mesh thing could help with that bridge ..
If you power the UAC-AC-M-Pro back up, does the 'mesh' heal itself back to your original configuration?
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.
Thanks for detailing the process! - Thanks from Australia
Version 5.7.23.0 Enable automatic uplink failover seems to be missing. I am fairly certain I had it enabled before, but no longer see the option? Has it been moved someplace I'm not seeing or now just automatically on?
Thanks Chris, Much appreciated, your videos help heaps.
What is the ideal height to mount these at? Also, what would be the ideal distance from wired to non-wired AP?
Just wondering if I connected the outdoor m pro directly to the modem instead of using is at a repeater would my outdoor users get faster speeds? I have about 250 people outside.
can I add mesh network capability to my existing LAN by simply getting a Cloud Key and at least 2 radios (eg. UAP-AC-M-US) ?
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.
Can I do the kind of the same thing but using 3 UAP-AC-M instead of the the UAP-AC-PRO ? I mean, Can I use one of the UAP-AC-Ms cable connected as my main router ? Or I have better options ? I need to improve the wireless signal over my house, but I would prefer mesh over repeaters due to the fact that I can have just one SSID. Thanks
I have a question. You said that if the mesh APs are connected, then they are just normal repeaters.
But what if the wire gets cut, would they work as a mesh for redundancy?
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
Does anyone have any tips (or links) on how to configure security to prevent someone unplugging the LAN cable from the AP and into a laptop giving them access to the network. I'm thinking some form of VLAN config with 802.1x for clients using WiFi but I cannot get my head around the settings for the physical connection.
Can the AP be used as a repeater off of a wire router of another brand. Currently I am using a Arris SURFboard modem/wireless router combo. looking to extend wifi outside. or does the AP need to be wired directly to the router.
Just curious, will the mesh network share the same wifi SSID and password?
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!
When it says 600 ft range, is this the radius from the antenna or the diameter of the circle around the device. 2nd does these units automatically pass clients from one to another or do they need the same name to do this?
Chris, I'm looking to cover a space 400' wide by 4000' feet long. Could I do this with these APs or do I need to interlope with some backfeed? Are there firms that could help with the system design?
I have Rocket Prism 5AC but the UAP AC M cannot find the Rocket prism as uplink. Please help me
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.
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
Hello Chris.
I know it's been a while since this video was out but I have a question. Do you have any chance to know the drawbacks of using the UAP AC M US or UAP AC M PRO US outside of the US? Other than the FCC requirements. I wanted to purchase some using you link, but all I'm getting are US version, but I'm going to use it in Africa.
How about the UniFi Beacon HD? Except using regular electric outlet in lieu of POE, any pro/cons? Thanks